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'Library of Congress Negative Number: LC-USZ6Z-20525'

1. Steamboats Conveying Troops and Munitions of War for the Federal Forces on the Great Kanawha, Bell Air, OH.

IDNO:: 033613
Title:: Steamboats Conveying Troops and Munitions of War for the Federal Forces on the Great Kanawha, Bell Air, OH.
Date:: ca. 1862
Description:: 'Library of Congress Negative Number: LC-USZ6Z-20525'

Sigel commanded the Federal forces in the Shenandoah Valley during the Spring of 1864, with many West Virginia units under him. After his defeat at New Market, Virginia, Sigel was reassigned to the Department of West Virginia, protecting the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

2. Union General Franz Sigel

IDNO:: 039090
Title:: Union General Franz Sigel
Date:: ca. 1862
Description:: Sigel commanded the Federal forces in the Shenandoah Valley during the Spring of 1864, with many West Virginia units under him. After his defeat at New Market, Virginia, Sigel was reassigned to the Department of West Virginia, protecting the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

Milroy commanded the Cheat Mountain District in 1861, losing his first battle at Camp Allegheny. He surprised Stonewall Jackson at the Battle of McDowell in early May of 1862, inflicting heavy casualties.

3. Union General Robert H. Milroy

IDNO:: 039091
Title:: Union General Robert H. Milroy
Date:: ca. 1862
Description:: Milroy commanded the Cheat Mountain District in 1861, losing his first battle at Camp Allegheny. He surprised Stonewall Jackson at the Battle of McDowell in early May of 1862, inflicting heavy casualties.

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.

4. Union General George McClellan

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.

Unidentified officers, probably belonging to a West Virginia Regiment.

5. Group Portrait of Union Army Officers During Civil War

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.

Pierpoint was originally from Morgantown, Virginia (later West Virginia. He was employed in Indiana at the start of the Civil War and enlisted in a Indiana regiment. His parents, also loyal to the Union, were still living in Morgantown. This cased image is probably an ambrotype.

6. Union Corporal Jacob Pierpoint, 19th Indiana Vol. Regiment

IDNO:: 039207
Title:: Union Corporal Jacob Pierpoint, 19th Indiana Vol. Regiment
Date:: ca. 1862
Description:: Pierpoint was originally from Morgantown, Virginia (later West Virginia. He was employed in Indiana at the start of the Civil War and enlisted in a Indiana regiment. His parents, also loyal to the Union, were still living in Morgantown. This cased image is probably an ambrotype.