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Andrew S. Core, Typescripts and Charts

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2453
Overview

Photocopies of letters, genealogical charts and other materials relating to the life and career of Col. Andrew S. Core, 14th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry.

Dates: 1804-1888
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Aten Family Civil War Letters

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Collection Number: A&M 3126
Overview The Aten Family Civil War letters chronicle the Union Army service of James, John, and Henry Aten. James Aten returned to his native Hancock County from Illinois in February 1861 and enlisted in the First WV Volunteer Infantry for a three-month tour in May 1861. He reenlisted in the Twelfth WV Volunteer Infantry and saw service along the B & O Railroad, the Shenandoah Valley, along the James River and at one point he was a prisoner of war. John and Henry Aten served in the 85th Illinois...
Dates: 1861-1865
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Athey Family Civil War Letters and Assorted Photographs

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Collection Number: A&M 1678
Scope and Contents Correspondence of the Athey family of Tyler County, West Virginia, consisting primarily of ten letters written from Dudley and Austin Athey, brothers who served in the 11th West Virginia Infantry Regiment from 1863 to 1865 (Folder 1). In letters to their siblings and parents at home, the Atheys describe their desire to visit home; their location on railroads or in camps at New Creek and Parkersburg, West Virginia; their health; and their desire to receive more letters from home. Letters from...
Dates: 1863-1869, circa 1920s-1940s
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Benjamin F. Coogle, Union Soldier, Civil War Diary

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Collection Number: A&M 3800
Overview One diary kept by Second Lieutenant Benjamin F. Coogle of Company A, 6th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, "Sunday Soldiers", a unit stationed along the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad between Grafton and Piedmont, West Virginia. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant on 22 September 1864, and discharged 10 June 1865. There are entries for the period 12 September 1864 through 14 June 1865, and a few miscellaneous entries for the years 1871 and 1872. Entries are generally short and succinct,...
Dates: 1864-1872; Majority of material found within 1864-1865
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Benjamin F. Hughes, Soldier, Civil War Letters and Other Material

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Collection Number: A&M 3741
Scope and Contents Transcripts and originals of letters regarding the Civil War authored by Sergeant Benjamin F. Hughes of Company F, West Virginia 3rd Regiment, and of Company D, West Virginia 6th Cavalry (10 items, 11 leaves). Subjects include battle of Allegheny Mountain (1861), battle of Droop Mountain (1863), service as a scout, report on wounded, his health, camp life, the home front, and opinions regarding the war. These letters were sent from locations mostly in West Virginia. There are also pension...
Dates: 1854-1906 and undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Boyd Stutler, Compiler, Photographs regarding the Civil War in West Virginia

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Collection Number: A&M 3250
Overview

Fifty-eight 3 in. x 5 in. to 5 in. x 7 in. black and white photographs of West Virginia in the Civil War (including portraits, landscapes, etc.) used for illustrating a series of articles authored by Boyd Stutler regarding West Virginia in the Civil War. (Articles are in Pamphlet Collection No. 6610.)

Dates: 1959-1962
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Charles Smitley, Civil War Veteran, Letter Regarding Pension Claim

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Collection Number: A&M 1480
Overview Photostat copy of a letter written by Charles W.D. Smitley of Burlington, Lawrence County, Ohio, a Civil War veteran, to former Union General Franz Sigel, dated 6 January 1887. Smitley, a veteran of the 2nd West Virginia Infantry and the 5th West Virginia Cavalry, had his pension claim rejected for want of evidence and wrote to Sigel, his former commanding officer, to petition for his help. Smitley provides a detailed account of his service as a scout and the conditions under which he...
Dates: 1887
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Civil War Bounty Tax, Collection Document

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Collection Number: A&M 4005
Overview

Document recording taxes collected in Monongalia County, West Virginia as "bounty money", beginning 1 February 1864. The document records the names of collectors, the townships they worked in, and the amount collected. The reverse of the document also records money borrowed from banks and interest owed. "Bounty money" was a payment in cash given to soldiers after they volunteered for military service.

Dates: 1864-1866
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Civil War Letter from Clarksburg, Confederate Bond, and Jonathan Jackson Agreement

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Collection Number: A&M 3759
Overview

Collection includes: 1) letter from Union soldier W. Fleming in Clarksburg (undated); 2) Confederate bond issued to James M. Beckham (1864); and 3) financial agreement involving Jonathan Jackson, father of "Stonewall" Jackson (1821). See scope and content note for details.

Dates: 1821; 1864
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Civil War Military Records Index

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Collection Number: A&M 1751
Overview

Index to service records of volunteer Union soldiers in Virginia and West Virginia, compiled from Record Group 94 in the U.S. Adjutant General's Office.

