Civil War battles - Philippi.
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Maxwell Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0010
Overview
Papers of Hu Maxwell (1860-1927), historian, editor, and author of several county histories of West Virginia, along with papers and records of other family members. There are manuscripts of fiction, verse, and local history written by Maxwell, as well as a number of his manuscripts and publications dealing with forestry which were prepared while he was a member of the Forest Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. Maxwell kept a diary during the years 1901-1919 while residing...
Dates:
ca. 1845-1950, 2017; Majority of material found within ca. 1845-1950
Terrill-Porterfield Families, Papers regarding the Civil War and Other Material
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3496
Overview
Digital and microfilm copies of papers of the Terrill family of Hot Springs, Bath County, Virginia, a family divided by conflicting sympathies during the American Civil War; and papers of the Porterfield family, featuring primarily those of George A. Porterfield, who married Emily Cordelia Terrill, and who commanded a Confederate force that was defeated at Philippi in western Virginia on June 3, 1861 in what became known as the "Philippi Races." There is an addendum of original copies of...
Dates:
1716-1994; Majority of material found within 1840-1920