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- IDNO:
- 039053
- Title:
- Colonel William B. Curtis, Twelfth West Virginia Regiment
- Description:
- Commander of the 12th West Virginia Infantry Regiment, Army of the Potomac. Curtis was brevetted Brigadier General in recognition of his part in the attack on Fort Gregg of the Petersburg siege line, April 2, 1965.
- IDNO:
- 039060
- Title:
- Colonel Joseph Snider, Seventh West Virginia Infantry
- Description:
- Snider, from Monongalia County, W. Va. took command of the 7th West Virginia Regiment in August, 1862. He was seriously wounded at Fredericksburg, December, 1862.
- IDNO:
- 039077
- Title:
- Company G, Seventh West Virginia Cavalry, Union Army
- Date:
- ca. 1863
- Description:
- Group portrait of mounted Company G. The three officers identified are L to R: Captain James S. Cassady, First Lieutenant James D. Fellers, and Second Lieutenant John E. Swaar. Other soldiers are not identified
- IDNO:
- 039106
- Title:
- Union General George McClellan
- Date:
- ca. 1862
- Description:
- McClellan commanded Federal troops in Western Virginia at the outbreak of the Civil War. After an initial victory at Rich Mountain and the Union's embarrassing defeat at Manassas, McClellan was given command of the Union Army of the Potomac.
- IDNO:
- 039109
- Title:
- Major Fabricius A. Cather, 1st West Virginia Cavalry from Flemington, Taylor County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1864
- Description:
- Cather fought in several battles in Western (West) Virginia, the Shenandoah Valley, at Petersburg and on Lee's Retreat. He served under McClellan in 1861, David Hunter, 1864 and Sheridan, 1864-65. Cather was also under the division command of George Custer, riding with Custer into many battles in 1864-65.
- IDNO:
- 039110
- Title:
- Fabricius A. Cather, Flemington, Taylor County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca.1868
- Description:
- Cather was a Civil War veteran (Major, 1st West Virginia Cavalry), a farmer, surveyor and for a short time Adjutant General of West Virginia. He was married to Helen V. Mallonee.
- IDNO:
- 039119
- Title:
- Group Portrait of Union Army Officers During Civil War
- Date:
- ca. 1862
- Description:
- Unidentified officers, probably belonging to a West Virginia Regiment.
- IDNO:
- 039208
- Title:
- Thomas M. Goff, Webster County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1869
- Description:
- During the Civil War, Goff enlisted in the Confederate Army at age 17, in the 19th Virginia Cavalry and later, Company A, 26th Virginia Cavalry. After the war, he married Rachael Morton.
- IDNO:
- 039282
- Title:
- Union First Lieutenant John N. Davidson of Flemington, Taylor County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1863
- Description:
- Before the war Davidson was a preacher in Taylor County.
- IDNO:
- 039283
- Title:
- Union First Lieutenant John N. Davidson of Flemington, Taylor County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca.1863
- Description:
- Davidson was a preacher before the war. According to F. A. Cather's diary, AM 3633, Davidson died in April 12, 1864, probably from disease. There is a revenue stamp on the back of the photograph indicating a tax had been paid on the image. This tax was implemented to pay for the war.
- IDNO:
- 039652
- Title:
- Stonewall Jackson Headquarters, Winchester, Va.
- Date:
- 1912/11/22
- Description:
- Postcard photograph of Stonewall Jackson's Headquarters. Most of the building is obscured by trees. See back of the original image for correspondence.