Dates: 1861-1865
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Civil War - West Virginia. 25
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 23
Civil War -- War diaries 15
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 9
Statehood politics -- West Virginia 8
Civil War - West Virginia 11th Infantry. 7
Civil War - raids and raiders. 7
Monongalia County (W. Va.) 7
Civil War - Union soldiers - West Virginia. 6
Civil War - West Virginia 14th Infantry. 6
Civil War - West Virginia 1st Infantry. 6
Civil War -- Camps and camp life 6
West Virginia - Civil War. 6
Civil War - West Virginia 1st Cavalry. 5
Civil War - West Virginia 4th Infantry. 5
Preston County (W. Va.) 5
Civil War - West Virginia - Union soldiers. 4
Civil War - West Virginia 2nd Cavalry. 4
Civil War - West Virginia 3rd Cavalry. 4
Civil War - West Virginia 5th Cavalry. 4
Civil War - West Virginia 6th Cavalry. 4
Civil War - West Virginia 6th Infantry. 4
Civil War - West Virginia 7th Cavalry. 4
Civil War - West Virginia 7th Infantry. 4
Civil War - soldier's letters. 4
Civil War -- Kanawha Valley, W. Va. 4
Diaries - Civil War. 4
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Wheeling (W. Va.) 4
Women's history -- 1850-1899 4
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Civil War - Union soldiers' letters. 3
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Civil War - West Virginia 13th Infantry. 3
Civil War - West Virginia 15th Infantry. 3
Civil War - West Virginia 17th Infantry. 3
Civil War - West Virginia 1st Light Artillery. 3
Civil War - West Virginia 2nd Volunteer Infantry. 3
Civil War - West Virginia 4th Cavalry. 3
Civil War - West Virginia 6th Cavalry, Company A. 3
Civil War - White Sulphur Springs. 3
Civil War - veterans - Union. 3
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Spanish-American War, 1898 3
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Bridgeport (W. Va.) 2
Carnifex Ferry, Battle of, W. Va., 1861 2
Cedar Mountain, Battle of, Va., 1862. 2
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Civil War - West Virginia 3rd Cavalry 2
Civil War - West Virginia 5th Infantry. 2
Civil War - West Virginia 7th Volunteer Infantry. 2
Civil War - West Virginia 9th Infantry. 2
Civil War - West Virginia Home Guards or Militia. 2
Civil War - West Virginia Union Military Units. 2
Civil War - veterans - Grand Army of the Republic. 2
Civil War -- Appomattox 2
Civil War -- Draft 2
Civil War -- Military discharge 2
Civil War -- Muster rolls 2
Civil War -- Washington (D.C.) 2
Civil War battles - Cedar Creek. 2
Civil War battles - Cloyd's Mountain. 2
Civil War battles - Corrick's Ford. 2
Civil War battles - Hedgesville, WV 2
Civil War battles - Jones' Raid. 2
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Names
Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899 4
Cook, Roy Bird, 1886-1961 3
Harris, T. M. (Thomas Mealey), 1817-1906 3
Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863 3
West Virginia University 3
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Brown, John. 2
Cassady, Capt. James S. 2
Imboden, John D. (John Daniel), 1823-1895 2
Jackson family 2
Jenkins, Albert Gallatin, 1830-1864 2
Lightburn, Joseph Andrew Jackson, 1824-1901. 2
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 2
McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885 2
Morris, Mrs. Louise. 2
Rowan, Andrew Summers 2
Sigel, Franz, 1824-1902 2
Smith, William K. 2
Andrews, Matthew Page, 1879-1947 1
Ankrom, Joseph. 1
Apple, Theodore L. 1
Aten family 1
Athey family 1
Atkinson, Geo. W. (George Wesley), 1845-1925 1
Austin family 1
Averell, W.W. 1
Ayers, Michael A. 1
Bailey family 1
Bailey, Robert. 1
Baker family 1
Baker, Henry 1
Baker, Henry. 1
Baker, Mary. 1
Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894 1
Barbe, Waitman, 1864-1925 1
Barns, James. 1
Barns, Thomas Rufus. 1
Barns, Uz 1
Barr, Henrietta Fitzhugh 1
Barrow, Pope. 1
Barrow, Tom. 1
Belle Isle (Prison) 1
Bethany College (Bethany, W. Va.) 1
Beto, Richard 1
Blue, R.W. 1
Blundon, Edgar B. 1
Boreman, Arthur Inghram, 1823-1896 1
Botsford, Eli W. 1
Brandt, Dennis W. 1
Brook, Annie. 1
Bunner family 1
Burris, John. 1
Burton, James Henry. 1
Camden family 1
Camden, Gideon Draper, 1805-1891 1
Camden, J. N. (Johnson Newlon), 1828-1908 1
Camden, John S. 1
Carroll family 1
Cather, Fabricius A. 1
Chadwick family 1
Chapel, Avery. 1
Chidester, James M. 1
Clauson, Christine 1
Cobb, Howell, Jr. 1
Coburn, William S. 1
Coles, Robert. 1
Collins, George F. 1
Coogle, Benjamin F. 1
Cook family 1
Core, Andrew S 1
Core, Andrew S. family. 1
Core, Col. Andrew S. 1
Cox, Jacob D (Jacob Dolson), 1828-1900 1
Cressman, Frances Lightburn 1
Crocket, Davy. 1
Crogan, Patrick J., 1856-1949 1
Curtis, Maude. 1
Curtis, William B. 1
Curtis, William B. (1821-1891) 1
Cutlip, P. G. 1
Dandridge, Danske, 1858-1914 1
David, S. O. 1
Davidson, Sarah. 1
Davidson, Thomas R. 1
Davis, Alfred W. G. 1
Davis, Lucius., J. Lucius, Davis (James Lucius) 1
Dawson, William M.O. 1
Day, Solomon. 1
De Krafft, Charles 1
DeVaul family 1
Deahl family 1
Deahl, Henry. 1
Deal, Vernon K. 1
Doherty, William T. 1
Dorsey family 1
Elliott, Charles W. 1
Everly family 1
Eyster, Charles C. 1
Fast/Fass/Faust family. 1
Faulkner, Charles James, 1806-1884 1
Fleischer family 1
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