Includes guards & pickets passes issued at Coals Mouth, West Virginia
December 11, 1864 & December 24, 1864 by Captain J. S. Cassady, 7th West Virginia Cavalry; rent receipt from S.D. Griffith
for $130.00 January 3, 1865; invoice for clover & timothy seed for
$23.50 March 15, 1865
2 Biddle, ?. Letter, July 12, 1861, Martinsburg, Virginia, to Mrs.
A.K. Hoge, Martinsburg, Virginia
Relay of apology from Major General Patterson for the army searching her office for documents
taken.
3 Brown, H. Campbell. Letter, October 22, 1863, Headquarters,
Second corps, ANV to Major General Early
Letter complaining about requisitioning of ammunition after a
skirmish when hardly a shot fired.
4 Brown, Stuart M. Diary, June-August 1861. (2 volumes)
Begins at Occuquan Mills 14 miles from Alexandria - marching to
Manassas, camp life, measles, battle July 18, marching to
Fairfax. Brown believed to be member of 5th Virginia Infantry, CSA.
5 Broun, Thomas L. Telegram, August 28, 1863, to A.T. Laidley
Notification of death of Gay Carr and wounding of Lieutenant Colonel
Barbee, both of 22nd Virginia Infantry, CSA, at battle of White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, August 26-27, 1863.
6 Bryan, S.P. Medical Journal, 1864-1865. (l volume)
Poor condition - only a few pages of partial entries.
7 Campbell, J.A. Letter, April 7, 1865, Richmond, Virginia, to General
Joseph R. Anderson. (typescript copy)
Discusses how Virginia legislature will be run.
8 Farnsworth, Henry J. Letter, December 17, 1862, Camp near
Falmouth, Virginia
Discusses requisitions including stoves, recent battle of
Fredericksburg. Farnsworth was in Quarter Master Department, Army of the Potomac.
9 Flagg, George A. Correspondence, 1862-1865. (32 items)
Most of the letters seem to deal with requisitions, seizure of
property, payment, transportation. One for claiming son's body. Flagg was assistant quarter master at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Correspondence includes brigadier generals John R. Kenly, W. L. Elliott (Chief of Cavalry for Gen. Pope), Bvt. Maj. Gen. Montgomery C. Meigs, generals Williams and Hatch, and others.
10 Haymond, L.D. Letter, October 20, 1863, Richmond, Virginia
11 Hultberg family. Papers, 1861-1974. (39 items) (Civil War
correspondence and family genealogy)
Daily correspondence among family, includes short
genealogy. Includes original letters by Stowell Hazen (12th Ohio Infantry/2nd Ohio Heavy Artillery), Archibald S. Doan (12th Ohio Infantry), Hiram H. Guitteau (92nd Ohio Infantry), Samson Carver (1st West Virginia Cavalry) mostly from West Virginia locations. Also includes photostatic material. (Cross reference with items #44 and #45).
12 Jones, Beuhring H. Letter, May 30, 1865, Johnson's Island,
O., to Kate Taylor, Alexandria, Virginia
Letter asking for clemency for Jones, colonel of 60th Virginia Infantry, CSA.
13 Kenly, William L. Diary, 1863 (1 volume). Kenly was 1st Lieutenant/Quartermaster, 1st Maryland Infantry (U.S.).
Daily camp life, includes 4 pages of rations issued. Sites
include Harpers Ferry, Middleburg, Virginia, Bristol, Shepherdstown,
Bealton.
14 Kidwell, Frank C. Letters, 1864 May-December, to his wife.
(2 items)
Discusses fight at Cloyd's Mountain Virginia, by Franklin C. Kidwell, 14th West Virginia Infantry.
15 McCook (?), T.E. Affidavit, June 27, 1863
16 Lloyd, E.J. Letter, October 20, 1861, Huntersville, Virginia, to
his mother
17 Lyman, William R. Report for payments, Company B, 31st Virginia Infantry, July and August 1862, Gordonsville, Virginia.
18 Maloy, Anna C. Letter, November 16, 1863, Winchester, Virginia, to
Hugh C. Maloy
Congratulates him on release from Confederate prison.
19 Moler, J.S. Letter, December 10, 1905, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, to
Daisy Engle.
