McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885
Person
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Thomas A. Morris Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1502
Overview
Copies of general orders, circulars, and letters, issued and received by Brigadier General Morris of the First Brigade, Indiana Volunteers, from May through July 1861. Most of the orders and letters pertain to the military operations of the United States Volunteers in western Virginia under the command of General George B. McClellan during the months of June and July. Morris was at Grafton, Philippi, Laurel Hill, Corricks Ford, and Cheat Mountain. Correspondents include General George B....
Dates:
1861
West Virginia Civil War Letters
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2087
Overview
Ten letters and one telegram concerning military and civilian activities in western Virginia from May to September, 1861. Correspondents include H. W. Benham, Robert E. Lee, George A. Porterfield (recipient), J. B. Anderson, Thomas M. Harris, J. D. Cox, Winfield Scott, George B. McClellan, and F. W. Lander.
Dates:
1861
West Virginia Statehood Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1435
Overview
Selected correspondence from the Salmon P. Chase and Orlando M. Poe papers include two letters from John S. Carlile of Clarksburg requesting the removal of General William S. Rosecrans and the western Virginia theater; a letter from Governor Francis H. Pierpont concerning a loan of $200,000 for the Reorganized Government of Virginia; a letter from K.V. Whaley concerning the effectiveness of Northern arms shipped to the Ceredo area; and letters from Poe, an aide to McClellan, to his wife...
Dates:
1861
William Starke Rosecrans (1818-1898) Correspondence
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1943
Overview
Correspondence of a Civil War general who had business interests in the Cannel Coal Company, Coal River Navigation Company, James River and Kanawha Company, and the Western Oil Company. Subjects include coal, oil, iron and steel; improvements on the Kanawha, Coal, and Ohio rivers; English investments in the Cannel Coal Company and the Winifrede Mining & Manufacturing Company; and timber prices. Civil War correspondence includes letters from Francis H. Pierpont and General Jacob D. Cox....
Dates:
1841-1879
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- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 9
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 6
- Politics and government. 5
- Women's history -- 1800-1849 4
- Women's history -- 1900-1929 4
- Account books 3
- Elections 3
- Fairmont. 3
- Marion County (W. Va.) 3
- Railroads 3
- West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 3
- Women's history -- 1929-1950 3
- Academies (Private schools) 2
- Civil War - West Virginia. 2
- Coal mining - coal companies. 2
- Coal mining. 2
- Cumberland (Md.) 2
- Diaries and journals. 2
- Editors - letters and papers. 2
- General stores 2
- Grafton. 2
- Judges - letters and papers. 2
- Labor organization. SEE ALSO Coal mining - labor 2
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 2
- Mills and mill-work 2
- Mountain Lake Park (Md.) 2
- New Deal, 1933-1939 2
- Rivers and river valleys. 2
- Unions. 2
- Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
- Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 2
- West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865. 2
- Wheeling (W. Va.) 2
- Women's history -- 1951-present 2
- World War, 1914-1918 2
- Academies and Institutes. 1
- Accounting 1
- Alexandria (Va.) 1
- Augusta County (Va.) 1
- Authors -- Letters and papers 1
- Banks and banking 1
- Bridges 1
- Bridges -- West Virginia 1
- Broadsides. 1
- Buffalo (Putnam County, W. Va.) 1
- Builders and contractors. 1
- Ceredo (W. Va.) 1
- Charleston (W. Va.) 1
- Charleston. 1
- Cheat Mountain (W. Va.) 1
- Cheat Mountain Campaign 1
- Civil War - Richmond, Virginia. 1
- Civil War -- Cheat Mountain campaign 1
- Civil War -- Confederacy 1
- Civil War -- Confederate Army 1
- Civil War -- Indiana 1st Brigade 1
- Civil War battles - Rich Mountain. 1
- Civil War battles. 1
- Clarksburg (W. Va.) 1
- Coal River. 1
- Coal mines and mining -- West Virginia -- Marion County 1
- Confederate States Army of the Northwest. 1
- Corricks Ford Battlefield (Parsons, W. Va.) 1
- Covered bridges 1
- Diaries 1
- Election of 1860. 1
- Election of 1864. 1
- Fairmont Index. 1
- Fairmont Times. 1
- Farms and farming. 1
- Fortification -- West Virginia 1
- Franklin (W. Va.) 1
- Genealogy 1
- Gilmer County (W. Va.) 1
- Iron furnaces and iron industry. 1
- Kanawha County (W. Va.) 1
- Kanawha River (W. Va.) 1
- Kanawha River Valley (W. Va.) 1
- Kanawha Valley. 1
- Laurel Hill. 1
- Lewis County (W. Va.) 1
- Lumber trade 1
- Mining. SEE ALSO Coal mining. 1
- Moorefield (W. Va.) 1
- Newspapers. 1
- Ohio River 1
- Ohio River Valley -- History 1
- Parkersburg. 1
- Petroleum industry and trade 1
- Pharmacy -- History 1
- Philippi, Battle of, Philippi, W. Va., 1861 1
- Philippi. 1
- Politicians -- United States 1
- Potomac River Basin. 1
- Potomac River Valley 1
- Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Grafton and Greenbrier Railroad. 1
- Railroads -- West Virginia 1
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 1
- Richmond (Va.) 1 + ∧ less
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