Loring, William Wing, 1818-1886
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Confederate Army of the Northwest, Letter Book
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2965
Overview
An 82 page manuscript order and letter book (29 July 1861-13 February 1862, Virginia) of the Confederate States Army of the Northwest detailing with the operations of the Cheat or Valley Mountain campaign of 10-15 September 1861 and the "Romney Campaign" of 9 January-5 February 1862, both unsuccessful efforts to dislodge Federal forces from the upper Potomac region and the earliest confrontation between Rosecrans, Jackson and Lee. This letter book gives some idea of the indefinite chain of...
Dates:
1861-1862
Pocahontas County Roads
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2695
Overview
A rough draft history of the main roads covering segments of highways, such as State Route 39 between Huntersville and Marlinton, in the form of a travel brochure. Mentions frontier and pre-Civil War history of such places as Mill Point and Lewisburg, but its focus is on the Civil War history of Pocahontas, Greenbrier, and Randolph counties. Significant people and places mentioned are: The Great Warrior Path, Droop Mountain, Lewisburg, White Sulphur Springs, W. W. Averell, Huntersville,...
Dates:
ca. 1985
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- Cheat Mountain Campaign 1
- Civil War -- Camps and camp life 1
- Civil War -- Cheat Mountain campaign 1
- Civil War -- Confederate Army 1
- Civil War battles - Allegheny Mountain. 1
- Civil War battles - Cheat Mountain. 1
- Civil War battles - Droop Mountain. 1
- Civil War battles - Greenbrier River. 1
- Civil War battles - Lewisburg. 1
- Civil War battles - White Sulphur Springs. 1
- Civil War battles. 1
- Confederate States Army of the Northwest. 1
- Cumberland (Md.) 1
- Frontier and pioneer life 1
- Greenbrier County (W. Va.) 1
- Greenbrier County - Civil War. 1
- Greenbrier River (W. Va.) 1
- Indians of North America 1
- Moorefield (W. Va.) 1
- Pocahontas County (W. Va.) 1
- Potomac River Basin. 1
- Potomac River Valley 1
- Randolph County (W. Va.) 1
- Randolph County - Civil War. 1
- Roads 1
- Romney (W. Va.) 1
- Romney, WV - Civil War. 1
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