Floyd, John B. (John Buchanan), 1806-1863
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Civil War Correspondence
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1508
Overview
Correspondence of Miss Hattie A. Fudge, Tazewell, Virginia. A majority of the letters are written by soldiers of the Forty-fifth Virginia Regiment (Confederate) commanded by Generals John B. Floyd, W.W. Loring, and John Echols. Subjects include Floyd's military engagements, 1861; Battle of Lewisburg, 1862; skirmishes along the line of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad; and Jubal Early's January, 1864, raid into the South Branch Valley.
Dates:
1861-1864
John Thomas McGraw (1856-1920) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0086
Scope and Contents
Papers of a Grafton attorney who was a lawyer for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and prosecuting attorney of Taylor County, West Virginia, assistant to Governor J.B. Jackson, collector of internal revenue for West Virginia, and a member of the Democratic National Committee. There are case papers and letters pertaining to McGraw's law practice; records relating to the purchase, sale, and development of timber, coal, and oil lands; and records of his directorships in the Grafton and...
Dates:
1842-1927, 1948
Southeastern West Virginia Historical Records, Civil War Letters and Other Material
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2169
Overview
Records relating to the history of southeastern West Virginia. Most of the items in the collection relate to Greenbrier and/or Monroe County. Includes antebellum (1833-1850; 7 items), Civil War (1861-1863; 4 items), and postbellum (1886-1933; 9 items) materials. Antebellum material includes a land suit, an estate report and schedule, other financial documents, and personal letter. Civil War material includes four letters authored by Confederate soldiers. Two of these letters describe the...
Dates:
1825-1933; Majority of material found in 1833-1863
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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- Coal mining. 2
- Lumber trade 2
- Petroleum industry and trade 2
- Politics and government. 2
- Rivers and river valleys. 2
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 2
- Academies (Private schools) 1
- Account books 1
- Carnifex Ferry, Battle of, W. Va., 1861 1
- Civil War -- Greenbrier County (W. Va.) 1
- Civil War - Virginia 45th Infantry. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia. 1
- Civil War - soldier's letters, Confederate. 1
- Civil War -- letters 1
- Civil War -- Confederate Army 1
- Civil War -- Confederate letters 1
- Civil War -- Draft 1
- Civil War -- Kanawha Valley, W. Va. 1
- Civil War -- Nicholas County, W. Va. 1
- Civil War battles - Lewisburg. 1
- Civil War battles. 1
- Coal River. 1
- Drugs and druggists. 1
- Estates and estate settlements. 1
- Gauley River (W. Va.) 1
- Greenbrier County (W. Va.) 1
- Greenbrier County - Civil War. 1
- Iron furnaces and iron industry. 1
- Kanawha River (W. Va.) 1
- Land - controversies. 1
- Land. 1
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 1
- Monroe County (W. Va.) 1
- Nicholas County (W. Va.) 1
- Nicholas County - Civil War. 1
- Ohio River 1
- Railroads 1
- Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Grafton and Greenbrier Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Iron Valley Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Morgantown Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Virginia and Tennessee Railroad. 1
- Soldiers' letters - Civil War. 1
- South Branch Valley (W. Va.) 1
- Steel industry and trade 1
- Taylor County (W. Va.) 1
- West Virginia - Civil War. 1
- Women's history -- 1800-1849 1
- Women's history -- 1929-1950 1
- Women's schools. 1 + ∧ less
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