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'Photo copy from original daguerreotype - owned by Thomas J. Arnold, Elkins, - 1920. Original made in Mexico City, 1847. Prints reversed.'

1. Thomas (Stonewall) Jackson

Earliest portrait of Thomas J. Jackson. The photograph was made in Mexico City, during the Mexican War.

2. Jackson, General Thomas J. 'Stonewall'

Ambrotype owned by his niece Alice E. Underwood.

3. Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson as First Lieutenant of Artillery from an Ambrotype Taken August 20, 1847

Upper left one of a series of C.S.A. cards sold in the North.  Showing a fraudulent  'collar'.  Center is a sample of the Brady print showing same fraudulent uniform.  Brady probably never saw Jackson, but sold thousands of these pictures, which is an 1851 portrait.

4. Jackson, General Thomas J. 'Stonewall'

Jackson resigned his U.S. Army commission in 1851 and accepted a teaching position at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia until the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861. He would earn the rank of lieutenant general in the Confederate Army and the sobriquet, "Stonewall".

5. United States Army Major Thomas J. Jackson of Lewis County, Virginia (Later West Virginia)

View of Charleston, West Virginia in 1854.

6. Drawing of Charleston, W. Va.

7. Sketch of White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier County, W. Va.

'Bottom-Major Jackson, at V.M.I. in 1857. Photo furnished by Mrs. Jackson to Hearsts Magazine, in September 1913.'

8. Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson

9. Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson

Artist may have been attempting to sketch Thomas J. Jackson, Professor at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia in 1860.

10. Sketch of Unidentified Man

Portrait of Stonewall Jackson as well as a depiction of him being mortally wounded made from an ambrotype from Matthew Brady.

11. Jackson, General Thomas J. 'Stonewall'

Engraved portrait of Thomas J. Jackson.

12. Jackson, General Thomas J. 'Stonewall'

Thomas J. Jackson, originally from Lewis County, (West) Virginia. One of two portraits of Jackson taken during the Civil War.

13. Confederate General Thomas J. 'Stonewall' Jackson, Winchester, Va.

Head of projectile fired.  Went through the roof of a barn on Kanawha Street and landed in the Rand Garden, near Morris and Quarrier St, (today).

14. Two Civil War Projectiles

Copy of painting by A.M. Doddridge, 1863- Army camp just below Chesapeake and Ohio Depot site near mouth of Ferry Branch on the Kanawha river.  Fort Scammon Hill in the distance.  President Hayes and McKinley were stationed in camp.

15. South Side of Charleston, W. Va. During the Civil War

Copy of painting by A.M. Doddridge, 1863- Army camp just below C. and O. depot site near mouth of Ferry Branch.  Fort Scammon hill in the distance.

16. South Side of Charleston, W. Va. During the Civil War

Camp Reynolds, Kanawha Falls, Fayette County. Winter headquarters of the 23rd.  Ohio, also 89th.  Ohio- Dec 1, 1862 to March 15, 1863 (See Haye's Diary Vol. 2- p. 366-394. 'Camp Markell, Gauley Bridge, Dec 1 1862- We are on the south side of the Kanawha at the ferry below and in sight of the falls, 2 miles below Gauley Bridge.---p.366.  'Camp Reynolds Jan 4, 1863- The same old camp but now Reynolds after our gallant Sergt. Maj. Eugene Reynolds, who was killed at South Mountain -p.383.

17. Camp Reynolds, Kanawha Falls, Fayette Co., West Va.

Battle of Rich Mountain scene. Black and White Version. From the original painting by Chappel in the possession of the publishers. Johnson Fry and Co. Publishers, New York.

18. Battle of Rich Mountain

Portrait of Thomas J. 'Stonewall' Jackson.

19. Jackson, General Thomas J. 'Stonewall'

Engraving of Soldiers, singing, playing music, and holding a religious service.  Camp of 5th Virginia Vol. Infantry, U.S.A.  Falls of Kanawha, West Virginia.  Our Chaplain Gives each of us a copy of this engraving, to show our friends the way we sing and hold meetings in camp.  He desires us to tell them to pray for us and him, that we may prove faithful to our country and our God, and not be found wanting in any day of temptation and trial.

20. Engraving of Camp of 5th Virginia Vol. Infantry, U.S.A.

Drawing of Stonewall Jackson on his death bed, surrounded by doctors and officers.  Published by Currier and Ives.

21. Death of 'Stonewall' Jackson

Located at 16th and Chapline Streets, this structure was built ca. 1870 to entice the state government to move the capital back to Wheeling. It worked, but only for approximately ten years when the capital was once again shifted to Charleston. The building was subsequently used for city and county governments and torn down in 1950.

