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West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

Rufus A. West, Collector, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0821
Scope and Contents This collection includes manuscripts, printed and newspaper materials collected by Rufus A. West, a Morgantown antiquarian and faculty member of the College of Engineering, West Virginia University. This collection includes papers concerning many phases of West Virginia History, although centered on Preston, Taylor, and Monongalia counties. Includes marriage licenses from Preston County, 1881-1947; newspaper clippings from Morgantown newspapers; a meeting invitation from the Monongalia...
Dates: 1880-1947

Thornton Perry, Collector, Publications regarding West Virginia History

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Collection Number: A&M 3343
Overview

Publications and manuscript from the Thornton Perry Museum Collection, reflecting Perry's interest in the history of West Virginia and the immediate region. Subjects include various aspects of West Virginia history, such as the Civil War, statehood, Wheeling, John Brown, and other topics. Formats include broadsides, reports, pamphlets, almanacs, a manuscript account book, newspapers, maps, and others. See Scope and Content Note for details and contents list.

Dates: 1787-1934

Waitman T. Willey Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0003
Overview Papers of Waitman T. Willey (1811-1900), lawyer, senator, and founding father of West Virginia. A resident of Monongalia County, Willey was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1850, the Secession Convention of 1861, the First Wheeling Convention of 1861, and the Constitutional Convention of 1871. He was U.S. Senator from the Restored Government of Virginia (1861-1863) and Senator from West Virginia (1863-1871). Includes several thousand pieces of incoming correspondence to Waitman...
Dates: 1820-1917

West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, 1st Regiment, Company F. Quartermaster Records

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Collection Number: A&M 4069
Overview

Quartermaster records of Company F, 1st Regiment, West Virginia Volunteers for period November 1863 to November 1864. Many documents are signed by Theodore L. Apple, 1st Lieutenant of the unit. Most documents are dated; many documents identify location, and list supplies in detail; and a few documents list names of soldiers in the unit. Locations mentioned are in West Virginia (New Creek, Petersburg, and Wheeling), Maryland (Cumberland), and Virginia (Winchester).

Dates: 1863-1864

West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, 1st Regiment, Company M, Roster Lists and Photograph

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Collection Number: A&M 0861
Overview

Two manuscript roster lists for West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, First Regiment, Company M, dated November 1898; one newspaper photograph of the officers and non-commissioned officers of Company M at their camp near Chattanooga, Tennessee during the Spanish-American War; and one typed roster of the First Regiment's officers and privates.

Dates: 1898