The Battle of White Sulphur Springs: Averell Fails to Secure West Virginia (Eric J. Wittenberg - CWC) Section-General Robert E. Lee He places contemporary understanding of

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connecting Gettysburg to Hanover and other larger east coast cities

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The Battle of White Sulphur Springs: Averell Fails to Secure West Virginia (Eric J. Wittenberg - CWC) Section-General Robert E. Lee He places contemporary understanding ofThe Battle of White Sulphur Springs: Averell Fails to Secure West Virginia (Civil War Series) by Eric Wittenberg Though West Virginia was founded for the purpose of remaining loyal to the Union, severing ties with Virginia, home of the capital of the Confederacy, would prove difficult. West Virginia's fate would be tested on its battlegrounds. In August 1863, Union general William Woods Averell led a six hundred mile raid culminating in the Battle of