22. Old State Capitol & City-County Building, Wheeling, W. Va.

23. Lewisburg, W. Va. View from Western Side

'Lewisburg's first town hall. Photographed December 18, 1883 (Snow on the ground.)

24. First Town Hall, Lewisburg, W. Va.

'Old Stone Jail, erected about 1800. Added to and Remodeled. Photographed Dec. 19th 1883 by Lindsey and Son (Slight snow on the ground.)

25. Old Stone Jail, Lewisburg, W. Va.

Engraving of Stonewall Jackson, from a photograph by Tanner and Van Ness.

26. Jackson, General Thomas J. 'Stonewall'

Portrait of General Thomas J. 'Stonewall' Jackson.

27. Jackson, General Thomas J. 'Stonewall'

Several items of the West Virginia State Archives sit onshore waiting to be loaded on the "Chesapeake". After having a "floating state capitol", the issue was settled in 1885, when Charleston was named the permanent site.

28. Steamboat Chesapeake Moving State Archives to Charleston, Wheeling, W. Va.

'The ravages of time. The mill in 1886 with Joseph Clifton, owner, standing in the door.'

29. Jackson's Mill, Lewis County, W. Va.

30. Jackson's Mill, Lewis County, W. Va.

'Greenbrier Courthouse of 1840-1938 as it appeared in 1889.'

31. Greenbrier County Courthouse, Lewisburg, W. Va.

Looking northwest towards the cemetery and back of the church. The church, built in 1796, was used as a hospital, barracks and stable during the Civil War.

32. Old Stone Presbyterian Church, Lewisburg, W. Va.

"The only Episcopal Church and Rectory ever erected and used up to the present in Lewisburg.  Its principal donor in its erection and supporter was Mrs. Carrie Bloomer of Washington, D.C."

33. Episcopal Church, Lewisburg, W. Va.

'The Original Baptist Church (the Big Levels Church) erected in the 1800s. The ground was donated by Joseph Alderson, son of Rev. John Alderson, of Alderson.'

34. Original Baptist Church, Lewisburg, W. Va.

A group of people stand outside of a large brick building.

35. Lewisburg Female Institute, Lewisburg, W. Va.

'Facing Lewisburg from the North East.'

36. Home of Dr. McElhenney, Lewisburg, W. Va.

A church stands behind a wooden fence in Lewisburg, West Virginia.  Presently the John Wesley United Methodist Church.

37. Church, Lewisburg, W. Va.

Built in 1820, the church was struck by a cannon ball during the 1862 Civil War Battle of Lewisburg. The "wound" is visible near the right corner of the structure. The boarded door entrance, right center, was used by slaves to enter the segregated balcony of the church for services.

38. John Wesley Methodist Church, Lewisburg, W. Va.

'Wm. L., C. M., F. G., H. A., James T. and Joe F. Webber; Reunion in Salem, Va., April 15, 1890 of brothers who had not met since 1861.'

39. Brothers Reunited

View of Charleston Business District, Charleston, West Virginia in 1890 (Top;) View of Charleston Business District, Charleston, West Virginia in 1941 (Bottom.)

40. Charleston Skyline in 1891 (Top) and 1941 (Bottom,) Charleston, W. Va.

'Engraved from a drawing by Miss M. V. Chapman.'

41. Engraving of the Lewisburg Female Institute, Lewisburg, W. Va.

'Mineral Wells Hotel Parkersburg 1895. Destroyed by fire in 1897; See Roy Bird Cook Papers, 1937/10/24 a letter concerning the Mineral Wells Hotel in Parkersburg, West Virginia in 1895.'

42. Mineral Wells Hotel, Parkersburg, W. Va.

'The above portrait appeared in the Wheeling Register on Sunday February 3rd, 1895. If it is a copy of a true portrait made of Jackson as a cadet it is the earliest known picture in existence. Examination and other evidence indicate however, that it is simply a pen sketch made from the Mexico City portrait.; This appeared along with a copy of the 1862 Winchester portrait; a picture of his birthplace in Clarksburg; the stone marking the spot where he fell at Chancellorsville; and the house in which he died at Guinea Station.; The article is captioned "Personal Recollections of 'Stonewall' Jackson" and is by John G. Gittings, late adjutant of the 31st. Virginia Infantry, and Major of Confederate Cavalry. The text is the same as appears in the sketches by the same writer.'

