A portrait of unidentified man: he is possibly connected to C&O Shop Employees Car E13 and/or Westward Ho used in Virginia Central in images 025724 and 025725.
Soon after the Civil War, John Storer contributed $10,000 towards establishing a college in Harpers Ferry, W. Va. This institution of higher learning was the first college below the Mason- Dixon Line to accept students "without distinction of race or color". The school bears the name of it's principle benefactor, Storer College.
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.
'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.'
'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.'
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.
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.
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.
Now known as Independence Hall, delegates gathered here for the Second Wheeling Convention in the summer of 1861 and formed the Restored Government of Virginia. Subsequently a proposal was passed to create a new state. The caption reads, "Custom House at Wheeling, now the Seat of the New Government of Virginia". This sketch was published in Frank Leslile's Illustrated.
Burning of the U. S. Armory and Arsenal at Harpers Ferry
Date:
1861/04/18
Description:
Burning of the U.S. Armory and Arsenal at Harpers Ferry on the night of April 18, 1861. From a sketch in Leslies Weekly. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
Destruction of the Harpers Ferry Highway - Railroad Bridge, Jefferson County, Va. (W. Va.)
Date:
1861/06/14
Description:
Blowing up the highway-railroad bridge at Harpers Ferry in the early morning of June 14, 1861 when Confederate Brigadier General Joseph E. Johnston and his Army evacuated the town. The bridge was completely destroyed - a fate it was to suffer by fire and flood nine times during the civil war. From a sketch in Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'West Virginia in the Civil War.'
Civil War ad reading: 1,010 Brave Men Wanted! I am authorized by Governor Pierpont to raide a Reigment of men to consist of TEN COMPANIES of 101 men each, including officers. When two companies are formed they will be mustered into service and a camp will be established at or near Morgantown, where they will be armed, equipped and drilled until the Regiment is full and ordered into service. July 29, 1861 James Evans.
Virginia Governor Francis H. Pierpont and Illinois Troops, Wheeling, Va. (W. Va.)
Date:
1861/08/12
Description:
A wood craving illustration published in "The New York Illustrated News", with the caption: "Governor Pierrpont (sic) in front of the Custom-House, Wheeling, Virginia., welcoming the Illinois troops to the soil of Virginia." Pierpont was the governor of the Restored Government of Virginia, loyal to the Union during the Civil War.
Second Wheeling Convention, Wheeling, Va. (West Virginia)
Date:
1861/June
Description:
Delegates, loyal to the United States, meet to establish the Restored Government of Virginia and subsequently propose a new state. The caption reads, "Constitutent Convention of Virginia Assembled in the Custom House at Wheeling Ohio County, June 1861."
Confederate General William E. 'Grumble' Jones of Washington County, Va.
Date:
1862
Description:
Jones entered the war as a Captain in the 1st Virginia Cavalry and was subsequently promoted to General, commanding the Laurel Brigade under J.E.B. Stuart. In 1863 he was transferred to the Trans-Allegheny Department, leading the successful "Jones-Imboden Cavalry Raid" through a large portion of West Virginia. Jones was killed in the Shenandoah Valley during the Battle at Piedmont, Virginia, June, 1864.
Civil War Camp Anderson.Camp - Ferry near Gauley Bridge
Date:
1862
Description:
"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1862 by J. Nep. Roesler in the clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of Ohio. Sketched from nature and drawn on stone by J. Nep. Roesler Corpl. Of Color Guard Comp. G 47th Regt. O.V.-U.S.A. Printed by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co., Cincinnati."
Civil War Camp Anderson - Crossing to Fayetteville
Date:
1862
Description:
"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1862 by J. Nep. Roesler in the clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of Ohio. Sketched from nature and drawn on stone by J. Nep. Roesler Corpl. Of Color Guard Comp. G 47th Regt. O.V.-U.S.A. Printed by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co., Cincinnati."
