Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863
Person
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Charles H. Ambler (1876-1957) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0122
Scope and Contents
Collection includes original copies of correspondence relating to Virginia and West Virginia, as well as newspaper clippings, photographs, and research notes. Events pertaining to the Civil War and the formation of West Virginia are covered. Among the most important items are the private correspondence of Waitman T. Willey (1835-1861 and 1866-1868); data pertaining to education in Mason County, West Virginia (1861-1875); typescript copies of letters of Samuel Woods (see also A&M 1445);...
Dates:
1834-1945
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
Logan Osborne Family and Business Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2941
Overview
A ledger and financial records of Logan Osborne (1836-39) also containing the will of Balamm Osborne. The ledger contains accounts of an assortment of general store goods from perishables such as food and candles to durable goods such as tools and carriages. There are Osborne family deeds, land contracts and letters about family matters and debt (1808-89). There are early nineteenth century state bank script from Louisiana, Virginia, and North Carolina. There are land indentures and legal...
Dates:
1761-1982
Neale Family Letters (photocopies)
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2623
Overview
Two letters mentioning Thomas J. 'Stonewall' Jackson and his family. The first, dated 6 June 1833 from Thomas Neale to Lewis Maxwell concerns the disappearance of the children of his daughter, Julia Jackson Woodson. The second letter, dated 23 February 1864, from W.R. Neale, discusses Stonewall Jackson's death.
Dates:
1833 - 1834
Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1561
Overview
Papers collected by Roy Bird Cook, a Lewis County native and Charleston pharmacist, who in his role as historian, researcher, and author, was a pioneering and effective advocate for the preservation of West Virginia history. This collection includes the papers he collected in connection with his research, including documentation of the Civil War in West Virginia, Stonewall Jackson and his family, and genealogy of North Central West Virginia, among other topics. Materials include letters and...
Dates:
1679-1984, undated; Majority of material found within 1840-1960
Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Tavenner Family Papers and Other Material
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0081
Overview
Papers of Thomas Tavenner and the Tavenner family of western Virginia, including correspondence; memoirs; journals; financial and legal documents; pamphlets; newspapers; and other material. Much of the material in this collection regards the Civil War. The Tavenner family were Confederate sympathizers.
Dates:
1772-1955; Majority of material found within 1855-1866
Roy Bird Cook, Collector, Tavenner Family Papers and Other Material
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0858
Overview
Papers of the Tavenner family of western Virginia, including correspondence, newspaper clippings, maps, and other material. Much of the material in this collection regards the Civil War. The Tavenner family was sympathetic to the Confederate cause. One member of the family, William Cabell Tavenner, served in the Confederate army; his letters are part of the collection. This collection also contains material related to families allied to the Tavenner family by marriage, particularly the...
Dates:
1778-1953; Majority of material found within 1819-1884
Thomas Jonathan Jackson (1824-1863) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0264
Scope and Contents
Script of a radio drama on the life of Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson presented over station August 26, 1951.
Dates:
August 26, 1951
Thomas Jonathan Jackson (1824-1863) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0047
Scope and Contents
188 photostats of letter from Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson from various places in the United States, Mexico, and at sea to his sister Laura Jackson Arnold and niece. Originals are not at West Virginia University. Photostatic copies open to students with the consent of D. H. Hill Arnold, administrator of the estate of Thomas Jackson Arnold. Places of origin and dates of the letters are...
Dates:
1845-1860
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- Subject: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 X
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- Civil War -- letters 3
- Diaries and journals. 3
- Land. 3
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 3
- Civil War - Southern sympathizers in WV. 2
- Civil War -- Cheat Mountain campaign 2
- Civil War -- Confederate Army 2
- Civil War -- Confederate letters 2
- Genealogy 2
- Harrison County (W. Va.) 2
- Parkersburg (W. Va.) 2
- Surveyors and surveying. 2
- West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
- Wood County (W. Va.) 2
- Academies and Institutes. 1
- Account books 1
- Accounting 1
- Banks and banking 1
- Bridges -- West Virginia 1
- Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861 1
- Carlisle Barracks, P.A. 1
- Charles Town (W. Va.) 1
- Charleston (W. Va.) 1
- Cheat Mountain Campaign 1
- Civil War - Union soldiers' letters. 1
- Civil War - Virginia 133rd Regiment. 1
- Civil War - Virginia 17th Volunteer Cavalry Regiment. 1
- Civil War - Virginia 19th Cavalry. 1
- Civil War - Virginia 2nd Cavalry. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 11th Infantry. 1
- Civil War - soldier's letters, Confederate. 1
- Civil War -- War diaries 1
- Civil War -- Camps and camp life 1
- Civil War -- Confederacy 1
- Civil War -- Confederate newspapers 1
- Civil War -- Confederate sympathizers 1
- Civil War -- Indiana 15th Regiment, Company I 1
- Civil War -- Kanawha Riflemen 1
- Civil War battles - Cheat Mountain. 1
- Civil War battles - Rich Mountain. 1
- Civil War battles. 1
- Confederate States Army of the Northwest. 1
- Cumberland (Md.) 1
- Diaries 1
- Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 1
- Fort Hamilton 1
- Fortification -- West Virginia 1
- General stores 1
- Gilmer County (W. Va.) 1
- Governor's Island, N.Y. 1
- Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) 1
- Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- History -- John Brown's Raid, 1859 1
- Jefferson County. 1
- Kanawha County (W. Va.) 1
- Kanawha River Valley (W. Va.) 1
- Lewis County (W. Va.) 1
- Lexington, V.A. 1
- Maps. 1
- Mason County (W. Va.) 1
- Mason County W.Va. - education 1
- Mexico 1
- Moorefield (W. Va.) 1
- Newspapers. 1
- Ohio County (W. Va.) 1
- Ohio River Valley -- History 1
- Pharmacy -- History 1
- Philippi, Battle of, Philippi, W. Va., 1861 1
- Poets and poetry. 1
- Potomac River Basin. 1
- Potomac River Valley 1
- Railroads - Ohio River Railroad. 1
- Railroads -- West Virginia 1
- Ravenswood (W. Va.) 1
- Richmond (Va.) 1
- Rivers -- West Virginia 1
- Rivers and river valleys. 1
- Roads -- West Virginia 1
- Romney (W. Va.) 1
- Romney, WV - Civil War. 1
- Salt industry and trade - West Virginia. 1
- Schools 1
- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) 1
- Shepherdstown (W. Va.) 1
- Shepherdstown. 1
- Slavery -- West Virginia 1
- Statehood politics -- West Virginia 1
- Steamboats 1
- Texas 1
- Toll roads -- West Virginia 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military life 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans 1
- Valleys -- West Virginia 1
- West Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 1
- West Virginia - Church history. 1
- West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865. 1
- Weston (W. Va.) 1 + ∧ less
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