An illustrated portrait of Elmer Ellsworth, Colonel of a New York Zouave Unit in the Union Army. A favorite friend of the Lincoln family, Ellsworth was killed by a Southern sympathizer, May, 1861 in Alexandria, Virginia.
Clarksburg, Harrison County, Western Virginia, Headquarters of General Rosecrans
Date:
ca. 1861
Description:
A colored, wood craving illustration of Clarksburg, Va. (later West Virginia) and Union General William Rosecrans' headquarters during the first months of the Civil War. The Federal objective was to hold railroad lines and turnpike thruways. The Confederate aims were to take them back.
Soldiers of 22nd New York Militia, Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, Va. (W. Va.)
Date:
ca. 1861
Description:
Two unidentified soldiers of the 22nd New York State Militia, Union Army, in full uniform and armed, standing in front of a caisson. Note the caisson carries a spare wheel.
Landing Of Federal Troops at Parkersburg, Western Virginia
Date:
ca. 1861
Description:
A colored wood craving illustration of Parkersburg on the Little Kanawha River in Wood County, Va. (later West Virginia). Several Federal troops from states west of the Ohio River were deployed here during the Civil War to hold vital railroad lines and turnpikes of which Parkersburg was the terminus.
