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Portrait of Brig. General Frederick W. Lander, who served with distinction in many western (West) Virginia campaigns and others including the Romney Expedition, refusing to surrender Hancock, Md. to Stonewall Jackson and  personally leading a successful charge at Bloomery Gap. He died two weeks after the battle in March 2, 1862.  See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'

1. Lander, Brigadier General Frederick W., Union Army