Lot 372
Imboden, John Daniel (1823-95) 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'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'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's army. He later captured the garrison at Charlestown, West Virginia and fought gallantly during General Jubal Early'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.
War-date Autograph Letter Signed "J D Imboden" as Brigadier General,1p, 6x7¾", Hd Qrs Cav. Div., 9 June (18)64. Fine; some contemporary ink smears over closing and signature. To "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." 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 (17-18 June).
Estimated Value $2,000 - 3,000.
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