Confederate States of America
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Gibson Lamb Cranmer Papers regarding Statehood and Other Material
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2848
Overview
Papers regarding West Virginia statehood and the history of Wheeling and Ohio County compiled by Judge Gibson L. Cranmer (1826-1903) of Wheeling, West Virginia, who served as secretary of the Wheeling Convention that repudiated Virginia's secession from the United States in 1861. Series 1 includes manuscript narratives and correspondence describing events of the West Virginia statehood movement, written by eyewitnesses at the request of Gibson L. Cranmer. Manuscript authors include John S....
Dates:
1787-1895, undated; Majority of material found within 1822-1881
Kenneth Fones-Wolf, Historian, Research Papers Regarding Confederacy Supporters in Wheeling
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5179
Overview
Research papers compiled by history professor Kenneth Fones-Wolf regarding his study of people who supported the Confederacy in Wheeling, (West) Virginia in 1861. Includes manuscript research notes and facsimiles of documents regarding prisoners of war; traitors; legislative petitions (topics include transportation, education, banking, temperance, and property); military service (including the Shriver Grays, a Confederate unit organized in Wheeling in 1861); religion; black newspapers and...
Dates:
1819-2004, undated; Majority of material found within 1850s-1860s; Majority of material found within 2000-2004
Martha Dent Watson (1837-1905) Diary
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1798
Overview
Diary written in Fairmont by an unmarried daughter of Thomas Watson and Rebecca Haymond Watson, the youngest sister of James Otis Watson. Comments concern the Civil War, the Southern cause, Lincoln and his assassination, and the attitudes of Fairmont residents toward Southern sympathizers and returning Confederate soldiers.
Dates:
1864 December 31 - 1865 December 21
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Ohio County (W. Va.) 2
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
- West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865. 2
- West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
- Wheeling (W. Va.) 2
- African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 1
- Barbour County (W. Va.) 1
- Canada 1
- Chambless 1
- Confederate States of America - secession crisis. 1
- Diaries and journals. 1
- Fairmont. 1
- Jackson County (W. Va.) 1
- Kanawha County (W. Va.) 1
- Logan County (W. Va.) 1
- Mason County (W. Va.) 1
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
- Philippi, Battle of, Philippi, W. Va., 1861 1
- Postal service 1
- Putnam County (W. Va.) 1
- Randolph County (W. Va.) 1
- Richmond (Va.) 1
- Roane County (W. Va.) 1
- Secession 1
- Slavery 1
- Slaves 1
- Taylor County (W. Va.) 1
- Transportation 1
- Tyler County (W. Va.) 1
- Uniontown (Fayette County, Pa.) 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns 1
- Upshur County (W. Va.) 1
- West Virginia 1
- West Virginia. Convention (1861 : Wheeling) 1
- West Virginia. Convention (1863 : Wheeling) 1
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 1
- Wood County (W. Va.) 1 + ∧ less
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