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Imboden, John Daniel.

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Imboden, John Daniel.
&#40;1823-95&#41; CSA general. He entered Confederate service in 1861 as captain of the Staunton Artillery, a light battery, which he commanded at the initial capture of Harper&#39;s Ferry. After service at 1st Manassas, he organized the 1st Virginia Partisan Rangers and took part in the battles of Cross Keys and Port Republic during Stonewall Jackson&#39;s 1862 Shenandoah Valley campaign. Promoted to brigadier general, Imboden conducted a famous raid into Northwestern Virginia, where he severed the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. He served with distinction in the Gettysburg campaign, especially on the arduous retreat from Gettysburg when he was instrumental at Williamsport in saving the trains of General Lee&#39;s army. He later captured the garrison at Charlestown, West Virginia and fought gallantly during General Jubal Early&#39;s Valley campaign of 1864. Incapacitated by typhoid in the fall of 1864, he served the balance of the war on prison duty at Aiken, South Carolina.<BR><BR>War-date Autograph Letter Signed &#34;<I>J D Imboden</I>&#34; as Brigadier General,1p, 6x7¾&#34;, Hd Qrs Cav. Div., 9 June &#40;18&#41;64. Fine; some contemporary ink smears over closing and signature. To &#34;<I>Major Gen. J. C. Breckenridge / Comdg. &c. / Gen. Your dispatch is just recd. and I forward it by two trusty men immediately. Permit me to express my great gratification & that of my command at your return to the Valley. I am Very Respty., Your Obt. Servt.J.D. Imboden / Brig. Genl</I>.&#34; Breckinridge had been injured in a fall when his horse was shot out from under him on 3 June at Cold Harbor. On 8 June, the day before Imboden wrote this letter, Breckinridge arrived at Rockfish Gap with a small force and assumed command, preparing for the defense of Lynchburg &#40;17-18 June&#41;.