Scope and Contents
Contains clippings on various subjects, including: General Cox's message to the people of Charleston, General Orders, No. 8, Headquarters, District of the Kanawha, Elk River, July 25, 1861; Scary Creek battlefield [includes map]; Confederate money in Stockholm, Sweden; Capture of Steamboat "Levi" [General Eliakim P. Scammon], illustrated; Hawk's Nest incident [1862]; Kanawha Valley [includes map, photo of General Wise, copy of 1861 broadside "Men of Virginia! Men of the Kanawha! To Arms!"]; Lightburn's Retreat, Kanawha Valley 1862, illustrated; occupation of Charleston by Union Troops in 1861; "Fort Hill" Charleston, illustrated; Colonel George S. Patton and the "Kanawha Riflemen," illustrated; "The Dixie Rifles," Beuhring H. Jones, and the burning of Gauley Bridge, illustrated; Duskey's Raid on Ripley, illustrated; Wise's retreat from the Kanawha [includes map, illustrated].
Dates
- Creation: 1953-1961, undated
Repository Details
Part of the West Virginia and Regional History Center Repository
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