Item 126; Clipping -- The Convention of Virginia, Ordinance and Reorganization Adopted (includes: Mr. West of Wetzel County offered an amendment that no one who voted for secession be allowed to hold office in the state during the war -- An Incendiary Hung in Illinois -- T.D. Burke rabid secessionist hung -- Illinois Troops Moving Towards Virginia -- Sturgiss Rifles -- Schaumback's Cavalry -- Captain Barker's dragoons going to Grafton, Virginia -- Peirpoint for Governor of Virginia -- Frank Peirpoint, Union County, unanimously nominated for Governor -- Important Moments in Western Virginia -- Confederates close to Beverly and Philippi -- Rebel forces from Romney burned the rail road bridge over New Creek, west of Cumberland -- Piedmont -- Communication between Cumberland and Grafton cut off), 19 June 1861

Item 126; Clipping -- The Convention of Virginia, Ordinance and Reorganization Adopted (includes: Mr. West of Wetzel County offered an amendment that no one who voted for secession be allowed to hold office in the state during the war -- An Incendiary Hung in Illinois -- T.D. Burke rabid secessionist hung -- Illinois Troops Moving Towards Virginia -- Sturgiss Rifles -- Schaumback's Cavalry -- Captain Barker's dragoons going to Grafton, Virginia -- Peirpoint for Governor of Virginia -- Frank Peirpoint, Union County, unanimously nominated for Governor -- Important Moments in Western Virginia -- Confederates close to Beverly and Philippi -- Rebel forces from Romney burned the rail road bridge over New Creek, west of Cumberland -- Piedmont -- Communication between Cumberland and Grafton cut off), 19 June 1861, Box: 1, Folder: 10A. Roy Bird Cook, Collector, Papers regarding the Civil War in Southern West Virginia, A&M 0895. West Virginia and Regional History Center. https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/136946 Accessed December 23, 2024.