Harris, T. M. (Thomas Mealey), 1817-1906
Person
Found in 7 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
Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Correspondence (photocopies)
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0420
Overview
Photostat negatives of correspondence to Francis H. Pierpont concerning statehood and secession. Also includes a petition of Harrison County, (West) Virginia citizens to Brigadier General Kelly protesting the return and admittance to the county of former members of the Confederate Army (undated); a petition of Gilmer County, (West) Virginia citizens denouncing secession and pledging action to suppress rebellion (1861); and the act by which the Restored Government of Virginia gave permission...
Dates:
1861-1865, 1916; Majority of material found within 1861-1865
Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0009
Overview
Papers of Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) of Monongalia and Marion Counties, West Virginia, who served as governor of the Restored Government of Virginia during the Civil War. Includes manuscripts, typescripts, printed materials, and photocopies consisting of genealogies, correspondence, college essays, speeches, official messages, articles prepared for newspapers, legal documents, pamphlets, scrapbooks, and ephemera. Topics include Pierpont's education; his career as governor of the...
Dates:
1811-1949, undated; Majority of material found within 1860-1899
H.E. Matheny, Collector and Compiler, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1391
Scope and Contents
Published and unpublished manuscripts on episodes in West Virginia history; civil war history; hunting; and police protection in industrial plants. Letter of Gen. T.M. Harris concerning organizing and outfitting of troops, 1861; copies of newspaper articles by Gen. Harris concerning "the Sabbath question", 1876; Letters (typescript copies) of Pvt. James Z. McCausland's Brigade, 1863-1864 (7 items), on the Battle of Droop Mountain: fight at Dublin, picket duty around Warm Springs, Virginia;...
Dates:
Various Dates
Matheny-Stutler Correspondence
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2156
Overview
Correspondence between H. E. Matheny and Boyd B. Stutler who were antiquarian collectors of West Virginia and authors on the local history of the state. The correspondence is primarily about West Virginia imprints and historical literature. There is much discussion of the following topics as they pertain to West Virginia: colloquial language, frontier and pioneers, post offices and postal service, crimes and criminals, the Civil War, early oil industry, and printers, printing and newspapers....
Dates:
1945-1969
Richard Beto, Collector, Records regarding the Civil War in West Virginia
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3044
Overview
This collection contains documents and other material regarding the Civil War, including a diary, letters, reports, clippings, a muster roll, and other material. The majority of items in the collection regard the Civil War in West Virginia. Items within the collection are facsimiles and photocopies. Highlights of the collection include: the diary of Alex McGraw, who served with the West Virginia First Light Artillery; a letter from Captain Robert Coles of Virginia Fortieth Infantry, Wise...
Dates:
1861-1875 and undated; Majority of material found within 1861-1863
Thomas M. Harris, Civil War Papers and Artifacts
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0080
Overview
Papers and artifacts of General Thomas M. (Mealey) Harris (1817-1906) who served with the 10th West Virginia Infantry and the Army of West Virginia during the Civil War. He was also a member of the military commission in the trial of the Abraham Lincoln assassination conspirators in 1865. Letters, commissions, reports, a photograph, and newspaper clippings chiefly relate to Harris's military service in the 1860s. Items include military commissions; letters from 1862 about Harris's service in...
Dates:
1861-1906; Majority of material found within 1862-1865
Additional filters:
- Subject
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 3
- Civil War - West Virginia. 2
- Civil War -- letters 2
- Civil War -- Camps and camp life 2
- Civil War battles - Droop Mountain. 2
- Politicians -- United States 2
- United States -- Politics and government 2
- Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 2
- West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865. 2
- West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
- African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 1
- Alexandria (Va.) 1
- Braxton County (W. Va.) 1
- Camp Allegheny 1
- Camp Chase (Ohio) 1
- Chambersburg (Pa.) 1
- Civil War - Virginia 40th Infantry, Wise Legion. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 10th Infantry. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 1st Light Artillery, Battery D. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 2nd Cavalry, Company G. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 6th Infantry. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 7th Cavalry. 1
- Civil War - raids and raiders. 1
- Civil War - soldier's letters. 1
- Civil War -- War diaries 1
- Civil War -- Camp Defiance, Sewell Mt. 1
- Civil War -- Confederate Army 1
- Civil War -- Confederate letters 1
- Civil War -- Confederate soldiers 1
- Civil War -- Muster rolls 1
- Civil War battles - Corrick's Ford. 1
- Civil War battles - Dublin. 1
- Civil War battles - Monocacy. 1
- Coal mines and mining -- West Virginia -- Marion County 1
- Colloquialisms. 1
- Confederate States Army of the Northwest. 1
- Confederate States of America - secession crisis. 1
- Crime and criminals. 1
- Diaries - Civil War. 1
- Diaries and journals. 1
- Forts. SEE ALSO Civil War - Fort. 1
- Frontier and pioneer life 1
- Gilmer County (W. Va.) 1
- Harrison County (W. Va.) 1
- Jubal Early's Raid on Washington, 1864 1
- Ledger books. 1
- Oil and Gas Industry and Fields. 1
- Parkersburg. 1
- Petroleum industry and trade 1
- Politics and government. 1
- Printers and printing. 1
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 1
- Richmond (Va.) 1
- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) 1
- Statehood politics -- West Virginia 1
- Virginia 1
- Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Warm Springs, V.A. 1
- West Virginia - Civil War. 1
- West Virginia -- Politics and government 1
- Wheeling (W. Va.) 1
- Women's history -- 1800-1849 1
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 1 + ∧ less
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