43. Thomas (Stonewall) Jackson as a Cadet

'Hanging John Morgan at Ripley for murder of the Pfost-Green family  Last public execution in W.Va. John F. Morgan, Dec. 16, 1897.'

44. Execution of John Morgan, Ripley, W.Va.

Portrait of Major General T.J. Jackson, C.S.A.

45. Jackson, General Thomas J. 'Stonewall'

'Order of excercises. 10 a.m.- Formation of Grand Lodge at the Lodge Rooms. 11 a.m.- Exercises Attendant upon the Laying of the CORNER-STONE by the Masons: 1. Prayer by Rev. John C. Brown. 2. LAYING of CORNER-STONE. 3. Address by Hon. R. T. W. Duke, of Charlottesville, Va. A Basket Dinner will be served by the Ladies in the Presbyterian Church-yard.  Everybody cordially invited to partake of their hospitality. DO NOT WAIT TO BE INVITED. Come foreward as soon as Dinner is ready and retire as soon as served so as to give place at the Tables for others.  THE DINNER IS PROVIDED BY THE LADIES WITHOUT CHARGE. Music by the 'STONEWALL' BAND, of Staunton, Va.'

46. Program for Laying of Corner Stone of the Lewisburg Female Institute Buildings

47. Broad Run Baptist Church Near Lightburn, Lewis County, W. Va.

Group portrait of members attending the Reunion Greenbrier Confederate Veterans and 36th Ohio Regiment at Lewisburg, in Greenbrier County, West Virginia on May 23, 1904.

48. Reunion of Greenbrier Confederate Veterans, Greenbrier County, W. Va.

'Henry Wilson, the Independent's Office Force, 1909.'

49. Greenbrier Independent Office Staff, Lewisburg, W. Va.

A panoramic view of the mill and the river surrounding it.

50. Jackson's Mill, Lewis County, W. Va.

A view of Jackson's Mill and it's reflection in the river.

51. Jackson's Mill, Lewis County, W. Va.

'This is the last photograph made of Laura Jackson Arnold, taken at Buckhannon, W. Va. late Summer 1910; she died following year.'

52. Laura Jackson Arnold, Sister of Stonewall Jackson

A drawing of Jackson's Mill and Stonewall Jackson with a quote underneath his portrait.

53. Drawing of Jackson's Mill, Lewis County, W. Va.

Group portrait of surviving members of the Confederate 'Immortal 600' during a reunion at Richmond, Virginia, in 1915.  The Immortal 600 were forty-two days under fire on Morris Island, South Carolina; sixty-five days on rotten corn meal, cats, and pickle rations at Hilton Head and Fort Pulaski; eighteen days on the prison ship, Crescent.

54. Reunion of Surviving Confederate 'Immortal 600,' Richmond, Va.

55. Steamboats on the Kanawha River from Alderson-Stephenson Building, Charleston, W.Va.

A view of Jackon's Mill and the road leading into the area.

56. Jackson's Mill, Lewis County, W. Va.

57. Old State Capitol Building After the Fire, Charleston, W. Va.

Flames and smoke visible on the tower and the top level of the Capitol Building, Charleston, W. Va.

58. Old State Capitol Building on Fire in Charleston, W. Va.

Men view the contents of a safe that survived the Capitol fire.  Letter enclosed with photographs reads, '18 April 1946 Dear Doctor Cook:  The gentleman on my right in the enclosed picture is I. Wade Coffman and the one on my left is the late James J. Divine, chairman and member respectively of the Public Service Commission in 1927.  The safe contained various records of the Commission.  The records were in good condition despite having been subjected to the terrific heat of the 'Pasteboard' Capitol fire.  It was thoughtful of you to send this picture to me for I don't recall having seen it before.  And of course I appreciate your choice adjectival selection for identifying me!  Sincerely, C. E. Nethken Chairman Public Service Commission of West Virginia'

59. Three Views of the Safe that Survived the Capitol Fire in Charleston, W. Va.

Men view the contents of a safe that survived the Capitol fire.  Letter attached to photographs reads, '18 April 1946 Dear Doctor Cook:  The gentleman on my right in the enclosed picture is I. Wade Coffman and the one on my left is the late James J. Divine, chairman and member respectively of the Public Service Commission in 1927.  The safe contained various records of the Commission.  The records were in good condition despite having been subjected to the terrific heat of the 'Pasteboard' Capitol fire.  It was thoughtful of you to send this picture to me for I don't recall having seen it before.  And of course I appreciate your choice adjectival selection for identifying me!  Sincerely, C. E. Nethken Chairman Public Service Commission of West Virginia'

60. Two Views of the Safe Filled with Records of the Public Service Commission that Survived the Capitol Fire, Charleston, W. Va.

