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George R. Latham, from near Haymarket, Virginia, served in the Union Army during the Civil War as colonel of the 6th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment. He was brevetted Brigadier General in 1865.

1. Brigadier General George R. Latham

IDNO:
053486
Title:
Brigadier General George R. Latham
Date:
undated
Description:
George R. Latham, from near Haymarket, Virginia, served in the Union Army during the Civil War as colonel of the 6th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment. He was brevetted Brigadier General in 1865.
General Benjamin Franklin Kelley, who settled in Wheeling, W. Va. and was a Union general during the Civil War, is shown mounted on his horse Philippi.

2. General Benjamin Franklin Kelley

IDNO:
053293
Title:
General Benjamin Franklin Kelley
Date:
undated
Description:
General Benjamin Franklin Kelley, who settled in Wheeling, W. Va. and was a Union general during the Civil War, is shown mounted on his horse Philippi.
Private Anthony G. Lewellen, Company E.Image from 1965 thesis, "The Seventh West Virginia Volunteer Infantry 1861-1865"

3. Portrait of Private Anthony G. Lewellen

IDNO:
052598
Title:
Portrait of Private Anthony G. Lewellen
Date:
undated
Description:
Private Anthony G. Lewellen, Company E.Image from 1965 thesis, "The Seventh West Virginia Volunteer Infantry 1861-1865"
Portrait of Anthony Lightner, who was a private in the 31st Virginia during the Civil War.

4. Private Anthony Lightner, 31st Virginia

IDNO:
051741
Title:
Private Anthony Lightner, 31st Virginia
Date:
undated
Description:
Portrait of Anthony Lightner, who was a private in the 31st Virginia during the Civil War.
Born in Green County, Pennsylvania, Moore was the son of John W. and Mazie Moore. The family came to West Virginia in 1847 and settled on a large farm near Matamoras Station, where he later married Adaline W. Hanes in 1856. The couple bore nine children, seven of whom survived. After Hanes death in 1915, Moore re-married with Sallie A. Rarick in 1902.In 1862, Moore volunteered as a Union soldier in the 14th Regiment, Company E., West Virginia Infantry and was honorably discharged at the close of the war, having received a severe wound in the right hand.He later served his country as a member of the county court for six years and was also an overseer of the poor in Lincoln District (which included Sistersville) for many years.He died on his family farm at Pursely Creek on November 24, 1915 at the age of 81.

5. Portrait of Major Shriver Moore

IDNO:
047277
Title:
Portrait of Major Shriver Moore
Date:
ca. 1891-1895
Description:
Born in Green County, Pennsylvania, Moore was the son of John W. and Mazie Moore. The family came to West Virginia in 1847 and settled on a large farm near Matamoras Station, where he later married Adaline W. Hanes in 1856. The couple bore nine children, seven of whom survived. After Hanes death in 1915, Moore re-married with Sallie A. Rarick in 1902.In 1862, Moore volunteered as a Union soldier in the 14th Regiment, Company E., West Virginia Infantry and was honorably discharged at the close of the war, having received a severe wound in the right hand.He later served his country as a member of the county court for six years and was also an overseer of the poor in Lincoln District (which included Sistersville) for many years.He died on his family farm at Pursely Creek on November 24, 1915 at the age of 81.
Born in Green County, Pennsylvania, Moore was the son of John W. and Mazie Moore. The family came to West Virginia in 1847 and settled on a large farm near Matamoras Station, where he later married Adaline W. Hanes in 1856. The couple bore nine children, seven of whom survived. After Hanes death in 1915, Moore re-married with Sallie A. Rarick in 1902.In 1862, Moore volunteered as a Union soldier in the 14th Regiment, Company E., West Virginia Infantry and was honorably discharged at the close of the war, having received a severe wound in the right hand.He later served his country as a member of the county court for six years and was also an overseer of the poor in Lincoln District (which included Sistersville) for many years.He died of bronchial trouble on his family farm at Pursely Creek on November 24, 1915 at the age of 81.