"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1862 by J. Nep. Roesler in the clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of Ohio. Sketched from nature and drawn on stone by J. Nep. Roesler Corpl. Of Color Guard Comp. G 47th Regt. O.V.-U.S.A. Printed by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co., Cincinnati."
Civil War Camp Anderson - Log House on Miller's Ferry
Date:
1862
Description:
"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1862 by J. Nep. Roesler in the clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of Ohio. Sketched from nature and drawn on stone by J. Nep. Roesler Corpl. Of Color Guard Comp. G 47th Regt. O.V.-U.S.A. Printed by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co., Cincinnati."
"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1862 by J. Nep. Roesler in the clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of Ohio. Sketched from nature and drawn on stone by J. Nep. Roesler Corpl. Of Color Guard Comp. G 47th Regt. O.V.-U.S.A. Printed by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co., Cincinnati."
Civil War Camp Anderson - Pickets in the Woods after the Engagement near the Drill Ground
Date:
1862
Description:
"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1862 by J. Nep. Roesler in the clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of Ohio. Sketched from nature and drawn on stone by J. Nep. Roesler Corpl. Of Color Guard Comp. G 47th Regt. O.V.-U.S.A. Printed by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co., Cincinnati."
Civil War Camp Anderson - Crossing Little Birch River to Bulltown
Date:
1862
Description:
"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1862 by J. Nep. Roesler in the clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of Ohio. Sketched from nature and drawn on stone by J. Nep. Roesler Corpl. Of Color Guard Comp. G 47th Regt. O.V.-U.S.A. Printed by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co., Cincinnati."
Civil War Camp Anderson - Thunderstorm during Big Sewell Mountain Reconnaissance
Date:
1862
Description:
"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1862 by J. Nep. Roesler in the clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of Ohio. Sketched from nature and drawn on stone by J. Nep. Roesler Corpl. Of Color Guard Comp. G 47th Regt. O.V.-U.S.A. Printed by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co., Cincinnati."
Civil War Camp Anderson - Tompkins Farm and Road to Log House
Date:
1862
Description:
"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1862 by J. Nep. Roesler in the clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of Ohio. Sketched from nature and drawn on stone by J. Nep. Roesler Corpl. Of Color Guard Comp. G 47th Regt. O.V.-U.S.A. Printed by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co., Cincinnati."
Civil War Camp Anderson - Hawk's Nest 800 Feet High on New River, W. Va.
Date:
1862
Description:
"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1862 by J. Nep. Roesler in the clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of Ohio. Sketched from nature and drawn on stone by J. Nep. Roesler Corpl. Of Color Guard Comp. G 47th Regt. O.V.-U.S.A. Printed by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co., Cincinnati."
"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1862 by J. Nep. Roesler in the clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of Ohio. Sketched from nature and drawn on stone by J. Nep. Roesler Corpl. Of Color Guard Comp. G 47th Regt. O.V.-U.S.A. Printed by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co., Cincinnati."
Civil War Camp Anderson - Battle at Carnifax Ferry
Date:
1862
Description:
"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1862 by J. Nep. Roesler in the clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of Ohio. Sketched from nature and drawn on stone by J. Nep. Roesler Corpl. Of Color Guard Comp. G 47th Regt. O.V.-U.S.A. Printed by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co., Cincinnati."
"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1862 by J. Nep. Roesler in the clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of Ohio. Sketched from nature and drawn on stone by J. Nep. Roesler Corpl. Of Color Guard Comp. G 47th Regt. O.V.-U.S.A. Printed by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co., Cincinnati."
Civil War Camp Anderson - Pickets on the Road from Camp Anderson to Tompkin's Farm
Date:
1862
Description:
"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1862 by J. Nep. Roesler in the clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of Ohio. Sketched from nature and drawn on stone by J. Nep. Roesler Corpl. Of Color Guard Comp. G 47th Regt. O.V.-U.S.A. Printed by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co., Cincinnati."
