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Postcard photograph of Stonewall Jackson's Headquarters. Most of the building is obscured by trees. See back of the original image for correspondence.

1. Stonewall Jackson Headquarters, Winchester, Va.

Davidson was a preacher before the war. According to F. A. Cather's diary, AM 3633, Davidson died in April 12, 1864, probably from disease. There is a revenue stamp on the back of the photograph indicating a tax had been paid on the image. This tax was implemented to pay for the war.

2. Union First Lieutenant John N. Davidson of Flemington, Taylor County, W. Va.

Before the war Davidson was a preacher in Taylor County.

3. Union First Lieutenant John N. Davidson of Flemington, Taylor County, W. Va.

During the Civil War, Goff enlisted in the Confederate Army at age 17, in the 19th Virginia Cavalry and later, Company A, 26th Virginia Cavalry. After the war, he married Rachael Morton.

4. Thomas M. Goff, Webster County, W. Va.

Pierpoint was originally from Morgantown, Virginia (later West Virginia. He was employed in Indiana at the start of the Civil War and enlisted in a Indiana regiment. His parents, also loyal to the Union, were still living in Morgantown. This cased image is probably an ambrotype.

5. Union Corporal Jacob Pierpoint, 19th Indiana Vol. Regiment

Unidentified officers, probably belonging to a West Virginia Regiment.

6. Group Portrait of Union Army Officers During Civil War

Cather was a Civil War veteran (Major, 1st West Virginia Cavalry), a farmer, surveyor and for a short time Adjutant General of West Virginia. He was married to Helen V. Mallonee.

7. Fabricius A. Cather, Flemington, Taylor County, W. Va.

Cather fought in several battles in Western (West) Virginia, the Shenandoah Valley, at Petersburg and on Lee's Retreat. He served under McClellan in 1861, David Hunter, 1864 and Sheridan, 1864-65. Cather was also under the division command of George Custer, riding with Custer into many battles in 1864-65.

8. Major Fabricius A. Cather, 1st West Virginia Cavalry from Flemington, Taylor County, W. Va.

McClellan commanded Federal troops in Western Virginia at the outbreak of the Civil War. After an initial victory at Rich Mountain and the Union's embarrassing defeat at Manassas, McClellan was given command of the Union Army of the Potomac.

9. Union General George McClellan

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.

10. Union Army Second Lieutenant John Hinebaugh, Company D, 6th West Virginia Cavalry, from Preston County, W. Va.

Rosecrans was responsible for several Union victories including the Battle of Rich Mountain during the Summer of 1861 in Randolph County, Virginia (West Virginia).

11. Union General William S. Rosecrans

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.

12. Union General Robert H. Milroy