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Probably a photograph of a sketch from an elevated view which includes part of Grafton and a bridge crossing the river.

97. Tygart River at Grafton, W. Va.

IDNO:
040286
Title:
Tygart River at Grafton, W. Va.
Date:
1859
Description:
Probably a photograph of a sketch from an elevated view which includes part of Grafton and a bridge crossing the river.
A portrait of unidentified man: he is possibly connected to C&O Shop Employees Car E13 and/or Westward Ho used in Virginia Central in images 025724 and 025725.

98. Unidentified Railroad Man

IDNO:
025727
Title:
Unidentified Railroad Man
Date:
1859-1860
Description:
A portrait of unidentified man: he is possibly connected to C&O Shop Employees Car E13 and/or Westward Ho used in Virginia Central in images 025724 and 025725.
From Harper's Weekly, October 29, 1859, page 692.

99. Engraving of Harper's Ferry - Scene of the Late Insurrection

IDNO:
013073
Title:
Engraving of Harper's Ferry - Scene of the Late Insurrection
Date:
1859/10/29
Description:
From Harper's Weekly, October 29, 1859, page 692.
Wooden Oil Derrick

100. Dry Hole

IDNO:
000752
Title:
Dry Hole
Date:
1860
Description:
Wooden Oil Derrick

101. Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson

IDNO:
029232
Title:
Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson
Date:
1860

102. Men Sorting Lumber on Mill at Dobbin, W. Va.

IDNO:
034636
Title:
Men Sorting Lumber on Mill at Dobbin, W. Va.
Date:
1860
Two women on the porch of the Waldomore house in Clarksburg, West Virginia.

103. Waldomore, Clarksburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
012782
Title:
Waldomore, Clarksburg, W. Va.
Date:
1860-1870
Description:
Two women on the porch of the Waldomore house in Clarksburg, West Virginia.
Wood frame houses line the Main Street in Grafton W. Va. during the 1860s.

104. Main Street, Grafton, W. Va.

IDNO:
006064
Title:
Main Street, Grafton, W. Va.
Date:
1860-1870
Description:
Wood frame houses line the Main Street in Grafton W. Va. during the 1860s.
Artist may have been attempting to sketch Thomas J. Jackson, Professor at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia in 1860.

105. Sketch of Unidentified Man

IDNO:
001123
Title:
Sketch of Unidentified Man
Date:
1860/10
Description:
Artist may have been attempting to sketch Thomas J. Jackson, Professor at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia in 1860.
Soon after the Civil War, John Storer contributed $10,000 towards establishing a college in Harpers Ferry, W. Va. This institution of higher learning was the first college below the Mason- Dixon Line to accept students "without distinction of race or color". The school bears the name of it's principle benefactor, Storer College.

106. Engraving of John Storer of Sanford, Maine

IDNO:
030092
Title:
Engraving of John Storer of Sanford, Maine
Date:
1860~
Description:
Soon after the Civil War, John Storer contributed $10,000 towards establishing a college in Harpers Ferry, W. Va. This institution of higher learning was the first college below the Mason- Dixon Line to accept students "without distinction of race or color". The school bears the name of it's principle benefactor, Storer College.
From a contemporary sketch made by a soldier artist of the 2nd West Virginia Infantry, encamped there. See Stutler, Boyd.

107. Camp and Fortification on Cheat Mountain Summit, occupied by Federal toops in the Fall and Winter of 1861.

IDNO:
000825
Title:
Camp and Fortification on Cheat Mountain Summit, occupied by Federal toops in the Fall and Winter of 1861.
Date:
1861
Description:
From a contemporary sketch made by a soldier artist of the 2nd West Virginia Infantry, encamped there. See Stutler, Boyd.
A drawing of the courthouse in Beverly soon after the Battle of Rich Mountain by an eyewitness to the battle. The courthouse was used by both Confederates and Federal forces during the war.

108. Courthouse, Beverly, Randolph County, Va (W. Va.)

IDNO:
014231
Title:
Courthouse, Beverly, Randolph County, Va (W. Va.)
Date:
1861
Description:
A drawing of the courthouse in Beverly soon after the Battle of Rich Mountain by an eyewitness to the battle. The courthouse was used by both Confederates and Federal forces during the war.