Civil War Camp Anderson - Picket on Lover's Leap Road to the Log House
Date:
1862
Description:
"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1862 by J. Nep. Roesler in the clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of Ohio. Sketched from nature and drawn on stone by J. Nep. Roesler Corpl. Of Color Guard Comp. G 47th Regt. O.V.-U.S.A. Printed by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co., Cincinnati."
Civil War Camp Anderson - View from Hawk's Nest towards the East
Date:
1862
Description:
"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1862 by J. Nep. Roesler in the clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of Ohio. Sketched from nature and drawn on stone by J. Nep. Roesler Corpl. Of Color Guard Comp. G 47th Regt. O.V.-U.S.A. Printed by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co., Cincinnati."
"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1862 by J. Nep. Roesler in the clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of Ohio. Sketched from nature and drawn on stone by J. Nep. Roesler Corpl. Of Color Guard Comp. G 47th Regt. O.V.-U.S.A. Printed by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co., Cincinnati."
Civil War Camp Anderson - View from Hawk's Nest towards the West
Date:
1862
Description:
"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1862 by J. Nep. Roesler in the clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of Ohio. Sketched from nature and drawn on stone by J. Nep. Roesler Corpl. Of Color Guard Comp. G 47th Regt. O.V.-U.S.A. Printed by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co., Cincinnati."
Water Fall on the Road between Tompkin's Farm and Gauley Bridge, W. Va.
Date:
1862
Description:
"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1862 by J. Nep. Roesler in the clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of Ohio. Sketched from nature and drawn on stone by J. Nep. Roesler Corpl. Of Color Guard Comp. G 47th Regt. O.V.-U.S.A. Printed by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co., Cincinnati."
The photograph was taken shortly after the couple were married in Baltimore. Anna Kennedy sympathized strongly with the South and John J. Davis, though voting against secession, turned "copperhead", fighting against both West Virginia Statehood and emancipation of the slaves. They had one son, John W. Davis.
A carte de visite image of Union General George B. McClellan and his staff, left to right: Captain Clark, General McClellan striking a napoleonic pose, Captain Van Vliet and Major Barry. Information printed on the bottom of image: "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1862, by M.B. Brady, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the District of Columbia."
This artist's rendition of the Battle of the Cement Mill, a Civil War conflict, appear in Harper's Weekly magazine in October 1862. The battle took place near Shepherdstown in Jefferson County, W. Va.
General Milroy gave the following order to Capt. Col. Geo R. Latham 'Lay the devils warrant on all rebel property and add considerably to the population of hell before you return.' Co. B. 5th Reg, W. Va. Cavalry Volunteers.
Looking east along the Potomac River on the Virginia (West Virginia) side. The ruins of the Armory can be seen on the left and telegraph poles line the damaged tracks. Two men, one leaning on a telegraph pole and another next to the house are not identified. The photograph was taken several weeks after the September,1862 battle when Stonewall Jackson's artillery shelled the town, forcing the Union troops to surrender.
South Side of Charleston, W. Va. During the Civil War
Date:
1863
Description:
Copy of painting by A.M. Doddridge, 1863- Army camp just below Chesapeake and Ohio Depot site near mouth of Ferry Branch on the Kanawha river. Fort Scammon Hill in the distance. President Hayes and McKinley were stationed in camp.
Battle of Rich Mountain scene. Color version. From the original painting by Chappel in the possession of the publishers. Johnson Fry and Co. Publishers, New York.
General Averell and his men in the rain during the raid on Salem. The men rode through pelting rain and in freezing weather. From a sketch in Harpers Weekly, Jan 16, 1864. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's West Virginia in the Civil War.
Camp of the 12th Reg. O.V.I. at Fayetteville, VA April 1863
Date:
1863
Description:
Camp of the 12th Regiment and O.V.I. at Fayetteville Va. April 1863. A. Fort Scammon, B. Battery McMullan, C. Camp of the 12th Reg. and O.V.I, D. Fayetteville Courthouse.
