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Pinkerton Spy Pryee Lewis sups with Confederate Captain George S. Patton at Camp Tompkins. Sketch from Allan Pinkerton's 'Spy of the Rebellion. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'

1. Pinkerton Spy Pyree Lewis at Supper with Confederate Captain

Portrait of Col. Jos. Thoburn, 1st W. Va. Infantry. Commanded a brigade at 2nd Bull Run. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'

2. Thoburn, Colonel Joseph

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.'

3. Curtis, Lt. Josiah M.

Portrait of Lt. Col. W.P. Thompson of Wheeling and Fairmont, who commanded the 19th Va. Cavalry , CSA, at the Battle of Bulltown. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'

4. Thompson, Lt. Col. W. P.

Portrait of Col. Adam R. Johnson, later Brig. Gen., who led Morgans Raiders across W. Va. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'

5. Johnson, Col. Adam R.

Portrait of Maj. Gen. Wlm. W. Averell who commanded the Cavalry Division, Army of West Virginia, and was victor in the affair at Old Fields. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'

6. Averill, Major General William W.

Portrait of John Yates Beall, a Lake Erie raider and Confederate privateer from Jefferson County, Virginia (West Virginia).  From a photograph made about 3 hours before his execution. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'

7. Beall, John Yates, Confederate Lake Erie Raider from Jefferson County, Va. (later W. Va. )

Portrait of John C. Higginbotham of Buchkannon. Captain of Upshur Grays at 18; Colonel of 25th Virginia Infantry, CSA, at 20; killed at Spotsylvania Court House at 21 when promotion to Brigadier General was pending. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'

8. Higginbotham, Colonel John

Portrait of Brevet Brigadier General William B. Curtis of West Liberty, Ohio County. He won his star by the capture of Fort Gregg, last of the Petersburg defenses. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'

9. Curtis, Colonel Wm. B.

Portrait of Maj. Gen. George Crook who commanded the Kanawha Division and led in the raid on Dublin. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'

10. Major General George Crook, Union Army

Portrait of Cap. John Hanson McNeill, Left, organizer and first commander of the McNeill Rangers. Right, Portrait of Cap. Jesse C. McNeill, second captain who named Cumberland and kidnapped Gen. S. Crook and Kelley. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'

11. McNeill, Captain John Hanson (Left) and Captain Jesse C. McNeill

Portrait of Lt. Gen. Tho. J. Jackson.  He made a winter march in January, 1862 and cleared the South Branch Valley. Resigned when political maneuvering ordered evacuation of Romney. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'

12. Jackson, General Thomas J. 'Stonewall'

Portrait of Lt. Gen Tho. J. 'Stonewall ' Jackson. As a colonel commanding a brigade he had his first Civil War action at Falling Waters, Berkeley County. Three weeks later he was 'Stonewall' at the first Battle of Bull Run. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'

13. Jackson, General Thomas J. 'Stonewall'

Group portrait of the Civil War Centennial Commission, created to plan and coordinate the series of observances and commemoration of VA centenary of the Civil War in West Virginia. Seated left to right: George N. Cobbs, S. Charlston; Major Thorton T. Perry, Jr, Charles Town; Colonel J.W. Benjamin, Lewisburg; and Delf Norona, Moundsville, Secretary-Treasurer. Standing left to right; Boyd Stutler, Charleston; Judge Charles W. Fergerson, Wayne; and Dr. E.E. Myers, Philippi, Chairman.  See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610.

14. Civil War Centennial Commission

Peregrine Hays 'Left' and Geo. W. Silcott, 'Moccasin Ranger' diplomats who negotiated the Spencer Truce. General Kelly dissented. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'

15. Moccasin Ranger Diplomats, Peregrine Hays (Left) and Geo. W. Silcott (Right)

The old Revolutionary relic captured by the 44th Ohio Infantry at the battle of Lewisburg. It was surrendered by Cornwallis at Yorktown in 1781. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'

16. Revolutionary War Cannon

West Virginia's Memorial to the Fourth WV Infantry at Vicksburg National Military Park. The shaft is sermounted by a colossal bronze bust of General Arza M. Goodspeed, who was killed in the May 19th assault on the city's defensive works.    See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'

17. Memorial to the Fourth WV Infantry at Vicksburg National Military Park

Brevet Major General David Hunter Strother, of Berkeley Springs, who is perhaps best known as the "Porte Crayon" author and artist. From a wartime sketch made by J.H. Diss Debar.  See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'

18. Strother, Brevet Major General David Hunter

Portrait of Maj. Gen. Thomas Maley Harris, commander of the 10th West Virginia Regiment and subsequently a brigade and a division under Sheridan. At Appomattox- his troops silenced the last battery put in position by the Army of Northern Virginia.  See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'

19. Harris, Maj. Gen. Thomas Maley, Union Army of Harrisville, Ritchie County, W. Va.

Portrait of Maj Gen. Tho. L. Rosser, CSA. He captured Beverly in January 1865, despite snow, cold, and high water. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'

20. Rosser, Maj. Gen. Tho. L.

Portrait of Captain William G. Fuller, Telegraph Corps, who built and maintained some 700 miles of military telegraph wires in West Virginia, ranging from the Tygarts Valley to Princeton. He was later promoted to Colonel.  See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'

21. Fuller, Captain William G.

Portrait of Emanuel Willis Wilson of Kanawha. 7th Governor of WV.  See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'

22. Wilson, LL. D., Honorable Emanuel Willis

Portrait of Colonel George S. Patton, Charleston lawyer, who commanded an infantry brigade at the Battle of Droop Mountain. he is the grandfather of World War II United States Army General George S. Patton. West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'

23. Confederate Colonel George S. Patton of Charleston, W. Va.

Portrait of Colonel Turner Ashby, Knights of the Shenondoah, who led the Confederate troops in the first battle of Bolirer Heights.  See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'

24. Ashby, Colonel Turner