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- IDNO:
- 038971
- Title:
- J. M. Young of Charleston, W. Va.
- Description:
- A carte de visite of a well dressed, bearded, J. M. Young.
- IDNO:
- 039054
- Title:
- Portrait of Abraham Lincoln
- Date:
- ca. 1861
- Description:
- A carte de visite of Lincoln probably taken early in his presidency.
- IDNO:
- 039058
- Title:
- General George McClellan and Staff
- Date:
- 1862
- Description:
- A carte de visite image of Union General George B. McClellan and his staff, left to right: Captain Clark, General McClellan striking a napoleonic pose, Captain Van Vliet and Major Barry. Information printed on the bottom of image: "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1862, by M.B. Brady, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the District of Columbia."
- IDNO:
- 039078
- Title:
- Union General John Geary and Staff, Harpers Ferry, Va. (W. Va. )
- Date:
- 1861
- Description:
- Geary commanded the 28th Pennsylvania Regiment and several other companies in the Harpers Ferry and Sandy Hook areas during the Union Army occupation in 1861. Identified officers are, L to R: 3rd from left, Captain Thomas Hollingsworth; 4th, General John Geary; 5th, Major Hector Tyndale.
- IDNO:
- 039089
- Title:
- Union General John Fremont
- Date:
- ca.1861
- Description:
- Fremont was given command of the Mountain Department in Western Virginia in early 1862. He resign his post in the Fall of 1862.
- IDNO:
- 039090
- Title:
- Union General Franz Sigel
- Date:
- ca. 1862
- Description:
- Sigel commanded the Federal forces in the Shenandoah Valley during the Spring of 1864, with many West Virginia units under him. After his defeat at New Market, Virginia, Sigel was reassigned to the Department of West Virginia, protecting the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
- IDNO:
- 039091
- Title:
- Union General Robert H. Milroy
- Date:
- ca. 1862
- Description:
- Milroy commanded the Cheat Mountain District in 1861, losing his first battle at Camp Allegheny. He surprised Stonewall Jackson at the Battle of McDowell in early May of 1862, inflicting heavy casualties.
- IDNO:
- 039092
- Title:
- Union General William S. Rosecrans
- Date:
- ca.1862
- Description:
- Rosecrans was responsible for several Union victories including the Battle of Rich Mountain during the Summer of 1861 in Randolph County, Virginia (West Virginia).
- IDNO:
- 039093
- Title:
- Union Army Second Lieutenant John Hinebaugh, Company D, 6th West Virginia Cavalry, from Preston County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca.1862
- Description:
- Inscription at the bottom of the image, "Yours ... John Hinebough". The 6th West Virginia Cavalry served in the mountains and the eastern panhandle of West Virginia during the war.
- IDNO:
- 039454
- Title:
- George
- Description:
- This is a cartes de visite portrait of a young man, identified as "George".
- IDNO:
- 039456
- Title:
- N. H. McGeorge of Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1890
- Description:
- Cartes de visite of N. H. McGeorge with an unidentified woman. His father married Mary Morgan who was the daughter of Captain Zackquill Morgan II.
- IDNO:
- 039849
- Title:
- Unidentified Young Man, Palatine, W. Va.
- Description:
- Dressed in the fashion of the late 1800s, posing with his arm resting on a chair.