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Civil War - West Virginia.

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:

West Virginia Statehood Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3967
Overview

Commemorative coin for the sesquicentennial of West Virginia statehood, which was commissioned by the Wheeling National Heritage Area Corporation (WNHAC). The coin is gold in color. One face shows Francis H. Pierpont, the (West) Virginia politician who served as governor of the Restored State of Virginia and is considered the "father of West Virginia"; the other face shows Independence Hall in Wheeling, West Virginia.

Dates: 2013

West Virginia University, History Department, Grant Proposal and Greenbrier River Valley Histories

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5181
Overview

Grant proposal for a campus historic preservation plan to The Getty Campus Heritage Grant Program (2 volumes); and grant funded historical narratives regarding the Greenbrier River Valley, including topics related to native americans (pg. 1), settlement (pg. 15), mineral springs and resorts (pg. 44), Civil War (pg. 74), industrialization (pg. 118), parks (pg. 149), and rivers and railroads (pg. 172). Writings include bibliographies.

Dates: 2005

William Ludwig, Correspondence and Record Book

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2318
Overview

Letters of William Ludwig, a soldier with the Thirty-fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The letters are to his father, Charles Ludwig, and his brother, George, both in Cincinnati, Ohio, from various camps in West Virginia. This collection also contains a record book of the regiment compiled in 1885 by Alex S. Oliver of Company "G", and a newspaper article, written in 1889, presenting a short history of the regiment.

Dates: 1862-1865, 1885

William Rice Research Papers regarding West Virginia Genealogy and Other Topics

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4317
Overview Historical research material collected by William Rice from ca. 1975-2015, mostly relating to the history of western Virginia and southeastern West Virginia, the Upper Potomac River basin, and particularly Elkins and Randolph County. There are three record series including subject files (boxes 1-4), miscellaneous research files (boxes 4-5), and family histories (boxes 5-16). Subject files are arranged alphabetically and cover many topics ranging from early settlement, the formation of cities...
Dates: ca. 1975-2015