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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.

1. Union General John Geary and Staff, Harpers Ferry, Va. (W. Va. )

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.
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."

2. General George McClellan and Staff

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."
Known as the "Chancellorsville Portrait", this photograph was taken less then a week before the Battle of Chancellorsville, where Jackson was mortally wounded. The original photographer was Mr Minnis of Minnis and Cromwell from Richmond, Va. This carte de visite is by Tanner & Vannes of Lynchburg, Va.

3. Confederate General Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson, Spotsylvania, Va.

IDNO:
045530
Title:
Confederate General Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson, Spotsylvania, Va.
Date:
1863/04/26
Description:
Known as the "Chancellorsville Portrait", this photograph was taken less then a week before the Battle of Chancellorsville, where Jackson was mortally wounded. The original photographer was Mr Minnis of Minnis and Cromwell from Richmond, Va. This carte de visite is by Tanner & Vannes of Lynchburg, Va.
Portrait of George R. Boush of Old Point Comfort, Va., a member of the Restored Government of Virginia's State Constitutional Convention held in Alexandria in 1864.

4. George R. Boush, Alexandria, Va.

IDNO:
001171
Title:
George R. Boush, Alexandria, Va.
Date:
1864
Description:
Portrait of George R. Boush of Old Point Comfort, Va., a member of the Restored Government of Virginia's State Constitutional Convention held in Alexandria in 1864.
'Mrs. John L. Johnston; Died Feb. 1962'

5. Lucy B. (Johnson) Johnston

IDNO:
029376
Title:
Lucy B. (Johnson) Johnston
Date:
1869
Description:
'Mrs. John L. Johnston; Died Feb. 1962'
A portrait of Baby Evelyn Stanley, seven months and eight days old, from the Ellison-Dunlap families collection, Monroe County.

6. Evelyn Stanley , For My Aunt Clara Ellison

IDNO:
028194
Title:
Evelyn Stanley , For My Aunt Clara Ellison
Date:
1877/06/19
Description:
A portrait of Baby Evelyn Stanley, seven months and eight days old, from the Ellison-Dunlap families collection, Monroe County.
Portrait of Mr. Kremer, high school principal, from a photograph album of late nineteenth century images featuring residents from Keyser, W. Va.

7. Portrait of Mr. Kremer, High School Principal, Keyser, W. Va.

IDNO:
050452
Title:
Portrait of Mr. Kremer, High School Principal, Keyser, W. Va.
Date:
1888/08
Description:
Portrait of Mr. Kremer, high school principal, from a photograph album of late nineteenth century images featuring residents from Keyser, W. Va.

8. B. D. Gibson

IDNO:
037734
Title:
B. D. Gibson
Date:
1906
B. D. Gibson, "Port", at age 21, weight 180 lbs.

9. B. D. Gibson, 'Port'

IDNO:
037732
Title:
B. D. Gibson, 'Port'
Date:
Undated
Description:
B. D. Gibson, "Port", at age 21, weight 180 lbs.
Involved in the founding of the state of West Virginia, served as delegate at the first and second Wheeling Conventions, one term in the West Virginia State Senate and State Prosecuting Attorney for Barbour, Randolph, Taylor and Tucker Counties.

10. Spencer Dayton of Philippi, Barbour County, Va. (W. Va.)

IDNO:
040448
Title:
Spencer Dayton of Philippi, Barbour County, Va. (W. Va.)
Date:
ca. 1860
Description:
Involved in the founding of the state of West Virginia, served as delegate at the first and second Wheeling Conventions, one term in the West Virginia State Senate and State Prosecuting Attorney for Barbour, Randolph, Taylor and Tucker Counties.
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.

11. 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.
A carte de visite of Lincoln probably taken early in his presidency.

12. 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.
Wise served as governor of Virginia, 1856-1860. He supported Virginia's secession from the United States in 1861 and began waging war against the Union before the Ordinance of Secession was passed, by ordering the Virginia Militia to forcibly take possession of the U. S. facilities at Harpers' Ferry and Norfolk. Subsequently Wise was commissioned a brigadier general in the Confederate Army and after the war labeled himself an "unsubmitting rebel", refusing to take the Oath of Allegiance to the United States government. Bitter toward Western Virginia and later West Virginia, Wise judged the new state as a “bastard child of a political rape”.

