Search Results

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.'

661. McNeill, Captain John Hanson (Left) and Captain Jesse C. McNeill

Portrait of Brevet Brigadier General William B. Curtis of West Liberty, Ohio County. He won his star by the capture of Fort Gregg, last of the Petersburg defenses. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'

662. Curtis, Colonel Wm. B.

Portrait of John C. Higginbotham of Buchkannon. Captain of Upshur Grays at 18; Colonel of 25th Virginia Infantry, CSA, at 20; killed at Spotsylvania Court House at 21 when promotion to Brigadier General was pending. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'

663. Higginbotham, Colonel John

Portrait of John Yates Beall, a Lake Erie raider and Confederate privateer from Jefferson County, Virginia (West Virginia).  From a photograph made about 3 hours before his execution. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'

664. Beall, John Yates, Confederate Lake Erie Raider from Jefferson County, Va. (later W. Va. )

Portrait of Lt. Col. W.P. Thompson of Wheeling and Fairmont, who commanded the 19th Va. Cavalry , CSA, at the Battle of Bulltown. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'

665. Thompson, Lt. Col. W. P.

Portrait of Col. Jos. Thoburn, 1st W. Va. Infantry. Commanded a brigade at 2nd Bull Run. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'

666. Thoburn, Colonel Joseph

Candid portrait of Lt. Louis Bennett in uniform posing with a small child on a sled.

667. Bennett, Lt. Louis with Small Child

Captain Kelly, British Flying Corps, on crutches and Louis Bennett, Jr., West Virginia Flying Corps, holding bottle, pose for a portrait at Sheepshead Bay, May 24, 1917.

668. Bennett, Lt. Louis and Captain Kelly (On Crutches) at Sheepshead Bay

The aircraft in the picture is a Curtiss Jenny.  Records show that the tail number (#1) corresponds to an aircraft that had a mishap enroute to West Virginia, and was destroyed in a crash on August 4, 1917.  In this crash Cadet C.B. Lambert (of Welch, West Virginia) was killed, and Lieutenant William Frey was injured.  (See newspaper Wheeling Register, August 4, 1917.)

669. Bennett, Lt. Louis and Fellow Pilot with World War I Airplane

670. West Virginia Flying Corps Airfield and Hangars at Beech Bottom, W. Va.

Officers of the West Virginia Flying Corps, including (left to right) Lieutenant Thomas Kent, Captain Louis Bennett, Jr., and Lieutenant William Frey.  They are standing in front of a Curtiss JN or "Jenny" aircraft.  This photograph appeared with an article regarding the W. Va. Flying Corps in the July 29, 1917 issue of the Wheeling Sunday News on page eight of part iii.

671. Bennett, Lt. Louis (Center) and with Fellow Pilots

Preparing to start aircraft #1 Curtiss JN-4 and "grass cutter" training plane. Plane #1 was destroyed in a crash on August 4, 1917.  In this crash Cadet C.B. Lambert (of Welch, West Virginia) was killed, and Lieutenant William Frey was injured.  (See newspaper Wheeling Register, August 4, 1917.)  Each ground crewman in the picture is about to "turn over the prop" in order to start the engines of the airplanes.

672. Preparing to Start Planes at West Virginia Flying Corps Big Hangar in Beech Bottom, W. Va.