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On September 2, 1862, during the Jenkins Raid, Union Col. Rathbone of the 11th West Virginia Volunteers surrendered the town of Jenkins without firing a shot in its defense, much to the disdain of men under his command. As a result of their actions, Rathbone and his subordinate, Maj. George Trimble, were dismissed from the service in January 1863 for cowardly conduct in a burlesque of operations.
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Spencer, West Virginia · United States