Actions of Lieutenant George W. Engle, 12th Virginia Cavalry, CSA, in July 1864, Smithfield
20 Morrison, ? B. Letter, June 28, 1863, Headquarters, Early's
division, to senior surgeon, Smith's brigade
Seeking list of war casualties.
21 Otis, Lizzie. Letter, May 6, 1863, Kanawha C.H., to Mr. and
Mrs. B.F. Dyar, Lowell, Ohio (photoduplicate). Otis was the wife of Harrison G. Otis, 12th Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
22 Parkins, Alfred. Exemption from military service request,
1863 April 4
23 Ray family. Papers, 1864-1865. (5 items) (typescript copies/one original)
Includes war record of Dr. Joseph Manuel Ray, discharge of
Isaac Ray, certificate for medal, guards & pickets pass,
Gallipolis, Ohio, May 25, 1864. Joseph and Isaac both served in the 7th West Virginia Cavalry.
24 Robert, Richard. Letter, June 26, 1897, Terre Haute, to
Captain James S. Cassaday
Seeking petition of Captain Cassaday, 7th West Virginia Cavalry, for Robert, 7th West Virginia Cavalry, to claim
pension.
25 Robinette, I.W. Letter, May 28, 1865, Thurston to Moses J.
Robinette
List of mostly black volunteers for the army.
26 Rogers, John. Telegram, June 28, 1863, steamboat off
Parkersburg, to Lieutenant Commander Fitch, Cincinnati, Ohio
Reporting on river conditions and rebels at Ravenswood
Letters from various encampments including Camp Princeton,
Berkeley County, Madison Court House, Giles County, Raleigh
County. William H. Shaver, 4th Virginia Infantry, CSA and George T. Shaver, 36th Virginia Infantry, CSA.
28 Smith, John A. Letter, April 14, 1862, Camp Paxton, to his
brother
Smith member of Company D, 9th [West] Virginia Regt.
29 Stover, ? A. Letter, May 19, 1864, Willow Grove to Brigadier
General J.D. Imboden
30 Varner, Washington. [31st Virginia Infantry, CSA]. Letter, January 30, 1864, Staunton,
Virginia
Correspondents include John P. Hale, D. L. Ruffner, George S. Patton, P G. Eastham, Henry Baines. Welch became 2nd Lieutenant in 5th Artillery. [CaPoint John P. Hale's Kanawha Artillery/Hale's Battery, attached to 22nd Virginia Infantry, CSA.] Most letters regarding requisitions. Welch was KIA at Scary Creek, [West] Virginia, July 17, 1861.
32 Wynant family. Correspondence, June 5-25, 1861. (3
items)
33 "Descriptive list of hands employed by B.P. Newman."
List includes descriptions and ages.
34 Latham, George R. Letters, June-August 1863, Grafton, West Virginia (2
items)
Includes history of 3rd West Virginia Infantry (3rd Mounted Inf) & 6th Cavalry
by Josiah Davis.
Supply records from regiment's service in Georgia &
Alabama.
36 Handley, John, complainant.
Case proceedings, April-December 1867 (9 items) concerns claim against federal troops [2nd West Virginia Cavalry] who burned house and barn.
37 Williams, Albert J., defendant. Partial case proceedings,
1867. Concerns his charge of giving aid and comfort to enemy during
rebellion, 1864
Letters for case to determine whether Williams was guilty of
providing aid and comfort to Confederates during 1864.
38 Nadenbousch, John Q.A. Recruitment papers, 1859-62, covering
martinsburg area from 2nd regiment Virginia infantry (29 items)
(Oversize in Ms 79-18 box 3)
Records and papers for 2nd Regt, Virginia Infantry, including
descriptions of men who volunteered in 1862 many from Maryland and
letter from Elen Nouhees giving permission for son to serve in
CSA.
39 Ashby, Turner. Letter, September 3, 186[1], Camp Ashby to Adeline
Osburn, Rippon (Jefferson County)
40 Bowman, Lewis. [Battery F, 1st West Virginia Light Artillery]. Pension claim papers, 1865-96. (3 items)
Includes 1890 Act of Certification, proof discharge, request
for proof of disability from William Gray of Marion County,
attorney for pensioners.
41 Rand, Noyes. Papers, 1862-1904. (7 items)
Information about Kanawha Riflemen [22nd Virginia Infantry, CSA], George S. Patton, Battle of Lewisburg, notes from below Cairo, IL, September 8, 1862, reunion announcement for 36th Ohio Infantry.
