Civil War - raids and raiders.
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
John J. Polsley Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1601
Overview
Correspondence and miscellaneous papers of a lieutenant colonel in the Eighth West Virginia Volunteer Infantry and later the Seventh West Virginia Regiment. The letters, most of which are addressed to Polsley's wife, pertain to military activities in central West Virginia, 1862-1863, and the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. These letters comment on the West Virginia statehood movement, camp life, guerrilla warfare, Polsley's confinement in Libby Prison, General John Imboden's raid, 1863, and...
Dates:
1862-1879; Majority of material found within 1862-1865
Joseph C. Snider (1839-1864), Soldier, Civil War Diary
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1504
Overview
Civil War diaries of Joseph C. Snider (1839-1864) of Harrison County, West Virginia, who served in Company C of the 31st Virginia Infantry Regiment from June 1861 to his death in battle on September 19, 1864. Collection consists of three diaries on microfilm that cover the periods from June 1861 to May 1862; January 1, 1863 to July 1, 1863; and March 26, 1864 to September 19, 1864. There is no explanation for the gaps in Snider's journals. Snider provides detailed descriptions of his major...
Dates:
1861-1864
Louis Reed and Mildred Johnston Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2592
Overview
Louis Reed (1899-ca. 1985) served in France and Germany during World War I. Collection contains letters he wrote to his future wife, Mildred Johnston. Reed and Johnston married many years later, after the death of Reed's first wife. Reed's letters, written between 1918 and 1920, discuss army life, the front in France, and the occupation of Germany. Collection also contains a 235-page photocopied typescript that Reed wrote about the history of Burning Springs, Wirt County, and its role in the...
Dates:
1918-1920 and undated
Sanford McBee, "A Detailed Report of the Jones Raid in the Civil War of 1861"
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1771
Overview
Typescript entitled "A Detailed Report of the Jones Raid in the Civil War of 1861" by Sanford McBee.
Dates:
1964
Sarah Jane Lough, Civil War Letter regarding Confederate Activity in Morgantown
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0672
Overview
Letter dated 3 May 1863, written by Sarah Jane Lough of Morgantown, (West) Virginia to her brother Elza T. Lough, a private in the 3rd West Virginia Cavalry Regiment. Lough reports the entry of Confederate troops into Morgantown on 27 April 1863 and the Confederates' activities in the Morgantown and Fairmont areas during the following week. Subjects of note include the taking of horses and other property; a skirmish at Fairmont; spies passing through the town; and detailed accounts of...
Dates:
1863
Todd Gilliam, Civil War Soldier, Autobiography
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3231
Overview
Typescript autobiography of Dr. Todd Gilliam probably transcribed in association with his son Robert Lee Gilliam whose name also appears on the volume cover. Dr. Gilliam, an Ohio native, mentions his Civil War service in the WV 2nd. Cavalry in great detail including the exact dates for his experiences in that regiment. He mentions (p. 222) that this portion of his memoir is based on a pocket diary kept during the war. The rest of the manuscript contains few definite dates but does mention...
Dates:
1861-1897
William Henry Hall, Civil War Diary
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3270
Overview
Two copies of notes about and transcriptions of a Civil War diary of William Henry Hall. Hall was a captain of the WV 6th. Inf., Co. F which was recruited in Preston Co. and which served in north central WV guarding the B&O rail line and engaging in operations against Confederate raiders, most notably defending Rowlesburg from an attack by the Jones-Imboden raid. Also includes facsimile of diary.
Dates:
1864
Wylie-Tomlinson Letter Collection regarding the Civil War and Other Topics
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4068
Scope and Contents
Correspondence of Will Tomlinson, a newspaper publisher in southern Ohio, his wife Eliza Wylie Tomlinson, and their children Sarah Isabella Tomlinson and William Byers Tomlinson, as well as other family members, friends, and colleagues.The letters range from 1834 through 1897, the bulk of which date from 1861-1863 and from 1876-1880. Prominent topics include the relationships and activities of the Wylie-Tomlinson family, life in Cincinnati and Ripley Ohio, journalism and...
Dates:
1834-1914