Statehood politics -- West Virginia
Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:
Aten Family Civil War Letters
Charles H. Ambler (1876-1957) Papers
Charles H. Ambler (1876-1957) Papers
Personal and professional correspondence (1914-1956), typescripts, research notes, clippings, photographs, maps, drafts and manuscripts of published and unpublished historical studies. The correspondence includes a number of letters from historians in the 1920s and 1930s. Other subjects covered in the papers include the McNeill Rangers, the Civil War, Moravian Missionaries, floods in the South Branch Valley, and secondary education in West Virginia.
Davis Family Papers
Francis H. Pierpont, Civil War Correspondence
A letter from Peter G. Van Winkle (8 Nov. 1862) and another letter from Colonel T.M. Harris (4 Sept. 1862) to Francis H. Pierpont, Governor of Restored Virginia. Van Winkle's letter speaks of the poor prospects of the proposed new state's survival, particularly the guerrilla threat south of the Little Kanawha River. Colonel Harris conveys from a wounded Confederate officer a warning that General Loring is planning an offensive into western Virginia.
Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers
George Ellis Moore Manuscript
Manuscript of BANNER IN THE HILLS by George Ellis Moore, presenting the story of secession and the Civil War in western Virginia and tracing the steps by which West Virginia was created.
George Ellis Moore Manuscript
Manuscript of BANNER IN THE HILLS by George Ellis Moore, presenting the story of secession and the Civil War in western Virginia and tracing the steps by which West Virginia was created.