42 Rippetoe, William. Letter, January 19, 1862, Camp Allegheny to
his father (photocopy)
43 Ronk, Benjamin. 8th [West] Virginia Infantry (7th West Virginia Cavalry). Diary excerpts, 1862-63 (photocopy)
Obituary, letters from Fort Lee, Knoxville, TN to sister in
1865. Served in 12th Ohio Volunteer Infantry and 2nd Ohio Heavy Artillery. [Cross reference with Item #11 and #45)
Enlistment information, letter to John Guitteau while he was
accompanying Army of the Potomac. 1st West Virginia Cavalry. (Cross reference with items #11 and #44)
Orders to report to Gallia County, Ohio and Hurricane Bridge,
notice of battalion drill at Cheshire, Ohio, letter from Mud Bridge,
Virginia, statement from Ohio quartermaster about pay for travel, orders
concerning stragglers and ammunition in Charleston.
47 Montgomery, L.B. 8th Virginia Cavalry, CSA. Correspondence (photocopy)
Letter to father from confederate at Camp Two Mile, Charleston, Kanawha Company, West Virginia.
48 Dickinson, Hudson M. 8th Virginia Cavalry, CSA. Correspondence (photocopy)
Letters from confederate at Camp Tompkins [near St. Albans, Kanawha Company, West Virginia] to father and sister
describing camp life, troop movements.
49 Huse Family. Correspondence (photocopy)
Letter from mother in Fayetteville to Harlow Huse [8th Virginia Cavalry/22nd Virginia Infantry, CSA], in Camp Chase, Ohio
on family and prison exchange hopes; letters from Camp Tompkins
about camp life, Scary Creek; oath of allegiance and discharge for
Thomas R. B. Huse [60th Virginia Infantry, CSA]; letter from Charleston.
50 Carpenter Family. Correspondence (photocopy)
Letter from grandfather to grandson and from aunt in Iowa to
nephew.
51 Thompson, Gordon, Company H, 60th Virginia Infantry to wife
Louisa. Correspondence, 1861-62 (photocopy)
Letters from member of Company H, 60th Virginia Infantry from Richmond,
Camp Conley, Wilmington, Raleigh County, Mercer County,
Gordonsville.
52 Morehead, George W. Diary (photocopy) and transcript,
Company I, 12th West Virginia Infantry, 1863-64
53 Madden, J. H. Letters, 1862-1863. 2 items.
Letters to sister in Shinnston from Camp Jesse [New Creek, Hampshire Company] and Camp Parole.
54 Reynolds, William Clark. Diaries for 1861 and 1862. Company H [Kanawha Riflemen], 22nd Virginia Infantry, CSA. 2 items.
Many vacant dates in 1862 volume. Partial transcription of 1862.
Letters from Harpers Ferry to daughter Hannah Swank and her
husband John.
56 Converse, George B. 155th Ohio Infantry (National Guard). Letter, May 27, 1864. 1 item.
Letter to Henry Hall in Youngstown, Ohio from Martinsburg
describing military activity.
57 Cunningham, John S. Letters, May 5, 1863-January 1, 1865. 13
items.
Letters from member of 13th West Virginia Infantry to wife from Gauley
Bridge, Fayetteville, Coal Mountain, Barboursville, Winchester,
Camp Moorefield, Berryville, Cedar Creek, Stevensons Depot,
Cumberland; list of prisoners captured by 23rd Ohio and 13th West Virginia
Infantry at Buffington near Mouth of Big Hickory July 19,
1863.
58 James, Wallace. Letters, June 15 and 23, 1864. 2 items.
Letters from Martinsburg. Photocopy of original at University of Virginia. Note: cannot be photocopied.
59 Waddell, J. N. Correspondence and photos, 1862-1924 (photocopies).
Member of Company D, 12th West Virginia Infantry.
60 Wood, Lieutenant John Henry. Diary (photocopy of transcript), 1865.
Member of 11th West Virginia Infantry.
61 Harbison, John. Letters, 1862-1866.
Letters between member of 12th West Virginia Infantry and Lu McFadden of
Wheeling.
62 Jones, Samuel C. Diary (transcript), 1862-1865.
Member of Battery E, 1st Light Artillery.
