Appleton, John W. M., 1832-1913
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
George Seldon Wallace (1871-1963) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1710
Overview
Papers of a Huntington attorney, member of the West Virginia National Guard, 1909-1916, employee of the C&O Railway Company, president of the Union Bank and Trust Company of Huntington, president of the Ben Lomond Company, president of the Blackberry, Kentucky and West Virginia Coal and Coke Company, attorney for Central City, prosecuting attorney of Cabell County, 1905-1908, chairman of a county Democratic committee, and delegate to the Democratic National Convention, 1912. Wallace...
Dates:
1898-1963
John W.M. Appleton (1832-1913), Soldier, Civil War Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0092
Overview
John W. M. Appleton (1833-1913) was an officer in the 54th Massachusetts Infantry, the Union's first regiment of African American soldiers, during the Civil War. Appleton's letters to his wife, memoirs, military records, and other materials provide a detailed account of his military service with this regiment, including the daily operations and activities of his company, troop movements and engagements, and the challenges facing black troops. Appleton also drew detailed sketches in his...
Dates:
1861-1913; Majority of material found within 1863-1864
Salt Sulphur Springs Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0512
Scope and Contents
Daybooks, ledgers, journals, letter books and reports. Primarily concern the various business enterprises of the Salt Sulphur Springs Company including general store, hotel, stage line, telegraph company and farm. Also a letter book of the Oriental Powder Mills, Charleston, W.Va, of which John W.M. Appleton was agent; general store daybooks of E.D. Ballard; hotel and general store cash and daybooks of Erskine and Caruthers from Lexington and Salt Sulphur Springs. Records of the M.C.C.C. and...
Dates:
1819-1932
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- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
- Account books 1
- African American soldiers 1
- African American soldiers -- History -- 19th century 1
- African Americans 1
- Banks - Union Bank and Trust Company. 1
- Banks and banking 1
- Boston (Mass.) 1
- Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Cabell County (W. Va.) 1
- Charleston (S.C.) 1
- Charleston (S.C.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Charleston (S.C.) -- History -- Siege, 1863 1
- Charleston (W. Va.) 1
- Civil War - Massachusetts 54th Volunteers. 1
- Civil War -- MA 54th. Vol. Inf. 1
- Civil War -- Soldiers, Black 1
- Coal mining -- Strikes 1
- Coal mining. 1
- Court records 1
- Depression. 1
- Diaries and journals. 1
- Education 1
- Election of 1912. 1
- Elections 1
- Epidemics 1
- Farms and farming. 1
- Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.) 1
- Fort Wagner (S.C.) 1
- Fort Warren (Mass.) 1
- Fortification 1
- France 1
- Genealogy 1
- General stores 1
- Hotels 1
- Huntington. 1
- Jacksonville (Fla.) 1
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 1
- Massachusetts - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Participation, African American. 1
- Mill Creek. 1
- Mills and mill-work 1
- Monroe County (W. Va.) 1
- Morris Island (S.C.) 1
- Morris Island (S.C.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Olustee, Battle of, Olustee, Fla., 1864 1
- Oriental Powder Mills. 1
- Politics and government. 1
- Railroads - Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. 1
- Salt Sulphur Springs (W. Va.) 1
- Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 1
- Secessionville, Battle of, Secessionville, S.C., 1862 1
- Spanish-American War, 1898 1
- Transportation 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American 1
- United States. Army -- African American troops 1
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 1
- Women's history -- 1900-1929 1
- Women's history -- 1929-1950 1
- Women's history -- 1951-present 1
- World War, 1914-1918 1 + ∧ less
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