United States Army Major Thomas J. Jackson of Lewis County, Virginia (Later West Virginia)
Date:
1851
Description:
Jackson resigned his U.S. Army commission in 1851 and accepted a teaching position at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia until the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861. He would earn the rank of lieutenant general in the Confederate Army and the sobriquet, "Stonewall".
Upper left one of a series of C.S.A. cards sold in the North. Showing a fraudulent 'collar'. Center is a sample of the Brady print showing same fraudulent uniform. Brady probably never saw Jackson, but sold thousands of these pictures, which is an 1851 portrait.
Camp Reynolds, Kanawha Falls, Fayette Co., West Va.
Date:
1863
Description:
Camp Reynolds, Kanawha Falls, Fayette County. Winter headquarters of the 23rd. Ohio, also 89th. Ohio- Dec 1, 1862 to March 15, 1863 (See Haye's Diary Vol. 2- p. 366-394. 'Camp Markell, Gauley Bridge, Dec 1 1862- We are on the south side of the Kanawha at the ferry below and in sight of the falls, 2 miles below Gauley Bridge.---p.366. 'Camp Reynolds Jan 4, 1863- The same old camp but now Reynolds after our gallant Sergt. Maj. Eugene Reynolds, who was killed at South Mountain -p.383.
Battle of Rich Mountain scene. Black and White Version. From the original painting by Chappel in the possession of the publishers. Johnson Fry and Co. Publishers, New York.
South Side of Charleston, W. Va. During the Civil War
Date:
1863
Description:
Copy of painting by A.M. Doddridge, 1863- Army camp just below Chesapeake and Ohio Depot site near mouth of Ferry Branch on the Kanawha river. Fort Scammon Hill in the distance. President Hayes and McKinley were stationed in camp.
Engraving of Camp of 5th Virginia Vol. Infantry, U.S.A.
Date:
1864
Description:
Engraving of Soldiers, singing, playing music, and holding a religious service. Camp of 5th Virginia Vol. Infantry, U.S.A. Falls of Kanawha, West Virginia. Our Chaplain Gives each of 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.
Old State Capitol & City-County Building, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
1875
Description:
Located at 16th and Chapline Streets, this structure was built ca. 1870 to entice the state government to move the capital back to Wheeling. It worked, but only for approximately ten years when the capital was once again shifted to Charleston. The building was subsequently used for city and county governments and torn down in 1950.
Steamboat Chesapeake Moving State Archives to Charleston, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
1885/05/02
Description:
Several items of the West Virginia State Archives sit onshore waiting to be loaded on the "Chesapeake". After having a "floating state capitol", the issue was settled in 1885, when Charleston was named the permanent site.
Looking northwest towards the cemetery and back of the church. The church, built in 1796, was used as a hospital, barracks and stable during the Civil War.
"The only Episcopal Church and Rectory ever erected and used up to the present in Lewisburg. Its principal donor in its erection and supporter was Mrs. Carrie Bloomer of Washington, D.C."
'The Original Baptist Church (the Big Levels Church) erected in the 1800s. The ground was donated by Joseph Alderson, son of Rev. John Alderson, of Alderson.'
Built in 1820, the church was struck by a cannon ball during the 1862 Civil War Battle of Lewisburg. The "wound" is visible near the right corner of the structure. The boarded door entrance, right center, was used by slaves to enter the segregated balcony of the church for services.
Charleston Skyline in 1891 (Top) and 1941 (Bottom,) Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1891, 1941
Description:
View of Charleston Business District, Charleston, West Virginia in 1890 (Top;) View of Charleston Business District, Charleston, West Virginia in 1941 (Bottom.)
'Mineral Wells Hotel Parkersburg 1895. Destroyed by fire in 1897; See Roy Bird Cook Papers, 1937/10/24 a letter concerning the Mineral Wells Hotel in Parkersburg, West Virginia in 1895.'
'The above portrait appeared in the Wheeling Register on Sunday February 3rd, 1895. If it is a copy of a true portrait made of Jackson as a cadet it is the earliest known picture in existence. Examination and other evidence indicate however, that it is simply a pen sketch made from the Mexico City portrait.; This appeared along with a copy of the 1862 Winchester portrait; a picture of his birthplace in Clarksburg; the stone marking the spot where he fell at Chancellorsville; and the house in which he died at Guinea Station.; The article is captioned "Personal Recollections of 'Stonewall' Jackson" and is by John G. Gittings, late adjutant of the 31st. Virginia Infantry, and Major of Confederate Cavalry. The text is the same as appears in the sketches by the same writer.'
Program for Laying of Corner Stone of the Lewisburg Female Institute Buildings
Date:
1902/06/10
Description:
'Order of excercises. 10 a.m.- Formation of Grand Lodge at the Lodge Rooms. 11 a.m.- Exercises Attendant upon the Laying of the CORNER-STONE by the Masons: 1. Prayer by Rev. John C. Brown. 2. LAYING of CORNER-STONE. 3. Address by Hon. R. T. W. Duke, of Charlottesville, Va. A Basket Dinner will be served by the Ladies in the Presbyterian Church-yard. Everybody cordially invited to partake of their hospitality. DO NOT WAIT TO BE INVITED. Come foreward as soon as Dinner is ready and retire as soon as served so as to give place at the Tables for others. THE DINNER IS PROVIDED BY THE LADIES WITHOUT CHARGE. Music by the 'STONEWALL' BAND, of Staunton, Va.'
Reunion of Greenbrier Confederate Veterans, Greenbrier County, W. Va.
Date:
1904/05/23
Description:
Group portrait of members attending the Reunion Greenbrier Confederate Veterans and 36th Ohio Regiment at Lewisburg, in Greenbrier County, West Virginia on May 23, 1904.
