Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Francis H. Pierpont, Civil War Correspondence
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2968
Overview
A letter from Peter G. Van Winkle (8 Nov. 1862) and another letter from Colonel T.M. Harris (4 Sept. 1862) to Francis H. Pierpont, Governor of Restored Virginia. Van Winkle's letter speaks of the poor prospects of the proposed new state's survival, particularly the guerrilla threat south of the Little Kanawha River. Colonel Harris conveys from a wounded Confederate officer a warning that General Loring is planning an offensive into western Virginia.
Dates:
1862
Roy Bird Cook, Collector, Papers regarding the Civil War in Southern West Virginia
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0895
Overview
Papers mainly related to the Civil War in southern West Virginia, including correspondence, maps, photographs, newspaper clippings, muster rolls, and other material. Highlights of the collection include material regarding Captain John V. Young of the 11th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry; Captain James S. Cassady of the 7th West Virginia Cavalry; Captain W.D. Thurmond and his company of Partisan Rangers; and the 8th and 13th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry units. The collection is organized...
Dates:
1844-1938; Majority of material found within 1861-1867
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- Agriculture 1
- Carnifex Ferry, Battle of, W. Va., 1861 1
- Churches -- Methodist Episcopal 1
- Civil War - Thurmond's Rangers. 1
- Civil War - Union soldiers' letters. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia - Union soldiers. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 11th Infantry. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 13th Infantry. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 7th Cavalry. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia. 1
- Civil War -- Cheat Mountain campaign 1
- Civil War -- Confederate Army 1
- Civil War -- Muster rolls 1
- Civil War battles - Rich Mountain. 1
- Civil War battles. 1
- Civil War soldiers letters - Union. 1
- Kanawha Valley. 1
- Lewis County. 1
- Maps. 1
- Ohio 1
- Randolph County (W. Va.) 1
- Rich Mountain (Randolph County, W. Va.) 1
- Rivers and river valleys. 1
- Steamboats 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Maps 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 1
- West Virginia - oath of allegiance. 1 + ∧ less
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