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Peregrine Hays 'Left' and Geo. W. Silcott, 'Moccasin Ranger' diplomats who negotiated the Spencer Truce. General Kelly dissented. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'

685. Moccasin Ranger Diplomats, Peregrine Hays (Left) and Geo. W. Silcott (Right)

IDNO:
001299
Title:
Moccasin Ranger Diplomats, Peregrine Hays (Left) and Geo. W. Silcott (Right)
Date:
undated
Description:
Peregrine Hays 'Left' and Geo. W. Silcott, 'Moccasin Ranger' diplomats who negotiated the Spencer Truce. General Kelly dissented. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
Portrait of Lt. Gen Tho. J. 'Stonewall ' Jackson. As a colonel commanding a brigade he had his first Civil War action at Falling Waters, Berkeley County. Three weeks later he was 'Stonewall' at the first Battle of Bull Run. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'

686. Jackson, General Thomas J. 'Stonewall'

IDNO:
001301
Title:
Jackson, General Thomas J. 'Stonewall'
Date:
undated
Description:
Portrait of Lt. Gen Tho. J. 'Stonewall ' Jackson. As a colonel commanding a brigade he had his first Civil War action at Falling Waters, Berkeley County. Three weeks later he was 'Stonewall' at the first Battle of Bull Run. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
Portrait of Lt. Gen. Tho. J. Jackson. He made a winter march in January, 1862 and cleared the South Branch Valley. Resigned when political maneuvering ordered evacuation of Romney. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'

687. Jackson, General Thomas J. 'Stonewall'

IDNO:
001302
Title:
Jackson, General Thomas J. 'Stonewall'
Date:
undated
Description:
Portrait of Lt. Gen. Tho. J. Jackson. He made a winter march in January, 1862 and cleared the South Branch Valley. Resigned when political maneuvering ordered evacuation of Romney. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
Portrait of Cap. John Hanson McNeill, Left, organizer and first commander of the McNeill Rangers. Right, Portrait of Cap. Jesse C. McNeill, second captain who named Cumberland and kidnapped Gen. S. Crook and Kelley. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'

688. McNeill, Captain John Hanson (Left) and Captain Jesse C. McNeill

IDNO:
001303
Title:
McNeill, Captain John Hanson (Left) and Captain Jesse C. McNeill
Date:
undated
Description:
Portrait of Cap. John Hanson McNeill, Left, organizer and first commander of the McNeill Rangers. Right, Portrait of Cap. Jesse C. McNeill, second captain who named Cumberland and kidnapped Gen. S. Crook and Kelley. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
Portrait of Brevet Brigadier General William B. Curtis of West Liberty, Ohio County. He won his star by the capture of Fort Gregg, last of the Petersburg defenses. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'

689. Curtis, Colonel Wm. B.

IDNO:
001305
Title:
Curtis, Colonel Wm. B.
Date:
undated
Description:
Portrait of Brevet Brigadier General William B. Curtis of West Liberty, Ohio County. He won his star by the capture of Fort Gregg, last of the Petersburg defenses. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
Portrait of John C. Higginbotham of Buchkannon. Captain of Upshur Grays at 18; Colonel of 25th Virginia Infantry, CSA, at 20; killed at Spotsylvania Court House at 21 when promotion to Brigadier General was pending. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'

690. Higginbotham, Colonel John

IDNO:
001306
Title:
Higginbotham, Colonel John
Date:
undated
Description:
Portrait of John C. Higginbotham of Buchkannon. Captain of Upshur Grays at 18; Colonel of 25th Virginia Infantry, CSA, at 20; killed at Spotsylvania Court House at 21 when promotion to Brigadier General was pending. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
Portrait of John Yates Beall, a Lake Erie raider and Confederate privateer from Jefferson County, Virginia (West Virginia). From a photograph made about 3 hours before his execution. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'

691. Beall, John Yates, Confederate Lake Erie Raider from Jefferson County, Va. (later W. Va. )

IDNO:
001307
Title:
Beall, John Yates, Confederate Lake Erie Raider from Jefferson County, Va. (later W. Va. )
Date:
undated
Description:
Portrait of John Yates Beall, a Lake Erie raider and Confederate privateer from Jefferson County, Virginia (West Virginia). From a photograph made about 3 hours before his execution. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
Portrait of Lt. Col. W.P. Thompson of Wheeling and Fairmont, who commanded the 19th Va. Cavalry , CSA, at the Battle of Bulltown. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'

692. Thompson, Lt. Col. W. P.

IDNO:
001310
Title:
Thompson, Lt. Col. W. P.
Date:
undated
Description:
Portrait of Lt. Col. W.P. Thompson of Wheeling and Fairmont, who commanded the 19th Va. Cavalry , CSA, at the Battle of Bulltown. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
Portrait of Col. Jos. Thoburn, 1st W. Va. Infantry. Commanded a brigade at 2nd Bull Run. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'

693. Thoburn, Colonel Joseph

IDNO:
001312
Title:
Thoburn, Colonel Joseph
Date:
undated
Description:
Portrait of Col. Jos. Thoburn, 1st W. Va. Infantry. Commanded a brigade at 2nd Bull Run. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
Candid portrait of Lt. Louis Bennett in uniform posing with a small child on a sled.

694. Bennett, Lt. Louis with Small Child

IDNO:
001316
Title:
Bennett, Lt. Louis with Small Child
Date:
ca. 1918
Description:
Candid portrait of Lt. Louis Bennett in uniform posing with a small child on a sled.
Captain Kelly, British Flying Corps, on crutches and Louis Bennett, Jr., West Virginia Flying Corps, holding bottle, pose for a portrait at Sheepshead Bay, May 24, 1917.

695. Bennett, Lt. Louis and Captain Kelly (On Crutches) at Sheepshead Bay

IDNO:
001317
Title:
Bennett, Lt. Louis and Captain Kelly (On Crutches) at Sheepshead Bay
Date:
1917/05/24
Description:
Captain Kelly, British Flying Corps, on crutches and Louis Bennett, Jr., West Virginia Flying Corps, holding bottle, pose for a portrait at Sheepshead Bay, May 24, 1917.
The aircraft in the picture is a Curtiss Jenny. Records show that the tail number (#1) corresponds to an aircraft that had a mishap enroute to West Virginia, and was destroyed in a crash on August 4, 1917. In this crash Cadet C.B. Lambert (of Welch, West Virginia) was killed, and Lieutenant William Frey was injured. (See newspaper Wheeling Register, August 4, 1917.)

696. Bennett, Lt. Louis and Fellow Pilot with World War I Airplane

IDNO:
001320
Title:
Bennett, Lt. Louis and Fellow Pilot with World War I Airplane
Date:
ca. 1918
Description:
The aircraft in the picture is a Curtiss Jenny. Records show that the tail number (#1) corresponds to an aircraft that had a mishap enroute to West Virginia, and was destroyed in a crash on August 4, 1917. In this crash Cadet C.B. Lambert (of Welch, West Virginia) was killed, and Lieutenant William Frey was injured. (See newspaper Wheeling Register, August 4, 1917.)