63 Sine, Joseph E.
Discharge, roster of his Company B, 3rd [West Virginia] Cavalry, notes on cavalry actions (photocopies), 1861-
1888.
64 Hall, Captain William S.
Letters, photocopies of service record and pension file, miscellaneous receipts for member of Company H,
4th West Virginia Infantry, ca. 1840-1897.
65 Hall, W. W.
Letter, member 14th West Virginia Infantry, Petersburg, to Amos Gorrell, describing attack at New Creek,
November 8, 1863 (typescript).
66 Lynn, Thomas E. and William H. 22nd Virginia Infantry/59th Virginia Infantry/26th Battalion Virginia Infantry.
Service information (photocopies), 1946. 1 item.
67 15th West Virginia Infantry
Information (photocopies), 1861-1865. 1 folder.
68 Transcript of diary of Amos A. Vandervort, Company B, 14th West Virginia Infantry and notes on family
(photocopy), 1863. 1 item.
69 Transcript of diary of Shriver Moore, 14th West Virginia Infantry (photocopy), 1864. 1 item.
69a Transcription of Shriver Moore diary, 14th West Virginia Infantry, 1865. 1 item.
70 Diary (photocopy) of Theodore Cook, Company E, 2nd West Virginia Veteran Infantry; original page
Civil War music; prayer card; 1864-Apr. 29-1865 Feb. 28. 3 items.
71 Letters to Dr. Alfred Hughes at Camp Chase from wife Mary (transcriptions,
photocopies), 1862 June-October. 1 folder.
72 Letters from Thomas R. Robertson, 45th Virginia Infantry, referring to Battle of White
Sulphur Springs written at Lewisburg and Salem Branch - later killed at Cloyds Mountain
(negatives, copy prints), 1863-1864. 2 items.
73 Fleming family correspondence including letters from George Fleming, Company D, 36th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, CSA, while at Camp
Chase, letter to Hannah Werth Fleming about missing nephew (photocopies), 1862-1888. 1
folder.
74 Correspondence of Corporal Clarkson Fogg, Company E 4th West Virginia Infantry (photocopies), 1861-
1863, 1895. 1 folder.
75 Letters, photo and information on William Pierson, 17th Virginia Cavalry, 1863-1864. 1
folder.
76 Diary of Frank Bisel, 12th Ohio Independent Battery and 25th Regt. Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1865 (photocopy). 2 folders.
77 Pension record for Frederick K. Dague, Company I, 15th West Virginia Infantry and Company I, 10th West Virginia Infantry (copies); student essay on Bruce Catton's A Stillness at Appomattox by Patsy Hazlett Dague, ca. 1898-1923, n.d. 1 folder.
78 Letter from unknown female sympathizer which mentions Battle of Seven Pines, General Stonewall Jackson, ca. 1862. 1 item.
79 Letter written from Weston appearing to recall action, 1865. 1 item.
80 Diary of Private Harvey Moore, Company F, 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 1862. Served extensively in West Virginia. 1 item.
81 Diary of James W. Carlin, 17th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (3 months), 1861. 1 item.
82 Diary of Kanawha Valley merchant, farm manager and/or surveyor, including North Charleston to Institute and hand-drawn map of Battle of Scary Creek, 1861-1862. 1 volume.
83 Diary of unidentified member of 14th West Virginia Infantry, 1863 September - 1864 July 31 (typescript). 1 folder.
84 Letters from Hiram Hogshead, C. B. Chapman's Company, Monroe Battery, Virginia Light Artillery, November 14, 1862-January 9, 1865. 1 folder.
85 Diary of Lieutenant J. W. Cracraft, 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry with transcript by Roy bird Cook, April 1863-June 1864. 1 folder.
86 Notification of Allowance, Philip C. Marks, 1899 tintype pre-1904. 1 item.
87 Michael, George W., letter written from camp near Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to Ann about living conditions of the West Virginia 6th Regiment Cavalry at end of war, July 2, 1865. 1 item.