13. Confederate General Henry A. Wise of Accomack County, Va.

IDNO:
041546
Title:
Confederate General Henry A. Wise of Accomack County, Va.
Date:
ca. 1861
Description:
Wise served as governor of Virginia, 1856-1860. He supported Virginia's secession from the United States in 1861 and began waging war against the Union before the Ordinance of Secession was passed, by ordering the Virginia Militia to forcibly take possession of the U. S. facilities at Harpers' Ferry and Norfolk. Subsequently Wise was commissioned a brigadier general in the Confederate Army and after the war labeled himself an "unsubmitting rebel", refusing to take the Oath of Allegiance to the United States government. Bitter toward Western Virginia and later West Virginia, Wise judged the new state as a “bastard child of a political rape”.
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.

14. Union General Franz Sigel

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.
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.

15. Union General Robert H. Milroy

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.
The dress and hair style were the fashion of the day during the 1860's. the young woman is not identified.

16. Civil War Era Portrait of Young Woman, Frederick, Md.

IDNO:
032648
Title:
Civil War Era Portrait of Young Woman, Frederick, Md.
Date:
ca. 1863
Description:
The dress and hair style were the fashion of the day during the 1860's. the young woman is not identified.
The style of the dress and hair indicates this photograph was taken in the 1860's. The young woman is not identified.

17. Civil War Era Portrait of Young Woman, Frederick, Md.

IDNO:
032651
Title:
Civil War Era Portrait of Young Woman, Frederick, Md.
Date:
ca. 1863
Description:
The style of the dress and hair indicates this photograph was taken in the 1860's. The young woman is not identified.
William Carney stands with a flag in front of tents.

18. Sergeant William Carney

IDNO:
054280
Title:
Sergeant William Carney
Date:
ca. 1863-1865
Description:
William Carney stands with a flag in front of tents.
Bliss was head of one of the largest army hospitals for wounded Union soldiers during the Civil War.

19. Dr. Willard Bliss, Surgeon in Charge, Armory Square Hospital, Washington D.C.

IDNO:
011571
Title:
Dr. Willard Bliss, Surgeon in Charge, Armory Square Hospital, Washington D.C.
Date:
ca. 1864
Description:
Bliss was head of one of the largest army hospitals for wounded Union soldiers during the Civil War.
A portrait of French Ensor Chadwick about the time he graduated from the United States Naval Academy. Chadwick was subsequently promoted to Rear Admiral in 1904.

20. French Ensor Chadwick of Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
027678
Title:
French Ensor Chadwick of Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1864
Description:
A portrait of French Ensor Chadwick about the time he graduated from the United States Naval Academy. Chadwick was subsequently promoted to Rear Admiral in 1904.
'Pictures of "Aunt Beck" and her daughters Susan and "Little Hat." Until 1861 these were slaves of my Great Uncle Hiram Haymond, Esq.; Signed: Margaret Morrow; Aug. 24th/59'Contains a revenue stamp on the back of the image.Union Gallery, H.B. Hull, Photographer, Fairmont, W. Va.Research has shown that Rebecca 'Aunt Beck' and her daughters, Susan and Harriet, who was also known as Hattie and "Little Hat," had the last name of Wilson. When Harriet married, her name became Harriet Wilson Whitley. As a child she was called Hattie and as an adult she became known as "Aunt Hat."

21. Harriet, Hattie, Little Hat [Jones] Wilson Whitley, Slave of Hiram Haymond of Marion County

IDNO:
029966
Title:
Harriet, Hattie, Little Hat [Jones] Wilson Whitley, Slave of Hiram Haymond of Marion County
Date:
ca. 1864
Description:
'Pictures of "Aunt Beck" and her daughters Susan and "Little Hat." Until 1861 these were slaves of my Great Uncle Hiram Haymond, Esq.; Signed: Margaret Morrow; Aug. 24th/59'Contains a revenue stamp on the back of the image.Union Gallery, H.B. Hull, Photographer, Fairmont, W. Va.Research has shown that Rebecca 'Aunt Beck' and her daughters, Susan and Harriet, who was also known as Hattie and "Little Hat," had the last name of Wilson. When Harriet married, her name became Harriet Wilson Whitley. As a child she was called Hattie and as an adult she became known as "Aunt Hat."
John T. Gibson, born in 1851, a soldier of the Confederacy with Mosby. The latter said of him, "a brave - gallant child, whom I love."

22. John T. Gibson, Age 13

IDNO:
037733
Title:
John T. Gibson, Age 13
Date:
ca. 1864
Description:
John T. Gibson, born in 1851, a soldier of the Confederacy with Mosby. The latter said of him, "a brave - gallant child, whom I love."
A carte de visite portrait of an unidentified bearded man wearing a hat. There is a revenue stamp on the back of photograph indicating a tax had been paid on the image. This tax was collected, 1864 to 1866 by the Federal government to pay for the war.