Fire hoses stretched across the old Capitol grounds are used to extinguish the fire.

61. Old State Capitol Building on Fire in Charleston, W. Va.

62. Ruins of the Old Capitol Building at Charleston, W. Va. After Fire

63. Old State Capitol Building on Fire in Charleston, W. Va.

Ivy covered brick walls of the old capitol visible behind trees.

64. Old State Capitol Building, Charleston, W. Va.

65. Old State Capitol Building on Fire in Charleston, W. Va.

Crowd watches as flames erupt in the tower of the old capitol building.

66. Old State Capitol Building on Fire in Charleston, W. Va.

'Capitol burned on January 3rd, 1921.'

67. Old State Capitol Building After the Fire, Charleston, W. Va.

'Burned on January 3rd, 1921.'

68. Old State Capitol Building After the Fire, Charleston, W. Va.

Firefighters attempt to put out the fire in the Capitol building in Charleston, W. Va.

69. Old State Capitol Building on Fire in Charleston, W. Va.

View of the burned out windows and broken walls of the Capitol building after the fire of 1921.

70. Old State Capitol Building After the Fire, Charleston, W. Va.

A drawing of Jackson's Mill 'prepared for the Adv. Department of Standard Oil, New Jersey 1923.'

71. Drawing of Jackson's Mill, Lewis County, W. Va.

A distant view of East Charleston and Kanawha City, Charleston, West Virginia.  Baseball field visible in lower right corner.

72. East Charleston and Kanawha City, Charleston, W. Va.

73. Stonewall Jackson Monument in Clarksburg, W. Va.

A view of Jackson grave and statue.

74. Stonewall Jackson Monument, Lexington, Va.

The river is probably the Greenbrier River.

75. Elevated View of Railroad Bridge Crossing River in Greenbrier County, W. Va.

Side view of Jackson bust by sculptor Bryant Baker.

76. Plaster Mold of Bust of Stonewall Jackson, New York University, Bryant Baker Sculptor

Sketch 'View of Parkersburg, Virginia from the south side of the Kanawha River, looking up the Ohio.' Parkersburg, Virginia later became Parkersburg, West Virginia.

77. Parkersburg, W. Va.

A portrait of an unidentified man.

78. Unidentified Man

Bearded man wearing a dress uniform with dark trim, of a Confederate officer, and holding a sword.

79. Portrait of Unidentified Confederate Officer

'1. B. F. Warlow, 2. M. W. Zimmerman, 3. Sam'l C. Bright, 4. Ed S. Warren, 5. George F. Argabrite, 6. Floyd G. Warren, 7. James G. Hudson, 8. Robert L. Warren.'

80. Greenbrier Independent Corps, Lewsiburg, W. Va.

View toward the southeast of Lewisburg.

81. View of Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, W. Va.

Looking east from the Soldiers Cemetery Hill.

82. Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, W. Va.

View of of the town of Lewisburg.

83. Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, W. Va.

Men stand outside Bailey House.

84. Bailey House, Weston, W. Va.

View of Charleston, West Virginia in 1890.

85. Panoramic View of Charleston, W. Va.

"Lewisburg Telephone Force" includes woman telephone operator, wearing a head set while sitting at the switchboard and two other unidentified persons. Note the column of "ringers" or bells attached to the middle window frame.

86. First Telephone Staff, Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, W. Va.

Photo by J. W. Wilson of Ronceverte, West Virginia.

87. Members of the Greenbrier Valley Press Association, Greenbrier County, W. Va.

88. Prize Steer

View of a group of people gathered at the entrance of a large canvas tent in Greenbrier county, W. Va.

89. Campers in Greenbrier County, W. Va.

View of the Iron Bridge at Whitcomb Depot, C. and O. Railroad on a low water area of the Greenbrier River in Greenbrier County.

90. Iron Bridge at Whitcomb Depot, C. and O. Railroad on the Greenbrier River, Greenbrier County, W. Va.

91. Residents of Greenbrier County, W . Va.

92. Man in Uniform, Lewisburg, W. Va.

93. Julia and Jackson Christian, Aged 4 and 3 Years

View of the main entrance Greenbrier Valley Industrial Exposition at Alderson.

94. Entrance to Industrial Exposition in Greenbrier County, W. Va.

95. Steamboats at Charleston, W. Va.

Debris and partially standing buildings after the fire in Lewisburg on Aug. 3rd, 1897.

96. Ruins of Rittenhouse's Store and Stratton's Hotel, Lewisburg, W. Va.