Railroad Hopper Car Picking Up Loose Goods; Arden, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1907
Description:
Two men stand on top of railroad hopper carrying some sort of loose bulk commodity. Tygarts Valley Supply Co. building in the background. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Old Depot and B & O Railroad; Philippi, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1911
Description:
Travelers await train arriving at station in Philippi, West Virginia. Published by Reger News Stand. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Caption on postcard reads: "It was at Philippi that the first land engagement of the Civil War took place and from the dome of this old court house floated the first Confederate flag that was ever in this part of the country. The court house was for years a noted landmark." The court house was built in 1845 and later torn down in 1903. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Hospital founded in 1933. Published by Ryan's Book Store in Philippi, West Virginia. See original postcard for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Battle Hill was where the first battle of the Civil War took place on June 3, 1861. Published by J.K. Hall in Philippi, West Virginia. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Tygart Valley River running through the middle of town. Published by J.A. Blackwood in Philippi, West Virginia. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
The battle at Philippi was the first land engagement of the Civil War and took place on June 3, 1861. In foreground, Federal artillery firing brass six pounders from Talbott Hill, now the site of Alderson Broaddus College. Center, left, Kelley on horseback leading his men into the town. Center, cavalry tents: Confederate cavalry leaving for Beverly. Hill in distance, Milroy's troops firing on retreating Confederates who are returning fire from the Beverly-Fairmont Pike. Center, right, Covered Bridge crossing Tygart's Valley River. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Whitescarver Hall is a dormitory at Alderson Broaddus College which was built in 1911-1912. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. Published by C.C. Day in Philippi, West Virginia. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Illustrated postcard of two men and a boy standing along pedestrian walkway across bridge on Bridge Street. See original for correspondence. Published by Grant Graham. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Old Covered Bridge Across Tygart River; Philippi, W. Va.
Date:
1952
Description:
This bridge was erected in 1852 serving both the North and South in passage of troops and supplies across mountains into Virginia. Published by Tygart Valley News Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Covered Bridge Across Tygart River; Philippi, W. Va.
Description:
This bridge erected 1852 served both north and south in passage of troops and supplies across mountains into Virginia. Published by The Teacraft Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Covered Bridge Across Tygart River; Philippi, W. Va.
Description:
Site of the first land battle of Civil War at Philippi. This bridge erected in 1852 served both North and South in passage of troops and supplies across mountains into Virginia. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Souvenir From Mount Morris School, Cove District; Barbour Co., W. Va.
Date:
1898
Description:
Student who received souvenir was Margie Dillow. Image of her teacher Allan A. Moats on the front. Classmate listing can be found on the back. See original for further correspondence. Published by H.G. Phillips. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
View From Position of Federal Battery in the First Battle of Civil War; Philippi, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
First land battle during the Civil War took place here on June 3, 1861. Published by H.G. Zimmerman & Co. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Old Covered Bridge Across Tygart River; Philippi, W. Va.
Description:
Scene of the first land battle of the Civil War. Erected in 1852, this bridge served both North and South in passage of troops and supplies across mountains into Virginia. Published by Rex Heck News Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Caption on postcard reads: "The Engagement at Bealington, Va., July 8, 1861. General McClellan, in command of the Federal Forces at North West Virginia, had about 20,000 available men and had divided them into three detachments. One of these, under General T.A. Morris, was sent towards Beverly and encamped at Bealington, a village at the foot of Laurel Hill, and in close proximity to Garnet's position, whom he had been ordered to engage in a series of feints to distract him from the main Federal attacks directed to the rear of Garnet's forces, which consisted of about 11,000 men, including 3,000 under Colonel Pegram, at Rich Mountain. Skirmishes were kept up, those of the 8th of July being a considerable battle. The troops engaged on the Federal side were the 9th Indiana and the 14th Ohio Regiments. The fierceness of the attacks of the Indiana soldiers caused the Confederates to dub them "Swamp Devils" and also "The Tigers of the Bloody Ninth." This engagement was followed by the battles of Corrick's Ford and Rich Mountain. - From a sketch by H. Love." Published by Barbour Publishing Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Earl Ray Zinn during World War I, North Central, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1918
Description:
Zinn is pictured a soldier's uniform beside an American flag. Zinn is from North Central West Virginia, which includes Monongalia, Taylor and Barbour counties.
