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From a contemporary sketch made by a soldier artist of the 2nd West Virginia Infantry, encamped there. See Stutler, Boyd.

1. Camp and Fortification on Cheat Mountain Summit, occupied by Federal toops in the Fall and Winter of 1861.

IDNO:
000825
Title:
Camp and Fortification on Cheat Mountain Summit, occupied by Federal toops in the Fall and Winter of 1861.
Date:
1861
Description:
From a contemporary sketch made by a soldier artist of the 2nd West Virginia Infantry, encamped there. See Stutler, Boyd.
Men line up to volunteer across from the Court House, at Carrico Corner - High and Walnut Street, Morgantown, W. Va.

2. Call to Arms: Volunteers for Union Army Assemble on High Street, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
000852
Title:
Call to Arms: Volunteers for Union Army Assemble on High Street, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1861
Description:
Men line up to volunteer across from the Court House, at Carrico Corner - High and Walnut Street, Morgantown, W. Va.
Three men are standing outside the Wheeling Custom House, Federal Building, in Wheeling, West Virginia.

3. Wheeling Custom House, Federal Building, Wheeling, W. Va.

IDNO:
008888
Title:
Wheeling Custom House, Federal Building, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
1861
Description:
Three men are standing outside the Wheeling Custom House, Federal Building, in Wheeling, West Virginia.
'From a sketch made on the hills of the Ohio side of the river. The oval, which appears in the foreground of the island, represents the Northwestern Virginia Fair Association and was known as Camp Carlile during the war.'

4. Bird's Eye View of Wheeling, W. Va.

IDNO:
009037
Title:
Bird's Eye View of Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
1861
Description:
'From a sketch made on the hills of the Ohio side of the river. The oval, which appears in the foreground of the island, represents the Northwestern Virginia Fair Association and was known as Camp Carlile during the war.'
Volunteers assemble for Union service at the corner of High and Walnut Street, opposite of the Court House in Morgantown, West Virginia.

5. Call to Arms: Volunteers for Union Army Assemble at Carrico Corner on High and Walnut Streets, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
009060
Title:
Call to Arms: Volunteers for Union Army Assemble at Carrico Corner on High and Walnut Streets, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1861
Description:
Volunteers assemble for Union service at the corner of High and Walnut Street, opposite of the Court House in Morgantown, West Virginia.
Men are lined up on Carrico Corner due to the 'Call to Arms' for the Civil War.

6. Call to Arms: Volunteers for Union Army Assemble on High Street, Morgantown, Va. (later W. Va.)

IDNO:
009078
Title:
Call to Arms: Volunteers for Union Army Assemble on High Street, Morgantown, Va. (later W. Va.)
Date:
1861
Description:
Men are lined up on Carrico Corner due to the 'Call to Arms' for the Civil War.

7. Call to Arms: Volunteers for Union Army Assemble on High Street, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
009110
Title:
Call to Arms: Volunteers for Union Army Assemble on High Street, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1861
A drawing of the courthouse in Beverly soon after the Battle of Rich Mountain by an eyewitness to the battle. The courthouse was used by both Confederates and Federal forces during the war.

8. Courthouse, Beverly, Randolph County, Va (W. Va.)

IDNO:
014231
Title:
Courthouse, Beverly, Randolph County, Va (W. Va.)
Date:
1861
Description:
A drawing of the courthouse in Beverly soon after the Battle of Rich Mountain by an eyewitness to the battle. The courthouse was used by both Confederates and Federal forces during the war.
'Original owned by Miss. Louisa Miller, L. B. 243 Blairsville, Pa.; the property of her father Rev. Noble Garcia Miller, D. D. at Allegheny College, 1861; died in Blairsville in 1918. Miss Miller believes this picture was taken in 1861.'

9. Francis Pierpont

IDNO:
029855
Title:
Francis Pierpont
Date:
1861
Description:
'Original owned by Miss. Louisa Miller, L. B. 243 Blairsville, Pa.; the property of her father Rev. Noble Garcia Miller, D. D. at Allegheny College, 1861; died in Blairsville in 1918. Miss Miller believes this picture was taken in 1861.'
Union Gunboats, such as the one in this photograph, patrolled the Ohio River during the Civil War.

10. Union Navy Gunboat on Ohio River

IDNO:
033256
Title:
Union Navy Gunboat on Ohio River
Date:
1861
Description:
Union Gunboats, such as the one in this photograph, patrolled the Ohio River during the Civil War.
The first of nine times this bridge, which crossed the Potomac River into Maryland, was destroyed during the Civil War. The damage in the photograph was the work of Confederate Colonel Thomas (later General "Stonewall") Jackson's troops, before pulling back to Winchester in June, 1861. The shells of the burned Armory buildings still stands in the background below the town.

11. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Bridge in Ruins, Harpers Ferry, Va. (W. Va.)

IDNO:
039076
Title:
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Bridge in Ruins, Harpers Ferry, Va. (W. Va.)
Date:
1861
Description:
The first of nine times this bridge, which crossed the Potomac River into Maryland, was destroyed during the Civil War. The damage in the photograph was the work of Confederate Colonel Thomas (later General "Stonewall") Jackson's troops, before pulling back to Winchester in June, 1861. The shells of the burned Armory buildings still stands in the background below the town.
Geary commanded the 28th Pennsylvania Regiment and several other companies in the Harpers Ferry and Sandy Hook areas during the Union Army occupation in 1861. Identified officers are, L to R: 3rd from left, Captain Thomas Hollingsworth; 4th, General John Geary; 5th, Major Hector Tyndale.

12. Union General John Geary and Staff, Harpers Ferry, Va. (W. Va. )

IDNO:
039078
Title:
Union General John Geary and Staff, Harpers Ferry, Va. (W. Va. )
Date:
1861
Description:
Geary commanded the 28th Pennsylvania Regiment and several other companies in the Harpers Ferry and Sandy Hook areas during the Union Army occupation in 1861. Identified officers are, L to R: 3rd from left, Captain Thomas Hollingsworth; 4th, General John Geary; 5th, Major Hector Tyndale.
Two unidentified Union soldiers in uniform, full pack and armed on Camp Hill above Harpers Ferry during the Federal forces occupation of the area early in the Civil War. Note the huge bayonets attached to their rifles.

13. Soldiers of 22nd New York Militia, Union Army, Harpers Ferry, Va. (W. Va.)

IDNO:
039083
Title:
Soldiers of 22nd New York Militia, Union Army, Harpers Ferry, Va. (W. Va.)
Date:
1861
Description:
Two unidentified Union soldiers in uniform, full pack and armed on Camp Hill above Harpers Ferry during the Federal forces occupation of the area early in the Civil War. Note the huge bayonets attached to their rifles.
Mrs. S. F. Harsh is pictured.

14. Portrait of Louisa Harsh

IDNO:
051903
Title:
Portrait of Louisa Harsh
Date:
1861
Description:
Mrs. S. F. Harsh is pictured.

15. Seneca Trail, View of Corrick's Ford Battle Field, Near Parsons, W. Va.

IDNO:
053687
Title:
Seneca Trail, View of Corrick's Ford Battle Field, Near Parsons, W. Va.
Date:
1861