Portrait of Captain William G. Fuller, Telegraph Corps, who built and maintained some 700 miles of military telegraph wires in West Virginia, ranging from the Tygarts Valley to Princeton. He was later promoted to Colonel. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
Portrait of Maj Gen. Tho. L. Rosser, CSA. He captured Beverly in January 1865, despite snow, cold, and high water. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
Harris, Maj. Gen. Thomas Maley, Union Army of Harrisville, Ritchie County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Portrait of Maj. Gen. Thomas Maley Harris, commander of the 10th West Virginia Regiment and subsequently a brigade and a division under Sheridan. At Appomattox- his troops silenced the last battery put in position by the Army of Northern Virginia. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
Brevet Major General David Hunter Strother, of Berkeley Springs, who is perhaps best known as the "Porte Crayon" author and artist. From a wartime sketch made by J.H. Diss Debar. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
Memorial to the Fourth WV Infantry at Vicksburg National Military Park
Date:
undated
Description:
West Virginia's Memorial to the Fourth WV Infantry at Vicksburg National Military Park. The shaft is sermounted by a colossal bronze bust of General Arza M. Goodspeed, who was killed in the May 19th assault on the city's defensive works. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
The old Revolutionary relic captured by the 44th Ohio Infantry at the battle of Lewisburg. It was surrendered by Cornwallis at Yorktown in 1781. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
Moccasin Ranger Diplomats, Peregrine Hays (Left) and Geo. W. Silcott (Right)
Date:
undated
Description:
Peregrine Hays 'Left' and Geo. W. Silcott, 'Moccasin Ranger' diplomats who negotiated the Spencer Truce. General Kelly dissented. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
Group portrait of the Civil War Centennial Commission, created to plan and coordinate the series of observances and commemoration of VA centenary of the Civil War in West Virginia. Seated left to right: George N. Cobbs, S. Charlston; Major Thorton T. Perry, Jr, Charles Town; Colonel J.W. Benjamin, Lewisburg; and Delf Norona, Moundsville, Secretary-Treasurer. Standing left to right; Boyd Stutler, Charleston; Judge Charles W. Fergerson, Wayne; and Dr. E.E. Myers, Philippi, Chairman. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610.
Portrait of Lt. Gen Tho. J. 'Stonewall ' Jackson. As a colonel commanding a brigade he had his first Civil War action at Falling Waters, Berkeley County. Three weeks later he was 'Stonewall' at the first Battle of Bull Run. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
Portrait of Lt. Gen. Tho. J. Jackson. He made a winter march in January, 1862 and cleared the South Branch Valley. Resigned when political maneuvering ordered evacuation of Romney. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
McNeill, Captain John Hanson (Left) and Captain Jesse C. McNeill
Date:
undated
Description:
Portrait of Cap. John Hanson McNeill, Left, organizer and first commander of the McNeill Rangers. Right, Portrait of Cap. Jesse C. McNeill, second captain who named Cumberland and kidnapped Gen. S. Crook and Kelley. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
