Kelley, Benjamin F., 1807-1891
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Archibald W. Campbell (1839-1899), Newspaperman, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0014
Overview
Papers of Archibald W. Campbell (1839-1899), editor of the Wheeling Daily Intelligencer. A strong unionist and Republican Party member, he worked hard through his editorials and behind the scenes in order to support the formation of the new state of West Virginia. The collection includes correspondence, clippings, ephemera, and scrapbooks dealing with the Civil War and political affairs in West Virginia's early statehood period. Some of the correspondence...
Dates:
1855-1899, 1907, 1941; Majority of material found within 1855-1899
Aten Family Civil War Letters
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3126
Overview
The Aten Family Civil War letters chronicle the Union Army service of James, John, and Henry Aten. James Aten returned to his native Hancock County from Illinois in February 1861 and enlisted in the First WV Volunteer Infantry for a three-month tour in May 1861. He reenlisted in the Twelfth WV Volunteer Infantry and saw service along the B & O Railroad, the Shenandoah Valley, along the James River and at one point he was a prisoner of war. John and Henry Aten served in the 85th Illinois...
Dates:
1861-1865
Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Correspondence (photocopies)
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0420
Overview
Photostat negatives of correspondence to Francis H. Pierpont concerning statehood and secession. Also includes a petition of Harrison County, (West) Virginia citizens to Brigadier General Kelly protesting the return and admittance to the county of former members of the Confederate Army (undated); a petition of Gilmer County, (West) Virginia citizens denouncing secession and pledging action to suppress rebellion (1861); and the act by which the Restored Government of Virginia gave permission...
Dates:
1861-1865, 1916; Majority of material found within 1861-1865
Goshorn Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2426
Overview
This collection comprises the personal and business correspondence, as well as financial and legal papers of the Goshorn family of Wheeling, West Virginia, including papers from members of several allied families. Highlights include letters from William S. Goshorn during his Civil War imprisonment and letters from a Virginia legislator in the House of Delegates (1833). An addendum (2012/09) contains three ledgers of John Goshorn (1827-1874). See the Scope and Content Note for more...
Dates:
1827-1926
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- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 3
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 2
- Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 2
- West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865. 2
- West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
- Account books 1
- Chickamauga, Battle of, Ga., 1863 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 12th Infantry. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 1st Infantry. 1
- Civil War - raids and raiders. 1
- Civil War -- letters 1
- Civil War -- Illinois 85th Infantry 1
- Civil War battles - Murfreesboro. 1
- Civil War battles - Vicksburg. 1
- Civil War raids - Jones & Imboden. 1
- Election of 1864. 1
- Emancipation Proclamation. 1
- Gilmer County (W. Va.) 1
- Hancock County (W. Va.) 1
- Harrison County (W. Va.) 1
- Illinois 1
- Land. 1
- Newspapers. 1
- Politicians -- United States 1
- Secession 1
- Slaves and slavery. 1
- Statehood politics -- West Virginia 1
- Taxation 1
- Travel accounts. 1
- United States -- Politics and government 1
- Virginia 1
- Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- West Virginia - oath of allegiance. 1
- West Virginia -- Politics and government 1
- Wheeling (W. Va.) 1
- Wheeling Intelligencer (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1 + ∧ less
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