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A colored, wood craving illustration of Clarksburg, Va. (later West Virginia) and Union General William Rosecrans' headquarters during the first months of the Civil War. The Federal objective was to hold railroad lines and turnpike thruways. The Confederate aims were to take them back.

73. Clarksburg, Harrison County, Western Virginia, Headquarters of General Rosecrans

Union Gunboats, such as the one in this photograph, patrolled the Ohio River during the Civil War.

74. Union Navy Gunboat on Ohio River

'Library of Congress Negative Number: LC-USZ6Z-17575'

75. Skirmishing, New River

'Library of Congress Negative Number: LC-USZ6Z-20525'

76. Steamboats Conveying Troops and Munitions of War for the Federal Forces on the Great Kanawha, Bell Air, OH.

This photo is the scene of the Fight of August 26th 1861.

77. Colonel Tyler's Camp, Near Summersville, Va.

'Tompkin's Farm( Cam Gauley Mount) after Corp. J. Nep. Roesler, 47th O.V.I. Library of Congress Negative Number LC-USZ6Z-17571

78. View of Tompkin's Farm

"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1862 by J. Nep. Roesler in the clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of Ohio. Sketched from nature and drawn on stone by J. Nep. Roesler Corpl. Of Color Guard Comp. G 47th Regt. O.V.-U.S.A. Printed by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co., Cincinnati."

79. Civil War Camp Anderson.Camp - Ferry near Gauley Bridge

"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1862 by J. Nep. Roesler in the clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of Ohio. Sketched from nature and drawn on stone by J. Nep. Roesler Corpl. Of Color Guard Comp. G 47th Regt. O.V.-U.S.A. Printed by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co., Cincinnati."

80. Civil War Camp Anderson - View near Gauley Ferry

"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1862 by J. Nep. Roesler in the clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of Ohio. Sketched from nature and drawn on stone by J. Nep. Roesler Corpl. Of Color Guard Comp. G 47th Regt. O.V.-U.S.A. Printed by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co., Cincinnati."

81. Civil War Camp Anderson - Crossing to Fayetteville

"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1862 by J. Nep. Roesler in the clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of Ohio. Sketched from nature and drawn on stone by J. Nep. Roesler Corpl. Of Color Guard Comp. G 47th Regt. O.V.-U.S.A. Printed by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co., Cincinnati."

82. Civil War Camp Anderson - Fall near the Log House

"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1862 by J. Nep. Roesler in the clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of Ohio. Sketched from nature and drawn on stone by J. Nep. Roesler Corpl. Of Color Guard Comp. G 47th Regt. O.V.-U.S.A. Printed by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co., Cincinnati."

83. Civil War Camp Anderson - Log House on Miller's Ferry

"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1862 by J. Nep. Roesler in the clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of Ohio. Sketched from nature and drawn on stone by J. Nep. Roesler Corpl. Of Color Guard Comp. G 47th Regt. O.V.-U.S.A. Printed by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co., Cincinnati."

84. Civil War Camp Anderson - Crossing Little Birch River to Bulltown