23. Portrait of Unidentified Man

IDNO:
038958
Title:
Portrait of Unidentified Man
Date:
ca. 1864
Description:
A carte de visite portrait of an unidentified bearded man wearing a hat. There is a revenue stamp on the back of photograph indicating a tax had been paid on the image. This tax was collected, 1864 to 1866 by the Federal government to pay for the war.
An older woman in a bonnet and polka dot dress. There is a revenue stamp on the back of the photograph indicating a tax was paid to support the Federal War effort during the Civil war.

24. Portrait of Edlerly Woman from W. Va.

IDNO:
039864
Title:
Portrait of Edlerly Woman from W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1864
Description:
An older woman in a bonnet and polka dot dress. There is a revenue stamp on the back of the photograph indicating a tax was paid to support the Federal War effort during the Civil war.
Hagans was from Preston County, WV.

25. Portrait of Elisha M. Hagans

IDNO:
048897
Title:
Portrait of Elisha M. Hagans
Date:
ca. 1864
Description:
Hagans was from Preston County, WV.
A carte de visite photograph of a woman holding a small child. There is a federal revenue stamp on the back of the photograph, indicating a tax had been paid on the image. This stamp tax was passed by Congress to pay for raising costs of the Civil War from 1864 to 1866.

26. Aunt Ri and Troy Perkins

IDNO:
038939
Title:
Aunt Ri and Troy Perkins
Date:
ca. 1865
Description:
A carte de visite photograph of a woman holding a small child. There is a federal revenue stamp on the back of the photograph, indicating a tax had been paid on the image. This stamp tax was passed by Congress to pay for raising costs of the Civil War from 1864 to 1866.
This carte de visite has a federal revenue stamp on the back indicating a tax was paid on the photograph. This tax was passed by Congress, 1864-1866, to pay for the war. The young woman is wearing the fashion and hair style of the Civil War period.

27. Civil War Era Portrait of Unidentified Woman

IDNO:
038968
Title:
Civil War Era Portrait of Unidentified Woman
Date:
ca. 1865
Description:
This carte de visite has a federal revenue stamp on the back indicating a tax was paid on the photograph. This tax was passed by Congress, 1864-1866, to pay for the war. The young woman is wearing the fashion and hair style of the Civil War period.
Inscribed on the back of photograph, "My uncle R. O. B.". Also has a 2 cent U. S. tax revenue stamp.

28. Charles Bigelow

IDNO:
040241
Title:
Charles Bigelow
Date:
ca. 1865
Description:
Inscribed on the back of photograph, "My uncle R. O. B.". Also has a 2 cent U. S. tax revenue stamp.
A carte de visite of a young woman wearing Civil War period fashion and hair style. There is also a revenue stamp on the back of the photograph with the date "July 24, 1866".

29. Unidentified Young Woman

IDNO:
038943
Title:
Unidentified Young Woman
Date:
ca. 1866
Description:
A carte de visite of a young woman wearing Civil War period fashion and hair style. There is also a revenue stamp on the back of the photograph with the date "July 24, 1866".
Signed 'My dear Brooke. Very truly your friend, Virginius Newton. (Friends at University of Virginia Law School 1867-1869).'

30. Portrait of Virginius Newton

IDNO:
027065
Title:
Portrait of Virginius Newton
Date:
ca. 1867-1869
Description:
Signed 'My dear Brooke. Very truly your friend, Virginius Newton. (Friends at University of Virginia Law School 1867-1869).'

31. Portrait of Male Brooke Family Member

IDNO:
027062
Title:
Portrait of Male Brooke Family Member
Date:
ca. 1869
Portrait of Elliz Pierce Lantz, who was a lawyer in Waynesburg, Pa. He was born in Blacksville, W. Va., married Ida B. Johnson on October 19, 1880, and died in 1883.

32. Ellis Pierce Lantz Portrait

IDNO:
051866
Title:
Ellis Pierce Lantz Portrait
Date:
ca. 1870-1883
Description:
Portrait of Elliz Pierce Lantz, who was a lawyer in Waynesburg, Pa. He was born in Blacksville, W. Va., married Ida B. Johnson on October 19, 1880, and died in 1883.
This photograph taken while Dayton was a student at WVU. He was the son of Spencer and Sarah Dayton of Philippi. He would subsequently serve in Congress and as a judge in the Federal Courts in West Virginia.

33. Alston Gordon Dayton , West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
040454
Title:
Alston Gordon Dayton , West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1874
Description:
This photograph taken while Dayton was a student at WVU. He was the son of Spencer and Sarah Dayton of Philippi. He would subsequently serve in Congress and as a judge in the Federal Courts in West Virginia.

