Portrait of Elliz Pierce Lantz, who was a lawyer in Waynesburg, Pa. He was born in Blacksville, W. Va., married Ida B. Johnson on October 19, 1880, and died in 1883.
Confederate General Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson, Spotsylvania, Va.
Date:
1863/04/26
Description:
Known as the "Chancellorsville Portrait", this photograph was taken less then a week before the Battle of Chancellorsville, where Jackson was mortally wounded. The original photographer was Mr Minnis of Minnis and Cromwell from Richmond, Va. This carte de visite is by Tanner & Vannes of Lynchburg, Va.
Confederate General Henry A. Wise of Accomack County, Va.
Date:
ca. 1861
Description:
Wise served as governor of Virginia, 1856-1860. He supported Virginia's secession from the United States in 1861 and began waging war against the Union before the Ordinance of Secession was passed, by ordering the Virginia Militia to forcibly take possession of the U. S. facilities at Harpers' Ferry and Norfolk. Subsequently Wise was commissioned a brigadier general in the Confederate Army and after the war labeled himself an "unsubmitting rebel", refusing to take the Oath of Allegiance to the United States government. Bitter toward Western Virginia and later West Virginia, Wise judged the new state as a “bastard child of a political rape”.
Alston Gordon Dayton , West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1874
Description:
This photograph taken while Dayton was a student at WVU. He was the son of Spencer and Sarah Dayton of Philippi. He would subsequently serve in Congress and as a judge in the Federal Courts in West Virginia.
Spencer Dayton of Philippi, Barbour County, Va. (W. Va.)
Date:
ca. 1860
Description:
Involved in the founding of the state of West Virginia, served as delegate at the first and second Wheeling Conventions, one term in the West Virginia State Senate and State Prosecuting Attorney for Barbour, Randolph, Taylor and Tucker Counties.
Cooper replaced John Carlile in the 1861 Virginia State Covention after the vote to secede. He served as an officer in the 31st Virginia Regiment, Confederate Army, for the duration of the Civil War.
Information included on the back of the carte de viste, " 'Morgantown Hill', morning of 21st, August, '73, Uniontown, In memorial of one of the happiest of days."
An older woman in a bonnet and polka dot dress. There is a revenue stamp on the back of the photograph indicating a tax was paid to support the Federal War effort during the Civil war.
Union Army Second Lieutenant John Hinebaugh, Company D, 6th West Virginia Cavalry, from Preston County, W. Va.
Date:
ca.1862
Description:
Inscription at the bottom of the image, "Yours ... John Hinebough". The 6th West Virginia Cavalry served in the mountains and the eastern panhandle of West Virginia during the war.
Rosecrans was responsible for several Union victories including the Battle of Rich Mountain during the Summer of 1861 in Randolph County, Virginia (West Virginia).
Milroy commanded the Cheat Mountain District in 1861, losing his first battle at Camp Allegheny. He surprised Stonewall Jackson at the Battle of McDowell in early May of 1862, inflicting heavy casualties.
Sigel commanded the Federal forces in the Shenandoah Valley during the Spring of 1864, with many West Virginia units under him. After his defeat at New Market, Virginia, Sigel was reassigned to the Department of West Virginia, protecting the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.