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Box 9

 Container

Contains 38 Results:

Newspaper Clippings on Civil War, folders 3 and 4 of 4 (11a contains originals, 11b contains photocopies of the originals; includes clippings on various subjects [see [Scope and Content]; 16 items), 1929-1961, undated

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents Includes clippings on various subjects, such as: Hart residence and Rich Mountain battlefield, illustrated; monument to Gus Bailey of Fayette County; West Virginia's Generals in Gray, illustrated; Clarksburg, 1861, illustrated; role of the 'Wheeling Intelligencer' in the birth of West Virginia; Isaac J. Settle's Diary; preparing for action on the Kanawha, illustrated; Old Jack and Old Jube; list of issues of 'The Confederate Veteran' that have a West Virginia interest history of Company B,...
Dates: 1929-1961, undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 5. Individual, Family, and Civil War History Papers

Civil War Manuscript Volume 1 (manuscript Roll Book of 1st Sergeant Arnold, "Ka. [Kanawha] Riflemen," later Company H [or B?] of the 22nd Virginia Regiment; entries show records of individual members of the Company, clothing distributed [some entries showing price or place of distribution, such as: Jackson's River, Camp Narrows, Camp Near Union (?), Camp Salt Springs, Camp McCausland, Camp Royal Oak "Near Red Sul. Springs"], appointments, discharges, desertions, etc.; 1 item), 1862

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 12
Dates: 1862
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 5. Individual, Family, and Civil War History Papers

Civil War Manuscript Volume 2 (manuscript diary of John A. Mastin, 62nd Virginia Infantry, Company B; Mastin was from White Sulphur Springs; diary describes a variety of events and subjects [see Scope and Content]; 1 item), 1864

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents Diary describes: marches and engagements in Virginia, Maryland, and West Virginia [including Greenbrier, Berkeley, and Jefferson County]; casualties and ordnance losses in various engagements; towns on route of march; desertions from the company; and reports of the movement and engagements of other units [Confederate and Union] [May 6, 1864-October 11, 1864]. Engagement sites include: Winchester and Fisher's Hill, 1st Brigadier General Breckenridge's Division, September 19 and 22; New...
Dates: 1864
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 5. Individual, Family, and Civil War History Papers

Civil War Manuscript Volume 3 (manuscript diary of John A. Mastin, 62nd Virginia Infantry, Company B [facsimile of previous folder]; 1 item), 1864

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 14
Dates: 1864
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 5. Individual, Family, and Civil War History Papers

Civil War Manuscript Volume 4 (transcript; includes manuscript diary of James F. Ellis, Corporal, 15th West Virginia Infantry, Company B, a Union soldier who was taken prisoner at Cedar Creek, VA on October 19, 1864, and died in Camp Salisbury, NC on February 13, 1865 [January 1, 1864 (1861?) - February 13, 1865]; also includes a portrait photo of Ellis and a facsimile [undated]; digitized photo is available online through West Virginia History OnView as ID no. 038503. Diary entries depict service in the Kanawha Valley and Eastern Panhandle, and Ellis' prison life in Camp Salisbury. 3 items), 1864-1865, undated

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents Diary includes: descriptions of various engagements and maneuvers preceding Ellis' capture at Cedar Creek; names of men serving with Ellis who were wounded, discharged, deserters, etc.; description of living conditions at Camp Salisbury, NC; number of Federal prisoners joining the Confederate Army; number of deaths; and rations received. West Virginia counties in which the regiment saw action: Greenbrier, Mineral, Monroe, Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan, Kanawha, Fayette, Raleigh, and Mercer....
Dates: 1864-1865, undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 5. Individual, Family, and Civil War History Papers

Facsimile letter from James J. Jackson (May 1, 1861), 1861

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 4
Dates: 1861
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 5. Individual, Family, and Civil War History Papers / Civil War Correspondence, folder 1 of 2 (includes original, facsimile, and typescript letters; 11 items)

Facsimile letter from John Brannon, undated

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 4
Dates: undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 5. Individual, Family, and Civil War History Papers / Civil War Correspondence, folder 1 of 2 (includes original, facsimile, and typescript letters; 11 items)

Typescript letter from George B. McClellan dated June 28, 1861, undated

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 4
Dates: undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 5. Individual, Family, and Civil War History Papers / Civil War Correspondence, folder 1 of 2 (includes original, facsimile, and typescript letters; 11 items)

Typescript letter from Isaiah B. McDonald to O.P. Morton, Governor of Indiana, dated September 19, 1861 (original owned by Boyd B. Stutler), undated

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 4
Dates: undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 5. Individual, Family, and Civil War History Papers / Civil War Correspondence, folder 1 of 2 (includes original, facsimile, and typescript letters; 11 items)

Letter from N. Fitzhugh to Mrs. Patton (May 5, 1862), 1862

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 4
Dates: 1862
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 5. Individual, Family, and Civil War History Papers / Civil War Correspondence, folder 1 of 2 (includes original, facsimile, and typescript letters; 11 items)