34. Portrait of Oscar C. Kubach

IDNO:
036465
Title:
Portrait of Oscar C. Kubach
Date:
ca. 1880-1900
Portrait of Mammie Woodcock from a photograph album of late nineteenth century images featuring residents from Keyser, W. Va.

35. Portrait of Mammie Woodcock, Keyser, W. Va.

IDNO:
050451
Title:
Portrait of Mammie Woodcock, Keyser, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1880-1900
Description:
Portrait of Mammie Woodcock from a photograph album of late nineteenth century images featuring residents from Keyser, W. Va.
Portrait of Reverend S. Johnston from a photograph album of late nineteenth century images featuring residents from Keyser, W. Va.

36. Portrait of Reverend S. Johnston, Keyser, W. Va.

IDNO:
050454
Title:
Portrait of Reverend S. Johnston, Keyser, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1880-1900
Description:
Portrait of Reverend S. Johnston from a photograph album of late nineteenth century images featuring residents from Keyser, W. Va.
The two men in this carte de visite, were also known as "Uncle Norman " and Uncle Din".

37. Norman and Milton Young

IDNO:
038941
Title:
Norman and Milton Young
Date:
ca. 1885
Description:
The two men in this carte de visite, were also known as "Uncle Norman " and Uncle Din".
A carte de visite of a well dressed J. M. Young.

38. J. M. Young

IDNO:
038942
Title:
J. M. Young
Date:
ca. 1885
Description:
A carte de visite of a well dressed J. M. Young.
A carte de visite portrait of of a woman, probably a member of the Young or Perkins family of Charleston, West Virginia.

39. Aunt Ri

IDNO:
038944
Title:
Aunt Ri
Date:
ca. 1885
Description:
A carte de visite portrait of of a woman, probably a member of the Young or Perkins family of Charleston, West Virginia.
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.

40. N. H. McGeorge of Morgantown, W. Va.

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.

41. Portrait of Unidentified Child, W. Va.

IDNO:
037095
Title:
Portrait of Unidentified Child, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1910

42. Miss Maggie Keithley, Sister to the Missouri Giantess

IDNO:
029516
Title:
Miss Maggie Keithley, Sister to the Missouri Giantess
Date:
ca. 1900
Smoke rises out of the small shack.

43. A Cooking or Drying House, Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
048282
Title:
A Cooking or Drying House, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1957
Description:
Smoke rises out of the small shack.
Fremont was given command of the Mountain Department in Western Virginia in early 1862. He resign his post in the Fall of 1862.

44. Union General John Fremont

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.
Rosecrans was responsible for several Union victories including the Battle of Rich Mountain during the Summer of 1861 in Randolph County, Virginia (West Virginia).

45. Union General William S. Rosecrans

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).
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.

46. Union Army Second Lieutenant John Hinebaugh, Company D, 6th West Virginia Cavalry, from Preston County, W. Va.

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.
Wagons and cannons parked at an encampment. Note the laundry hanging on a caisson in the foreground.

47. Possibly Artillery Unit in Thirty First Regiment, Confederate Army

IDNO:
000850
Title:
Possibly Artillery Unit in Thirty First Regiment, Confederate Army
Date:
ca.1864
Description:
Wagons and cannons parked at an encampment. Note the laundry hanging on a caisson in the foreground.
Stark Arnold was the son of Jonathan and Laura Arnold and the nephew of Lt. General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, CSA. The back of the photograph has a tax stamp. This tax, passed by the United States Congress, was implemented in 1864 to 1866 to help finance the war.

48. Stark Arnold of Beverly, W. Va

IDNO:
038557
Title:
Stark Arnold of Beverly, W. Va
Date:
ca.1864
Description:
Stark Arnold was the son of Jonathan and Laura Arnold and the nephew of Lt. General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, CSA. The back of the photograph has a tax stamp. This tax, passed by the United States Congress, was implemented in 1864 to 1866 to help finance the war.
Portrait of the sister of Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson. The siblings became estranged after the Civil War broke out. Laura's large sleeve dress and pulled back hair were the fashion during the war.

49. Laura Jackson Arnold of Beverly, Randolph County, W. Va.

IDNO:
038556
Title:
Laura Jackson Arnold of Beverly, Randolph County, W. Va.
Date:
ca.1865
Description:
Portrait of the sister of Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson. The siblings became estranged after the Civil War broke out. Laura's large sleeve dress and pulled back hair were the fashion during the war.
A carte de visite of three unidentified women dressed in Civil War era fashion and hair style.

50. Three Unidentified Young Women

IDNO:
038945
Title:
Three Unidentified Young Women
Date:
ca.1865
Description:
A carte de visite of three unidentified women dressed in Civil War era fashion and hair style.