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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.

1. Ellsworth, Elmer E. Colonel, Union Army

IDNO:
000856
Title:
Ellsworth, Elmer E. Colonel, Union Army
Date:
ca. 1861
Description:
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.
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.

2. Maryland Heights Before 1861, Harpers Ferry, Va. (later W. Va.)

IDNO:
006575
Title:
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 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.

3. Francis Pierpont and His Twins, Francis William and Mary Augusta Pierpont of Fairmont, Virginia (West Virginia)

IDNO:
029865
Title:
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.
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.

4. Clarksburg, Harrison County, Western Virginia, Headquarters of General Rosecrans

IDNO:
029955
Title:
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.

5. Abraham Lincoln

IDNO:
032756
Title:
Abraham Lincoln
Date:
ca. 1861
George Latham a newspaper editor and lawyer, from Taylor County, helped to organize the "Grafton Guards" at the outbreak of the Civil War

6. George R. Latham, Colonel of Second West Virginia Infantry, Union Army

IDNO:
034417
Title:
George R. Latham, Colonel of Second West Virginia Infantry, Union Army
Date:
ca. 1861
Description:
George Latham a newspaper editor and lawyer, from Taylor County, helped to organize the "Grafton Guards" at the outbreak of the Civil War
'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.'

7. Captain Hurston Spurlock of Wayne County, Virginia (West Virginia)

IDNO:
034419
Title:
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.'
A carte de visite of Lincoln probably taken early in his presidency.

8. Portrait of Abraham Lincoln

IDNO:
039054
Title:
Portrait of Abraham Lincoln
Date:
ca. 1861
Description:
A carte de visite of Lincoln probably taken early in his presidency.
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.

9. Soldiers of 22nd New York Militia, Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, Va. (W. Va.)

IDNO:
039084
Title:
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.
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.

10. Samuel F. Harsh of Barbour County (W. Va.) Home Guard

IDNO:
039148
Title:
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.
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.

11. Landing Of Federal Troops at Parkersburg, Western Virginia

IDNO:
039188
Title:
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.
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.

12. Cased Portrait of Civil War Army Officer G. P. Gardner of Point Pleasant, Va. (later W. Va.)

IDNO:
039363
Title:
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.