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Image: Prelude to Battle of White Sulphur Springs

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Description: This map shows the first few days of Br. Gen. William W. Averell's first West Virginia Raid that led to the Battle of White Sulphur Springs in August 1863 during the American Civil War.
Title: Prelude to Battle of White Sulphur Springs
Credit: This is a crop of an 1864 map created by Alvin Jewett Johnson. The entire map can be found in the Library of Congress here, and shows Virginia, Delaware, Maryland & West Virginia. Text box and arrows etc. were added by TwoScarsUp based on William W. Averell's September 1, 1863 report in Official Records XXIX p. 33.
Author: Alvin Jewett Johnson (1827-1884)
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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