McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Edward E. Meredith Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1814
Overview
Clippings, letters, broadsides, and articles written or collected by E.E. Meredith, author of the newspaper column, "Do You Remember," which appeared in the Fairmont TIMES-WEST VIRGINIAN. There are: copies of theatre programs, 1917-1919; electoral tickets, 1860, 1864; a proclamation by George B. McClellan, commanding the Department of the Ohio, 1861; and an open letter, "Monongahela River Bridge Underwriting Syndicate Managers," concerning the construction of the million-dollar bridge in...
Dates:
1817-1954
George B. McClellan, Civil War Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2967
Overview
A microfilm copy of the McClellan Papers, Vols. 12-14, held by the Library of Congress. There are letters to and from Gen. McClelland and his staff headquartered in Cincinnati. Also there are Confederate letters presumably captured during McClellan's first campaign into western Virginia. The rebel correspondence is between A.J. Wilson at Grafton and his family of Franklin and also orders from Richmond to Col. George Porterfield. Porterfield mentions the difficulty of raising Confederate...
Dates:
1861 May 15-30
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- Builders and contractors. 1
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- Coal mining. 1
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- Election of 1860. 1
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- Elections 1
- Fairmont. 1
- Farms and farming. 1
- Franklin (W. Va.) 1
- Grafton. 1
- Kanawha Valley. 1
- Marion County (W. Va.) 1
- Mining. SEE ALSO Coal mining. 1
- Railroads - Grafton and Greenbrier Railroad. 1
- Richmond (Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
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- Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 1
- Women's history -- 1800-1849 1
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