Series 2 Examples of Official Papers and Miscellaneous
Papers
1 Commission Papers - Captain Alfred Gilpin, 11th (West) Virginia Infantry; 1st Lieutenant James E. Woods, 12th (West) Virginia Infantry; 2nd Lieutenant Nathan Hannah, 153rd Regiment, 22nd Brigade, 5th Division, (West) Virginia Militia; 2nd Lieutenant John C. Davis, 3rd (West) Virginia Infantry; 1st Lieutenant John W. Dettimore, 3rd (West) Virginia Infantry; Jr. Major John W. Detimore, 125th Regiment, 20th Brigade, 3rd Division, (West) Virginia Militia; Captain W. W. Boggess, 11th Regiment, 10th Brigade, 3rd Division, (West) Virginia Militia; 1st Lieutenant J. A. Falkenstein, 5th Regiment, 24th Brigade, 3rd Division, (West) Virginia Militia; one damaged and illegible.
2 Discharge Notices - Private John S. L. Smith, Company H, 22nd Virginia Infantry, CSA (two papers); Private Ezra Davis, Company H, 4th West Virginia Cavalry; Cpl. Isaac Cumberledge, C. C, 6th West Virginia Infantry; Private Franklin Davis, Company H, 4th West Virginia Cavalry; Private Robert F. Mackie, Company A, 17th West Virginia Infantry; Private Lemuel C. Stewart, Company B, 1st Veteran West Virginia Infantry; Private Isaac W. Dougherty, Company B, 173rd Ohio Infantry; Private Charles L. Acree, Company H, 2nd Ohio Heavy Artillery (two papers); Private Lemuel C. Stewart, Company A, 9th West Virginia Infantry; Private Theron E. Foster, Company H, 15th New York Engineers; Private Henry Ronk, Company I, 7th West Virginia Veteran Cavalry; Private John Metheny, Company I, 3rd West Virginia Cavalry; Private Ruben Powell. Company B, Independent Regiment West Virginia Conscripts; Private Thomas W. Law, Company A, 6th West Virginia Infantry; Private Isaiah Welch, Company K, 10th West Virginia Infantry; Private Cornelius N. Stone, Company D, 22nd Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps; Private Archibald F. Thomas, Company A, 7th West Virginia Veteran Cavalry; Private Isaac M. Ray, Company A, 7th West Virginia Veteran Cavalry; Private James P. Wilson, Company K, 10th West Virginia Infantry; Private James A. Cartmill, Company D, 13th West Virginia Infantry; Private Calvin J. Cottrill, Company E, 14th West Virginia Infantry; Sergeant Daniel C. Ayers, Company A, 15th West Virginia Infantry; Private Benjamin H. Heldreth, Company G, 12th West Virginia Infantry (photocopy); Private William Wincher, Company G, 1st West Virginia Infantry; Private Thaddeus Shamlin, Company F, 7th West Virginia Cavalry; Cpl. Isaac Erlewine, Company A, 3rd West Virginia Cavalry; Private Thomas D. Alderson, Company F, 7th West Virginia Cavalry; two illegible; Private John W. Jenkins, Company G, 10th West Virginia Infantry.
3 Hospital Transfer Papers - from Confederate hospital, Staunton, Virginia, 20th January 1863.
4 Passes - Private V. S. Mann, Lowry's Battery, King's Battalion Virginia Artillery, 1865; W. E. Chilton, Kanawha Brigade, Charleston, (West) Virginia, 1862; William ----, Charleston, (West) Virginia, 1862; John ----, pass for B & O Railroad, 1862; Miss Lily Jackson, 1865; John D. Nadenbush, Dry Run road, 1864; Henry M. McCown, Company A, 36th Virginia Infanty, CSA, 1865.
5 Provision Return Records - Captain William B. Shaw's Company, 1st (West) Virginia Cavalry, Camp Anisansal, 20 January 1862.
6 Receipts - 2nd Lieutenant Norval Lewis, Company C, Jackson's Regiment (31st Virginia Infantry), CSA, 2 August 1861; William Rockwell, Morgan Company, Virginia, beef taken by 54th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Sleep Creek/Sir John's Run, 9 June 1862 (two copies); damage to the Berkeley County property of John Sieburt by Confederate troop occupation 29 October 1862; damage to rails on John W. Srtider property, Berkeley County, by Gen. Jenkins' cavalry, 21 July 1863; Confederate property damage in Berkeley County, 1862-53; claim for burned rails of A. M. Vannater, by Confederate troops of Gen. Fitz Lee, 27 September 1862; corn pressed for use of the C. S. A., Morgantown, 28 April 1863; Captain A. Elhart, Confederate Staff Officer (Captain and Acting Quartermaster) verifies pay to Private Thomas S. McAllister [25th Virginia Infantry?], Orange C. H., 10 August 1863 payment for one beef to John Rockwell, near Hancock, Virginia, by 54th Pennsylvania Volunteers, recent flood of Potomac River destroyed all bridges, 7 June 1862 (two copies).
