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#TheHistoryProject - The Jones-Imboden Raid – The C.S.A. Targets Western Virginia’s Railroads

5/3/2022

Desperate times call for desperate measures. The Confederacy needed to stop Virginia’s northwestern counties from seceding and rejoining the Union as they contained the priceless B&O Railroad lines that kept the Midwestern and Western states connected to Washington. So, a Moorefield ranger arrived at an idea to destroy the railroad’s bridges and lines in western Virginia. Embraced by Robert E. Lee and executed by generals Jones and Imboden, it was a last-ditch effort to preserve old Virginia and hinder President Lincoln and the Union’s war efforts.

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