File:LightburnEscapesToOhio.png

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English: This map shows the route of Union Colonel Joseph A. J. Lightburn's retreat from Charleston in the Kanawha Valley Campaign of 1862 during the American Civil War. Lightburn took a route to Ripley and Ravenswood to get to Ohio, and then moved to Point Pleasant. By not using the direct route (dashed blue line), he avoided possible Confederate troops (Jenkins) at Coalsmouth, and the artillery of Confederate Brigadier General John S. Williams who could follow along on the south side of the Kanawha River. Confederate Colonel John McCausland was prevented from the pursuit by the destruction of a bridge across the Elk River at Charleston.
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Source This is a crop from Johnson's Virginia, Delaware, Maryland & Virginia map published in 1864. It can be found in the U.S. Library of Congress here. Labels and highlighting have been added by TwoScarsUp based on the book named "The Battle of Charleston and the 1862 Kanawha Valley Campaign" by Terry Lowry. Chapter 8 (beginning on page 239) discusses the retreat from Charleston to the Ohio River.
Author The map is by Alvin Jewett Johnson (1827-1884), and was published in 1864. TwoScarsUp made modifications.

Western Virginia near Ohio in the USA, now part of West Virginia

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Lightburn took an indirect route to Point Pleasant to avoid Jenkins and Williams' artillery.

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current19:52, 14 March 2023Thumbnail for version as of 19:52, 14 March 2023869 × 674 (1.18 MB)TwoScarsUpUploaded a work by The map is by Alvin Jewett Johnson (1827-1884), and was published in 1864. TwoScarsUp made modifications. from This is a crop from Johnson's Virginia, Delaware, Maryland & Virginia map published in 1864. It can be found in the U.S. Library of Congress [https://www.loc.gov/item/lva0000026/ here]. Labels and highlighting have been added by TwoScarsUp based on the book named "The Battle of Charleston and the 1862 Kanawha Valley Campaign" by Terry Lowry. Chapter 8 (beginning on...
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