Box 9
Container
Contains 38 Results:
Regarding Lewis County in the Civil War (includes notes, reviews, and correspondence regarding Roy Bird Cook's book; 6 items), ca. 1924-1926
File — Box: 9, Folder: 9
Dates:
ca. 1924-1926
Newspaper Clippings on Civil War, folders 1 and 2 of 4 (10a contains originals, 10b contains photocopies of the originals; contains clippings on various subjects [see Scope and Content]; 16 items), 1953-1961, undated
File — Box: 9, Folder: 10a-10b
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!"];...
Dates:
1953-1961, undated
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
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
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
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