Burning of the U. S. Armory and Arsenal at Harpers Ferry
Date:
1861/04/18
Description:
Burning of the U.S. Armory and Arsenal at Harpers Ferry on the night of April 18, 1861. From a sketch in Leslies Weekly. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
Destruction of the Harpers Ferry Highway - Railroad Bridge, Jefferson County, Va. (W. Va.)
Date:
1861/06/14
Description:
Blowing up the highway-railroad bridge at Harpers Ferry in the early morning of June 14, 1861 when Confederate Brigadier General Joseph E. Johnston and his Army evacuated the town. The bridge was completely destroyed - a fate it was to suffer by fire and flood nine times during the civil war. From a sketch in Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'West Virginia in the Civil War.'
General Averell and his men in the rain during the raid on Salem. The men rode through pelting rain and in freezing weather. From a sketch in Harpers Weekly, Jan 16, 1864. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's West Virginia in the Civil War.
Drawing of Men in the Lobby of the McClure House in Wheeling to Hear News of the War
Date:
1863
Description:
'Morgans Raiders are bound for Wheeling.' Excitement in the McClure House due to news of war. In the group, right, leaning against the stair rail is Hon. Wlm E. Stevenson, of Parkersburg, President of the 1863 senate and later governor; wearing a white hat is Leroy Kramer, Capt. Kramer Guards and 1864 Speaker of the House; James C. McGrew, Preston Co., later a Congressman, reads newspaper, Archibald W. Campbell, editor of the Wheeling Intelligencer with hands clasped behind his back. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'West Virginia in the Civil War.'
Junction Where Battle Between Averell and Patton Took Place
Date:
1912
Description:
Junction of the Anthony's Creek Road and the James River and Kanawha Turnpike 'now route 60' where Averell's force met Patton's brigade in a head on collision. This was the scene of the fiercest fighting; the road in the center was filled with the dead and wounded. Photo taken about 1912 is from Mac Corkle's 'White Sulphur Springs. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'West Virginia in the Civil War.'
Union Army Private Archibald H. Rowand Jr., in Confederate Uniform
Date:
ca. 1862
Description:
Private Archibald H. Rowand, Jr. of Company K, 1st West Virginia Cavalry. He became senior scout attached to the staff of Union General Phil Sheridan, and was awarded the Medal of Honor. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'West Virginia in the Civil War.'
The skirmish at Middle Fork Bridge, as seen by Henri Lovie, sketch artist for 'Leslie's Weekly' who accompaned the detachment of the 3rd Ohio Infantry under Captain Lawson. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
Portrait of Nancy Hart, who rode with Perry Conleys Moccasin Raiders. From the ambrotype taken at Summersville, only known photo of the lady guerilla. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610, Boyd Stutler's 'West Virginia in the Civil War,' and Charles Shetler's 'West Virginia Civil War Literature,' entry 220, file 50.
Portrait of Belle Boyd, Confederate spy known as the Siren of the Shenandoah. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
Morgantown Muzzle Loaders Club Members Bob Goodwin and Ed Gaskins
Date:
undated
Description:
The 7th West Virginia Infantry, USV, calls a truce with the 12th Virginia Cavalry, CSA. Bob Goodwin, left, Yankee doughboy, and Ed Gaskins, Confederate horse soldier, leaders of the Morgantown Muzzle Loaders Club, take time out while on a field trip. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'West Virginia 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.'
W. Va. flag borne by the 13th Infantry - one of the last preserved of the Civil War Flags when furled and cased more than fifty years ago. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
Portrait of Maj. Gen. Wlm. W. Averell who commanded the Cavalry Division, Army of West Virginia, and was victor in the affair at Old Fields. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
Letters Mailed from W. Va. Bearing the Confederate Postmark
Date:
undated
Description:
Letters mailed from W. Va. Post Offices bearing Confederate postmarks. In the lot are ones from Travellers Repose 'now Bartow', Shepherdstown, Union, Harpers Ferry, Lewisburg, Romney, and Fayetteville. Comes from the Collections of Col. Harvey E. Sheppard, Fort Hood, TX and Geo. N. Malpass, St. Petersburg FL. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
Bronze Replica of Houdon's Statue of General Washington
Date:
undated
Description:
Bronze replica of Houdon's statue of General George Washington at Virginia Military Institute, Lexington. 'Captured' in June, 1864 by General David Hunter, it was removed to Wheeling where it stood until 1866 when it was restored to Virginia by legislative action. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
The historic old covered bridge at Philippi, completed in 1852, has been in continuous use for 109 years and still serves to carry the heavy traffic on U. S. Highway 250 across the Tygarts Valley River. Veteran of the Civil War, it was the first bridge captured, and was used throughout the war by troops of both armies. It has had its own centennial celebration, and now will be a center of attraction in the observance of the centennial of the first land battle of the Civil War. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
Portrait of Lt. Josiah M. Curtis, Co. I, 12th W. Va. Infantry, of West Liberty, Ohio County, who won the Medal of Honor in attack on Fort Gregg, the last defense before Petersburg, Virginia. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
A section of the National Military Cemetery at Grafton. The tall shaft at the extreme right marks the grave of Bailey Brown, 2nd West Virginia Infantry, the first man killed by an enrolled Confederate soldier in the Civil War. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
Portrait of Maj. Gen. George Crook who commanded the Kanawha Division and led in the raid on Dublin. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
Confederate Colonel George S. Patton of Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Portrait of Colonel George S. Patton, Charleston lawyer, who commanded an infantry brigade at the Battle of Droop Mountain. he is the grandfather of World War II United States Army General George S. Patton. West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
Portrait of Captain Joseph M. Brown, CSA, of Charleston and Madison. He made the last payment to Confederate troops while with Jefferson Davis and party in flight to the South. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
Whaley, Major Kellion V. of Ceredo, Wayne County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Portrait of Major Kellion V. Whaley who commanded a recruit camp of 9th West Virginia Infantry at Guyandotte; captured when the camp was broken up by Confederate cavalry raiders. Congressman for Virginia and West Virginia, 1861-1867. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'West Virginia in the Civil War.'
Monument erected to commemorate the seventh W. Va. Vol. Infantry on the Gettysburg Battlefield. One of four W. Va. Memorials. 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.
