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Also known as Maulsby's Battery, this unit saw action through out the Civil War mostly in the Shenandoah Valley Campaigns. Among the soldiers is Sergeant John W. Mason from Morgantown, West Virginia who taught at West Virginia University in 1867 and subsequently served on the West Virginia Supreme Court.

49. Battery F, First West Virginia Light Artillery

IDNO:
000851
Title:
Battery F, First West Virginia Light Artillery
Date:
ca. 1861-1865
Description:
Also known as Maulsby's Battery, this unit saw action through out the Civil War mostly in the Shenandoah Valley Campaigns. Among the soldiers is Sergeant John W. Mason from Morgantown, West Virginia who taught at West Virginia University in 1867 and subsequently served on the West Virginia Supreme Court.
Men line up to volunteer across from the Court House, at Carrico Corner - High and Walnut Street, Morgantown, W. Va.

50. Call to Arms: Volunteers for Union Army Assemble on High Street, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
000852
Title:
Call to Arms: Volunteers for Union Army Assemble on High Street, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1861
Description:
Men line up to volunteer across from the Court House, at Carrico Corner - High and Walnut Street, Morgantown, W. Va.
Civil War Federal Army camp at New Creek, West Virginia. The town of New Creek, later named Keyser, is seen in the background.

51. Camp of 22nd Pennsylvania (Ringgold) Cavalry, Union Army, New Creek (Keyser), W.Va.

IDNO:
000853
Title:
Camp of 22nd Pennsylvania (Ringgold) Cavalry, Union Army, New Creek (Keyser), W.Va.
Date:
1865
Description:
Civil War Federal Army camp at New Creek, West Virginia. The town of New Creek, later named Keyser, is seen in the background.
Civil War military camp at New Creek (Now Keyser), W. Va.

52. Camp of 22nd Pennsylvania (Ringgold) Cavalry, Union Army, New Creek (Keyser), W.Va.

IDNO:
000854
Title:
Camp of 22nd Pennsylvania (Ringgold) Cavalry, Union Army, New Creek (Keyser), W.Va.
Date:
1865
Description:
Civil War military camp at New Creek (Now Keyser), W. Va.
Drawing of Infantry members holding a religious service. Caption reads 'Our Chaplain gives us a copy of this Engraving, to show our friends the way we sing and hold meetings in camp. He desires us to tell them to pray for us and him, that we may prove faithful to our country and our God, and not be found wanting in any day of temptation and trial.'

53. Camp of 5th Virginia Vol. Infantry, U.S.A., Falls of Kanawha, West Virginia

IDNO:
000855
Title:
Camp of 5th Virginia Vol. Infantry, U.S.A., Falls of Kanawha, West Virginia
Date:
1864
Description:
Drawing of Infantry members holding a religious service. Caption reads 'Our Chaplain gives us a copy of this Engraving, to show our friends the way we sing and hold meetings in camp. He desires us to tell them to pray for us and him, that we may prove faithful to our country and our God, and not be found wanting in any day of temptation and trial.'
Sketched fr. nature and drawn on stone. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1862 by J. Nep. Roesler in the Clerks office of the District Court of the Southern District of Ohio. Printed by Ehrgott, Forbriger, and Co., Cincinnatti, 1862. Library of Congress Neg. No. LC- USZ62-17573.

54. Crossing Little Birch River to Bulltown, Va., now W. Va.

IDNO:
000857
Title:
Crossing Little Birch River to Bulltown, Va., now W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Sketched fr. nature and drawn on stone. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1862 by J. Nep. Roesler in the Clerks office of the District Court of the Southern District of Ohio. Printed by Ehrgott, Forbriger, and Co., Cincinnatti, 1862. Library of Congress Neg. No. LC- USZ62-17573.
Members of Co. A., 12th W.Va. Infantry. Standing: Philip McCleary Pelley, *Wm. Magers, John Trenter*, George Gossett, *John C. Crow, C.C. Mathews, Mahlon Geurin, Abram Jones*, Wm. H. Dorsey*. Seated on chairs: Alex Connor, Absolem Crow, John G. Jones*, John Robert Talbert, James Logsdon, Daniel Morris. Seated on floor: Timothy B. Baker, Bill Stein, John W. Edwards*. *= Decea.

55. Veterans of the12th W. Va. Volunteer Infantry

IDNO:
000858
Title:
Veterans of the12th W. Va. Volunteer Infantry
Date:
undated
Description:
Members of Co. A., 12th W.Va. Infantry. Standing: Philip McCleary Pelley, *Wm. Magers, John Trenter*, George Gossett, *John C. Crow, C.C. Mathews, Mahlon Geurin, Abram Jones*, Wm. H. Dorsey*. Seated on chairs: Alex Connor, Absolem Crow, John G. Jones*, John Robert Talbert, James Logsdon, Daniel Morris. Seated on floor: Timothy B. Baker, Bill Stein, John W. Edwards*. *= Decea.
Gold eagle on top of an American flag. Copyright 1908 by W.T. Hicoll.

56. Gold Eagle Presented to the 12th W.Va. by Genl. Gibbon

IDNO:
000859
Title:
Gold Eagle Presented to the 12th W.Va. by Genl. Gibbon
Date:
undated
Description:
Gold eagle on top of an American flag. Copyright 1908 by W.T. Hicoll.
Sketch of soldiers engaged in battle at Rich Mountain.

57. Battle of Rich Mountain

IDNO:
000860
Title:
Battle of Rich Mountain
Date:
1863
Description:
Sketch of soldiers engaged in battle at Rich Mountain.

58. Drawing of Lieutenant General Ambrose Powell Hill and Brigadier General George Edward Pickett.

IDNO:
000865
Title:
Drawing of Lieutenant General Ambrose Powell Hill and Brigadier General George Edward Pickett.
Date:
undated
Engraving of Major General P.H. Sheridan.

59. Sheridan, Major General Philip Henry

IDNO:
000876
Title:
Sheridan, Major General Philip Henry
Date:
ca. 1860
Description:
Engraving of Major General P.H. Sheridan.
Drawing of soldiers and wagon trains crossing the Potomac in this sketch by A. Lumley.

60. Trains Crossing the Potomac

IDNO:
006263
Title:
Trains Crossing the Potomac
Description:
Drawing of soldiers and wagon trains crossing the Potomac in this sketch by A. Lumley.