7 Requisition for Forage Papers - Forage for Captain William King's Company (Company M), 4th West Virginia Cavalry, Clarksburg, West Virginia, 1 January 1864; forage for Company E, 4th West Virginia Cavalry, Clarksburg, West Virginia, 16 October 1863; forage for Captain Joseph S. P. Barker's Company (Company K), 4th West Virginia Cavalry, Clarksburg, West Virginia, 31 January 1864.
8 Volunteer Enlistment Papers - - George E. Warner, 13th West Virginia Infantry, Point Pleasant, (West) Virginia, 5 September 1862; John W. Henry, 13th West Virginia Infantry, Point Pleasant, (West) Virginia, 11 August 1862; Lewis A. Midkiff, 13th West Virginia Infantry, Charleston, (West) Virginia, August 5, 1862; David Eads, 13th West Virginia Infantry, Point Pleasant, (West) Virginia, 8 August 1862; David B. Johnson, 13th West Virginia Infantry, Point Pleasant, (West) Virginia, 15 August 1862.
9 Miscellaneous Papers Accretion: Civil War Collection. Copy of article "Sufferings of the Twelfth Georgia Regt, in the Mountains of Virginia" by Parson Parker; Service paper for Milton H. Holliday, 15th West Virginia Infantry, Charleston, West Virginia, June 29, 1897; Return of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores, Company H, 67th U. S. Colored Infantry, Washington, D. C., October 26, 1865 (copy); desertion charges dropped paper for Samuel B. Smith, 11th West Virginia Infantry, Washington, D. C., October 13, 1886 (copy); election certificate of Thomas A. Maulsby as colonel of 18th Brigade West Virginia Militia, Marion County, West Virginia, August 7, 1864 (copy); hand drawn wartime map of Camp Reynolds, 1862-63 winter camp of the 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry at Kanawha Falls, Fayette Company, West Virginia, with and two 1872 location maps (copies); untitled poem by 'A soldier in the field'; letter from Mechums River, Virginia [?], to Captain Brown, November 11, 1863.
Miscellaneous clippings about different units, 1883- 1915. Article stating 60th Ohio Regiment was dishonorably discharged October 22, 1862, Washington Evening Star, 22 December 1906; "The First and Last Virginian Killed in the War Between the States," Rockbridge County News, July 18, 1889; "Personal Experiences of a Confederate Soldier," (Huffman's Company, Thurmond's Partisan Rangers, [n.p.: s.l., n.d.]; letters column from an unknown, undated newspaper with letters from N. W. Harris, 1st Virginia Cavalry, and an ex-Confederate on the last charge at Appomattox; articles from the Charleston Evening Call, on the Kanawha Riflemen (Company H, 22nd Virginia Infantry, CSA) and Hale's Artillery (Kanawha Artillery), August 9 and 15, 1883; article on pension bills, Charleston Gazette, April 3, 1915; Muster roll, Company H, 11th West Virginia Infantry, February 28-April 30, 1865 [Muster Roll not found]; service record for Private Robert A. Clark, Company D, 10th West Virginia Infantry
11 General and Special orders, Circulars and other Military
Edicts - "A list of men absent from the 8th Va. Cavalry", Salt Sulphur Springs, 20 August 1862; General Order, HQ, Department of Western Virginia, Charleston, Va. September 24, 1862 (regarding CSA money and bonds); General Orders, General J. G. Imboden, HQ CS Forces, Sinking Creek, Greenbrier Company, (West) Virginia, May 17, 1863 (photostatic copy); General Orders 11, Headquarters Department of West Va., Clarksburg, West Virginia, September 14, 1863 (courtmartial charges against various soldiers of the 6th and 11th West Virginia volunteer infantries); General Orders No. 44, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, October 24, 1862 (all military will return all property to Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company); Headquaters Middle Military Department, Office Chief Quartermaster, March 28, 1865 (regarding the U.S. brand on government animals); two copies of Quartermaster General's Office, M. C. Meigs, Washington City, May 1, 1862 (regulations regarding transportation of military on railroads); Office of the Senior Quartermaster, Army of the Potomac, Washington, September 9, 1861 (regulations for brigade and regimental quartermasters); General orders No. 23, Headquarters Military District of Harper's Ferry, Harper's Ferry, (West) Virginia, November 17, 186[4?], (regarding treatment of guerillas operating against the railroad between Harper's Ferry and Winchester); Headqarters 24th Brigade V. M., Wheeling, June 15, 1863 (regarding militia); Headquarters 24th Brigade, Wheeling, June 16, 1863 (regarding militia); Headquarters 24th Brigade V. M., Wheeling, June 22, 1863 (regarding militia and Department of the Monongahela): Headquarters 24th Brigade V. M., Wheeling, June 19, 1863 (regarding militia); Commonwealth of Virginia, Wheeling, June 12, 1863 (regarding 24th Brigade militia); a proclamation by Gov. Arthur I Boreman regarding elections, July 21, 1866.
