Search Results
- IDNO:
- 038677
- Title:
- Pieces Iron Ore Found in Monongalia County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1937
- IDNO:
- 038678
- Title:
- Lime Stone Found in North Central West Virginia
- Date:
- ca. 1937
- Description:
- Pile of lime stones found in Monongalia County, West Virginia.
- IDNO:
- 038679
- Title:
- Confederate Veteran Mathew N. Humphreys of Greenbrier County, W. Va., Company K, 22nd Virginia Infantry
- Description:
- The War Record has Humphreys enlisting twice at the age of 17 as a musician. First in Company K of the 22nd and in Company D of the 26th Infantry where he stayed. He was captured at the Battle of Lewisburg, May, 1862 when he chose to stay with his twin brother's dead body. Humphreys escaped from a POW camp and returned to his regiment. He is listed on the roll as a drummer and participated in several major battles such as Cold Harbor, Winchester and Cedar Creek.
- IDNO:
- 038680
- Title:
- Confederate Veteran J. Austin Burr of Greenbrier County, W. Va., Company A, 14th Virginia Cavalry
- Description:
- Burr enlisted in September, 1862 at age 19. He was wounded in June, 1864 and captured in July, 1864 at Rockville, Maryland. Burr spent the rest of the war in Prisoner of War camps and was finally paroled in May, 1865
- IDNO:
- 038681
- Title:
- Easton Mill, Monongalia County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1937
- Description:
- Located about 3 miles from Morgantown, West Virginia, The Easton Mill was a grain and saw mill built right after the Civil War in 1875.
- IDNO:
- 038682
- Title:
- Confederate Veteran Nicholas A. Dunbar of Monroe County, W. Va., Bryan's Battery
- Description:
- Dunbar severed as a corporal in Captain Thomas A. Bryan's battery. The unit was involved in several engagements, including the battles of the 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign.
- IDNO:
- 038683
- Title:
- Miss Warman on Porch of Her Home, Monongalia County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1937
- Description:
- Miss Warman of the Cheat Neck area, posing on her porch.
- IDNO:
- 038684
- Title:
- Cheat Neck Home of Miss Warman, Monongalia County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1937
- Description:
- Home is located in Cheat Neck area of Monongalia County, West Virginia.
- IDNO:
- 038685
- Title:
- Location of Old Saw Mill, Monongalia County, w. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1937
- Description:
- Photograph of location where an old saw mill stood in Monongalia County, West Virginia.
- IDNO:
- 038686
- Title:
- Confederate Veteran Samuel K. McClung of Greenbrier County, W. Va. Companies A & K, 14th Virginia Cavalry
- Description:
- McClung enlisted in Company A of the 14th Cavalry in May 1861 which was soon disbanded. He later enlisted in Company K in March, 1862. However by June, 1862 McClung had furnished a substitute and was discharged.
- IDNO:
- 038687
- Title:
- Confederate Veteran John G. Stevens of Monroe County, W. Va., Chapman's Battery, King's Battalion
- Description:
- Stevens mustered into George B. Chapman's unit as a corporal and was later promoted to sergeant. Stevens recorded the following in his diary regarding the brutal fighting at the Third Battle of Winchester: "Great battle ... fought 11 hours. Early retreated with heavy loss in killed, wounded and captured. My gun expended 96 rounds of ammunition. Captain Chapman mortally wounded ...". Captain Chapman died 10 days later. He was 23 years old.
- IDNO:
- 038688
- Title:
- Confederate Veteran John R. Woodward of Greenbrier County, W. Va., Company K, 14th Virginia Cavalry
- Description:
- Woodward enlisted in February, 1864 at the age of 18 and was wounded June, 1864 at Middlebrook in the Shenandoah Valley.