6. Portrait of Major Shriver Moore

IDNO:
047276
Title:
Portrait of Major Shriver Moore
Date:
ca. 1891-1895
Description:
Born in Green County, Pennsylvania, Moore was the son of John W. and Mazie Moore. The family came to West Virginia in 1847 and settled on a large farm near Matamoras Station, where he later married Adaline W. Hanes in 1856. The couple bore nine children, seven of whom survived. After Hanes death in 1915, Moore re-married with Sallie A. Rarick in 1902.In 1862, Moore volunteered as a Union soldier in the 14th Regiment, Company E., West Virginia Infantry and was honorably discharged at the close of the war, having received a severe wound in the right hand.He later served his country as a member of the county court for six years and was also an overseer of the poor in Lincoln District (which included Sistersville) for many years.He died of bronchial trouble on his family farm at Pursely Creek on November 24, 1915 at the age of 81.
Pierpoint was originally from Morgantown, Virginia (later West Virginia. He was employed in Indiana at the start of the Civil War and enlisted in a Indiana regiment. His parents, also loyal to the Union, were still living in Morgantown. This cased image is probably an ambrotype.

7. Union Corporal Jacob Pierpoint, 19th Indiana Vol. Regiment

IDNO:
039207
Title:
Union Corporal Jacob Pierpoint, 19th Indiana Vol. Regiment
Date:
ca. 1862
Description:
Pierpoint was originally from Morgantown, Virginia (later West Virginia. He was employed in Indiana at the start of the Civil War and enlisted in a Indiana regiment. His parents, also loyal to the Union, were still living in Morgantown. This cased image is probably an ambrotype.
Lipps was wounded twice and captured while in hospital for the second wound received at Cold Harbor.

8. Confederate Veteran Joseph H. Lipps of Greenbrier County, W. Va., Company B, 22nd Virginia Infantry

IDNO:
038706
Title:
Confederate Veteran Joseph H. Lipps of Greenbrier County, W. Va., Company B, 22nd Virginia Infantry
Description:
Lipps was wounded twice and captured while in hospital for the second wound received at Cold Harbor.
Moore enlisted in Company A in 1861. After the unit was disbanded, he enlisted in Company K in January, 1864.

9. Confederate Veteran William W. Moore of Greenbrier County, W. Va., Companies A & K, 14th Virginia Infantry

IDNO:
038704
Title:
Confederate Veteran William W. Moore of Greenbrier County, W. Va., Companies A & K, 14th Virginia Infantry
Description:
Moore enlisted in Company A in 1861. After the unit was disbanded, he enlisted in Company K in January, 1864.
McClung enlisted in Company A of the 14th Cavalry in May 1861 which was soon disbanded. He later enlisted in Company K in March, 1862. However by June, 1862 McClung had furnished a substitute and was discharged.

10. Confederate Veteran Samuel K. McClung of Greenbrier County, W. Va. Companies A & K, 14th Virginia Cavalry

IDNO:
038686
Title:
Confederate Veteran Samuel K. McClung of Greenbrier County, W. Va. Companies A & K, 14th Virginia Cavalry
Description:
McClung enlisted in Company A of the 14th Cavalry in May 1861 which was soon disbanded. He later enlisted in Company K in March, 1862. However by June, 1862 McClung had furnished a substitute and was discharged.
Price was a farmer from Lewisburg, Virginia (West Virginia) and also served in the 60th Virginia Infantry,

11. Confederate Veteran J. Washington Price of Greenbrier County, W. Va., Company K, 14th Virginia Cavalry

IDNO:
038673
Title:
Confederate Veteran J. Washington Price of Greenbrier County, W. Va., Company K, 14th Virginia Cavalry
Description:
Price was a farmer from Lewisburg, Virginia (West Virginia) and also served in the 60th Virginia Infantry,
Company E, known as the "Bruce Rifles", was organized as an artillery unit and later, in August 1861 transferred to the 60th Infantry. Pulliam served as a second lieutenant.

12. Confederate Veteran A. Dudley Pulliam of Greenbrier County, W. Va., Company E, 60th Virginia Infantry

IDNO:
038670
Title:
Confederate Veteran A. Dudley Pulliam of Greenbrier County, W. Va., Company E, 60th Virginia Infantry
Description:
Company E, known as the "Bruce Rifles", was organized as an artillery unit and later, in August 1861 transferred to the 60th Infantry. Pulliam served as a second lieutenant.