Camp of the 12th Reg. O.V.I. at Fayetteville, Va. (later W. Va.), April 1863
Date:
undated
Description:
Distant view of Camp of the 12th Reg. O.V.I. at Fayetteville, VA. April 1863. Fort Scammon, Battery McMullan, Camp of the 12th Reg. O.V.I. and Fayetteville Courthouse are included. Sketched by Chas. Riedel, Comp H.12 O.V.I. Lithographed by Ehrgolt, Forbriger and Co. Cin. O.
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.
Portrait of Lt. Josiah M. Curtis, Co. I, 12th W. Va. Infantry, of West Liberty, Ohio County, who won the Medal of Honor in attack on Fort Gregg, the last defense before Petersburg, Virginia. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'