Drawing of Men in the Lobby of the McClure House in Wheeling to Hear News of the War

Identifier:

001258

Collection Number:

A&M 3250, Photographs. Civil War. Stutler Collection

Title:

Drawing of Men in the Lobby of the McClure House in Wheeling to Hear News of the War

Date:

1863

Creator:

Diss Debar, J. H.

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.'

Acquisition Method:

Acquired

Medium:

print

Projects:

West Virginia History OnView