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- IDNO:
- 035663
- Title:
- View of a Coal Barge, Island Creek Coal Company
- Date:
- 1956/08
- IDNO:
- 035665
- Title:
- View of Coal Conveyor from the Highway, Island Creek Coal Company
- Date:
- 1956/08
- Description:
- Cars pass underneath the coal conveyor in this portrait taken from the railroad tracks.
- IDNO:
- 035666
- Title:
- Far View of Coal Conveyor, Island Creek Coal Company
- Date:
- 1956/08
- Description:
- Portrait taken from the railroad tracks next to the highway. Cars and trucks can be seen passing underneath the conveyor.
- IDNO:
- 035668
- Title:
- Far View of Coal Conveyor, Island Creek Coal Company
- Date:
- 1956/08
- IDNO:
- 035670
- Title:
- Coal Conveyor, Island Creek Coal Company
- Date:
- 1956/08
- IDNO:
- 035671
- Title:
- Coal Conveyor, Island Creek Coal Company
- Date:
- 1956/08
- IDNO:
- 035672
- Title:
- Coal Conveyor, Island Creek Coal Company
- Date:
- 1956/08
- IDNO:
- 035673
- Title:
- Coal Conveyor, Island Creek Coal Company
- Date:
- 1956/08
- IDNO:
- 035674
- Title:
- Mine Worker Charles Jackson Posed in Front of Coal Cars, Island Creek Coal Company
- Date:
- 1956/08
- IDNO:
- 038293
- Title:
- Cedar Creek, Near Strasburg, Shenandoah Valley, Va.
- Date:
- 1907
- Description:
- The Battle of Cedar Creek was fought here on October 19, 1864. Confederate forces under General Jubal Early were throw back and crushed by the Union Army after General Phil Sheridan rallied his troops in a counter attack. The Rebels were never able to mount another threat in the Valley.
- IDNO:
- 038503
- Title:
- Union Army Corporal James F. Ellis of Weston, Lewis County, W. Va., Company B, 15th West Virginia Infantry
- Date:
- ca.1864
- Description:
- James F. Ellis enlisted in the army in August, 1862. He fought in several Civil War battles including Union General Phil Sheridan's 1864 Valley Campaign and was wounded three times during his service. Ellis was captured by Confederate forces during the Battle of Cedar Creek, October 19, 1864 and imprisoned at Salisbury, North Carolina. Ellis died in Salisbury Prison, February 13, 1865.
- IDNO:
- 038679
- Title:
- Confederate Veteran Mathew N. Humphreys of Greenbrier County, W. Va., Company K, 22nd Virginia Infantry
- Description:
- The War Record has Humphreys enlisting twice at the age of 17 as a musician. First in Company K of the 22nd and in Company D of the 26th Infantry where he stayed. He was captured at the Battle of Lewisburg, May, 1862 when he chose to stay with his twin brother's dead body. Humphreys escaped from a POW camp and returned to his regiment. He is listed on the roll as a drummer and participated in several major battles such as Cold Harbor, Winchester and Cedar Creek.