Drawing of Men in the Lobby of the McClure House in Wheeling to Hear News of the War
Date:
1863
Description:
'Morgans Raiders are bound for Wheeling.' Excitement in the McClure House due to news of war. In the group, right, leaning against the stair rail is Hon. Wlm E. Stevenson, of Parkersburg, President of the 1863 senate and later governor; wearing a white hat is Leroy Kramer, Capt. Kramer Guards and 1864 Speaker of the House; James C. McGrew, Preston Co., later a Congressman, reads newspaper, Archibald W. Campbell, editor of the Wheeling Intelligencer with hands clasped behind his back. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'West Virginia in the Civil War.'
Camp Reynolds, Kanawha Falls, Fayette Co., West Va.
Date:
1863
Description:
Camp Reynolds, Kanawha Falls, Fayette County. Winter headquarters of the 23rd. Ohio, also 89th. Ohio- Dec 1, 1862 to March 15, 1863 (See Haye's Diary Vol. 2- p. 366-394. 'Camp Markell, Gauley Bridge, Dec 1 1862- We are on the south side of the Kanawha at the ferry below and in sight of the falls, 2 miles below Gauley Bridge.---p.366. 'Camp Reynolds Jan 4, 1863- The same old camp but now Reynolds after our gallant Sergt. Maj. Eugene Reynolds, who was killed at South Mountain -p.383.
Battle of Rich Mountain scene. Black and White Version. From the original painting by Chappel in the possession of the publishers. Johnson Fry and Co. Publishers, New York.
'Mollie Tynes, Rocky Dell, Tazewell County, Virginia rode horseback through mountains from Tazewell, to Wytheville on the night of July 17, 1863, arriving a few hours in advance of raiding Union troops to warn citizens for defense. The battle of Wytheville took place July 18, 1863. Col. John T. Toland commanding the Union forces was slain in the engagement. Mollie Tynes married W. D. Davidson of Mercer County, West Virginia. Toland's force was made up of Ohioans and West Virginians.'
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.
Portrait of William P. Moore of Eastville, Northhampton Co. Va. Served as a member of the Restored Government of Virginia's 1864 State Constitutional Convention in Alexandria.
Engraving of Camp of 5th Virginia Vol. Infantry, U.S.A.
Date:
1864
Description:
Engraving of Soldiers, singing, playing music, and holding a religious service. Camp of 5th Virginia Vol. Infantry, U.S.A. Falls of Kanawha, West Virginia. Our Chaplain Gives each of us a copy of this engraving, to show our friends the way we sing and hold meetings in camp. He desires us to tell them to pray for us and him, that we may prove faithful to our country and our God, and not be found wanting in any day of temptation and trial.
Portrait of George R. Boush of Old Point Comfort, Va., a member of the Restored Government of Virginia's State Constitutional Convention held in Alexandria in 1864.
Camp of 5th Virginia Vol. Infantry, U.S.A., Falls of Kanawha, West Virginia
Date:
1864
Description:
Drawing of Infantry members holding a religious service. Caption reads 'Our Chaplain gives us a copy of this Engraving, to show our friends the way we sing and hold meetings in camp. He desires us to tell them to pray for us and him, that we may prove faithful to our country and our God, and not be found wanting in any day of temptation and trial.'
Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan H. Lockwood, Seventh West Virginia Infantry
Date:
1864
Description:
A photograph of a sketch of the Commander of 7th West Virginia Regiment, Army of the Potomac. Lockwood took command during the Battle of Fredericksburg, December 1862 to the Battle of Spotsylvania, May, 1864, where he was wounded.
Destroyed Bank of Chambersburg & Franklin House After Mc Causland Raid
Date:
1864/07/30
Description:
Stero card photograph of buildings in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, burned by the Confederate Cavalry under General John Mc Causland of Mason County, West Virginia. Mc Causland's destructive raid was in reprisal for the burnings in the Shenandoah Valley by the Union troops.