Landing Of Federal Troops at Parkersburg, Western Virginia

Identifier:

039188

Collection Number:

Box 02

Title:

Landing Of Federal Troops at Parkersburg, Western Virginia

Date:

ca. 1861

Description:

A colored wood craving illustration of Parkersburg on the Little Kanawha River in Wood County, Va. (later West Virginia). Several Federal troops from states west of the Ohio River were deployed here during the Civil War to hold vital railroad lines and turnpikes of which Parkersburg was the terminus.

Acquisition Method:

Acquired

Medium:

print

Projects:

West Virginia History OnView