Porterfield, George A.
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Maxwell Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0010
Overview
Papers of Hu Maxwell (1860-1927), historian, editor, and author of several county histories of West Virginia, along with papers and records of other family members. There are manuscripts of fiction, verse, and local history written by Maxwell, as well as a number of his manuscripts and publications dealing with forestry which were prepared while he was a member of the Forest Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. Maxwell kept a diary during the years 1901-1919 while residing...
Dates:
ca. 1845-1950, 2017; Majority of material found within ca. 1845-1950
Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0971
Scope and Contents
Facsimile of a manuscript letter from Richmond, Va., signed R. E. Lee, addressed to Major David Goff of the Virginia Volunteers at Beverly, [W.] Va., concerning the delivery of arms and ammunition to Major Goff, or to Lieutenant Joseph W. Chinnoweth, intended for Col. George A. Porterfield at Grafton.
Dates:
1861
Terrill-Porterfield Families, Papers regarding the Civil War and Other Material
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3496
Overview
Digital and microfilm copies of papers of the Terrill family of Hot Springs, Bath County, Virginia, a family divided by conflicting sympathies during the American Civil War; and papers of the Porterfield family, featuring primarily those of George A. Porterfield, who married Emily Cordelia Terrill, and who commanded a Confederate force that was defeated at Philippi in western Virginia on June 3, 1861 in what became known as the "Philippi Races." There is an addendum of original copies of...
Dates:
1716-1994; Majority of material found within 1840-1920
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Civil War battles - Philippi. 2
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
- Academies (Private schools) 1
- Account books 1
- Agriculture 1
- Bath County (Va.) 1
- Beverly (W. Va.) 1
- California 1
- Civil War -- Confederate Army 1
- Diaries and journals. 1
- Education 1
- Grafton. 1
- Laurel Hill. 1
- Literature -- Societies, etc 1
- Lumber trade 1
- Maps. 1
- Mexican War, 1846-1848 1
- Mining. SEE ALSO Coal mining. 1
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
- Morgantown (W. Va.) 1
- Politics and government. 1
- Pruntytown (W. Va.) 1
- Randolph County (W. Va.) 1
- Saint George. 1
- Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 1
- Slaves and slavery. 1
- Statehood politics -- West Virginia 1
- Tucker County (W. Va.) 1
- Tyrone Forge. 1
- Universities and colleges 1
- West Virginia 1
- World War, 1914-1918 1 + ∧ less
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