An illustrated portrait of Elmer Ellsworth, Colonel of a New York Zouave Unit in the Union Army. A favorite friend of the Lincoln family, Ellsworth was killed by a Southern sympathizer, May, 1861 in Alexandria, Virginia.
Maryland Heights Before 1861, Harpers Ferry, Va. (later W. Va.)
Date:
ca. 1861
Description:
View of Maryland Heights from across the Potomac River and the covered railroad bridge at Harpers Ferry, Virginia,, later West Virginia, before 1861 and the Civil War.
Francis Pierpont and His Twins, Francis William and Mary Augusta Pierpont of Fairmont, Virginia (West Virginia)
Date:
ca. 1861
Description:
Francis Pierpont and his wife, Julia were parents of four children including twins born September 13, 1860. Their daughter, Mary died in 1864 while her father was the Governor of the Restored Government of Virginia.
Clarksburg, Harrison County, Western Virginia, Headquarters of General Rosecrans
Date:
ca. 1861
Description:
A colored, wood craving illustration of Clarksburg, Va. (later West Virginia) and Union General William Rosecrans' headquarters during the first months of the Civil War. The Federal objective was to hold railroad lines and turnpike thruways. The Confederate aims were to take them back.
Captain Hurston Spurlock of Wayne County, Virginia (West Virginia)
Date:
ca. 1861
Description:
'Captain Hurston Spurlock, son of Reverend Burwell Spurlock by his second marriage. He was appointed Captain of the Ferguson Battalion of the C. S. A. which subsequently became Co. E - 16th Regiment of Virginia. Appointed in Sept. 1861, Captain Spurlock was the father of Arma Spurlock Howard of Ceredo, Henry P. and Charles Spurlock.'
Soldiers of 22nd New York Militia, Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, Va. (W. Va.)
Date:
ca. 1861
Description:
Two unidentified soldiers of the 22nd New York State Militia, Union Army, in full uniform and armed, standing in front of a caisson. Note the caisson carries a spare wheel.
Samuel F. Harsh of Barbour County (W. Va.) Home Guard
Date:
ca. 1861
Description:
Harsh stood strongly with the Union during the Civil War in the midst of a Confederate stronghold in Barbour County. He served under Captain Michael T. Haller. This cased image of Harsh is possibly a ambrotype.
Landing Of Federal Troops at Parkersburg, Western Virginia
Date:
ca. 1861
Description:
A colored wood craving illustration of Parkersburg on the Little Kanawha River in Wood County, Va. (later West Virginia). Several Federal troops from states west of the Ohio River were deployed here during the Civil War to hold vital railroad lines and turnpikes of which Parkersburg was the terminus.
Cased Portrait of Civil War Army Officer G. P. Gardner of Point Pleasant, Va. (later W. Va.)
Date:
ca. 1861
Description:
Either an ambrotype or tintype image of G. P. Gardner wearing an officer's uniform of possibly the Union Army,and holding a sword with a revolver tucked in his belt.
