The War Correspondents Monument, a 50 foot high structure which sits in the middle of Crampton Gap, South Mountain, a few miles east of Harpers Ferry. Erected through the efforts of George Alfred Townsend, himself a famous war correspondent in the Civil War, known as 'Gath,' the monumental arch was dedicated on October 16, 1896. Now under the care of the National Park Service, surrounded by Gathland Park, a Maryland recreation center, the arch was re-dedicated on October 16, 1946, to the correspondents of all wars. Marble tablets bear the names of 147 Civil War correspondents and artists, while ranged at the end four bronze tablets tell the action in Crampton Gap, and important phases in the battle of South Mountain. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
The skirmish at Middle Fork Bridge, as seen by Henri Lovie, sketch artist for 'Leslie's Weekly' who accompaned the detachment of the 3rd Ohio Infantry under Captain Lawson. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
The historic old covered bridge at Philippi, completed in 1852, has been in continuous use for 109 years and still serves to carry the heavy traffic on U. S. Highway 250 across the Tygarts Valley River. Veteran of the Civil War, it was the first bridge captured, and was used throughout the war by troops of both armies. It has had its own centennial celebration, and now will be a center of attraction in the observance of the centennial of the first land battle of the Civil War. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
Burning of the U. S. Armory and Arsenal at Harpers Ferry
Date:
1861/04/18
Description:
Burning of the U.S. Armory and Arsenal at Harpers Ferry on the night of April 18, 1861. From a sketch in Leslies Weekly. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
Monument erected to commemorate the seventh W. Va. Vol. Infantry on the Gettysburg Battlefield. One of four W. Va. Memorials. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
The first two classes of the West Virginia Civil War medal, front and back. For the Honorably Discharged and for those killed in battle, front and back. See West Virginia Collection pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
Letters Mailed from W. Va. Bearing the Confederate Postmark
Date:
undated
Description:
Letters mailed from W. Va. Post Offices bearing Confederate postmarks. In the lot are ones from Travellers Repose 'now Bartow', Shepherdstown, Union, Harpers Ferry, Lewisburg, Romney, and Fayetteville. Comes from the Collections of Col. Harvey E. Sheppard, Fort Hood, TX and Geo. N. Malpass, St. Petersburg FL. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
Union Army Private Archibald H. Rowand Jr., in Confederate Uniform
Date:
ca. 1862
Description:
Private Archibald H. Rowand, Jr. of Company K, 1st West Virginia Cavalry. He became senior scout attached to the staff of Union General Phil Sheridan, and was awarded the Medal of Honor. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'West Virginia in the Civil War.'
W. Va. flag borne by the 13th Infantry - one of the last preserved of the Civil War Flags when furled and cased more than fifty years ago. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
Portrait of Colonel Henry Capehart of Wheeling (later Brevet Major General), who commanded the WV Cavalry Brigade at Cedar Creek where his troopers struck terror in the ranks of the Johnny Rebs. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
Sketched portrait of James E. Hall, Co. H., 31st VA Infantry, who saw the Civil War begin and end. From picture made in the mid-1880s. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
Whaley, Major Kellion V. of Ceredo, Wayne County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Portrait of Major Kellion V. Whaley who commanded a recruit camp of 9th West Virginia Infantry at Guyandotte; captured when the camp was broken up by Confederate cavalry raiders. Congressman for Virginia and West Virginia, 1861-1867. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'West Virginia in the Civil War.'
