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- IDNO:
- 039186
- Title:
- Virginia Governor Francis H. Pierpont and Illinois Troops, Wheeling, Va. (W. Va.)
- Date:
- 1861/08/12
- Description:
- A wood craving illustration published in "The New York Illustrated News", with the caption: "Governor Pierrpont (sic) in front of the Custom-House, Wheeling, Virginia., welcoming the Illinois troops to the soil of Virginia." Pierpont was the governor of the Restored Government of Virginia, loyal to the Union during the Civil War.