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Portrait of Colonel Turner Ashby, Knights of the Shenondoah, who led the Confederate troops in the first battle of Bolirer Heights.  See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'

625. Ashby, Colonel Turner

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.'

626. Fuller, Captain William G.

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.'

627. Rosser, Maj. Gen. Tho. L.

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.'

628. Harris, Maj. Gen. Thomas Maley, Union Army of Harrisville, Ritchie County, W. Va.

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.'

629. Strother, Brevet Major General David Hunter

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.'

630. Moccasin Ranger Diplomats, Peregrine Hays (Left) and Geo. W. Silcott (Right)

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.'

631. Jackson, General Thomas J. 'Stonewall'

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.'

632. Jackson, General Thomas J. 'Stonewall'

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.'

633. 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.'

634. 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.'

635. 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.'

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