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Born
Brigadier General John D. Imboden was born in Staunton, Virginia. -
Education
John D. Imboden attended Washington College in Lexington, Virginia, but didnt't graduate, and which is now called Washington and Lee University. -
Teaching
After going to school, Imboden taught at the Virginia Institute for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind. -
Outbreak
Imboden was a commissioned to be the captain of the Staunton artillery after having no military training. -
First Mission
Imboden's first militarry operation occured right after Virginia seceded. Imboden and the Staunton Artillery had to capture the Harper's Ferry armory and arsenal. -
Battle of Bull Run
Imboden moved to command the battery at the battle of First Manassas where he was wounded by a shell fragment. -
Valley Campaign
In the Spring of 1862, Imboden held a bridge at Mount Crawford during the Valley Campaign. -
Battalion
Imboden left the artillery and recruited a battalion of partisan rangers and was promoted to a colonel of the 62nd Virginia Mounted Infantry. -
Stonewall
Imboden faught and helped win the major battles of Cross Keys and Port Republic with Major General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, which ended the Valley Campaign. -
Promotion
After the Valley Campaign, Imboden was promoted to brigadier general. -
John-Imboden Raid
John Imboden and William E. Jones led a month-long raid through West Virginia along with 3,400 men to wreck the B & O (Batlimore and Ohio) Railroad to sieze horses and cattle that the Confederacy needed. -
Retreat
On the retreat back from getting all the supplies, Imboden was trapped on the flooding Potomac River. He put together a defense by gathering some of his brigade, artillery, and the waggoners. They defeated the forces of John Buford and Judson Kilpatrick. They saved there wagon train, and Imboden was admired because he was unaccustomed commanding troops in a stand-up fight. -
Charlestown
Imboden was ordered to raid and attack the vulnerable Union garrison led by Benjamin L. Simpson in the Shenadoah valley in Charlestown. Simpson surrendered after refusing to twice and Imboden won the battle. -
Piedmont
At the Battle of Piedmont Imboden commanded the the right flank of William E. Jones. Jones was killed and the Confederates lost the battle. -
Out of service
In the fall of 1864, Imboden was incapacitated from typhoid fever. He then spent the rest of the war as a prison guard in Aiken, South Carolina. -
New leader
After Jones died, Imboden served under Lt. Gen. Jubal Early. -
Ending
Robert E. Lee surrendered at the Battle of the Appomattox Court House which ended the Civil War. -
Settling
At the end of the war, Imboden settled in Richmond, Virginia and resumed his law practice. -
Damascus
Imboden moved to and founded the town of Damascus in Virginia where he mined coal and iron. -
Death
John D. Imboden got sick and died.