12 Broadsides - "To The People Of Western Virginia", (typed copy of General W. W. Loring's broadside, Charleston, West Virginia, September 14, 1862) plus an encapsulated copy of a possible original; List of Quartermaster's Stores Transferred, Lieutenant Thomas Bonsall, 4th West Virginia Cavalry, Clarksburg, West Virginia, October 20, 1864; Directory of the Office of the Quartermaster, U. S. Army, Depot of Baltimore, Maryland, [n.d.].
13 Pension Claims - Thomas Hall, Company I, 4th West Virginia; Addison Dunlap. Company M, 7th West Virginia; William Nitz, Company F, 9th West Virginia; Lawson Toney, Company C, 7th West Virginia; Robert H. Snodgrass, Company A, 13th West Virginia; Henry Moore, Company K, 7th West Virginia; Cornelius Taylor, Company B, 9th West Virginia; Isaac Taylor, Company B, 9th West Virginia; John C. Snodgrass, Company I, 6th West Virginia; Samuel J. Hall, Company D, 7th West Virginia; Franklin Smith, Company B, 9th West Virginia; Joshua York, Company C, 167th West Virginia Militia; Wyatt H. Blackburn, Company K, 7th West Virginia Cavalry (photocopy); Daniel C. Bowler, Company E, 7th West Virginia Cavalry (photocopy).
14 Oaths - Loyalty oath dated May 15, 1865, of Private Pleasant Bailey, Company A, 22nd Virginia Infantry, CSA. Travel furnished from POW camp at Elmira, NY, to Parkersburg, (West) Virginia. Signed by colonel of 127th U.S.C.T.; oath of allegiance to U. S. by Francis Davis, Charleston, Kanawha Company, (West) Virginia, 13 August 1862.
15 Loyalty oath, Private George Rollins, Company H, 20th Virginia Cavalry (Confederate), dated December 7, 1865.
16 Quartermaster Generals Monthly return of Clothing, Camp and Garrison Equipage, Company B, 17th West Virginia Infantry, October 1964; Chief of Ordnance Quarterly Return of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores, Company B, 17th West Virginia Infantry, March 31, 1865
17 Commission of Thomas Clark, Second Lieutenant, 4th Regiment Virginia Militia, September 16, 1862
18 Discharge, Isaac Holland, August 17, 1863, June 27, 1865; Commissions of Isaac Holland, Second Lieutenant, April 4, 1863: First Lieutenant, March 8, 1865
19 Parole, Alexander T. Laidly (Laidley), Kanawha County, signed by Henry J. Samuels, December 16, 1861
20 Memoranda of orders, Commissions: Uriah Payne, Captain; Sanford Thomas, Captain; Thomas Ross, Captain; Granville Pollack, Second Lieutenant in the 9th Regiment Virginia Volunteers U.S.S., November 8, 1861. Deposition, Calvin Fuller escape from Confederate POW camp, May 26, 1866. Remarks of Brigadier General Julius White, undated. (typescript)
21 Mary J. Harman to Adjutant General John Appleton, re: John P. Harman Pension, January 12, 1898
22 Oath of Allegiance to US and West Virginia, Blank
23 Diary of B. F. Morris, Company A, McLaughlin's Ohio Veteran Cavalry, 1861-1865 (photocopy)
Series 3 Secondary Source Manuscripts
1 "Extracts from Shaw Memorial University Run, 1864" - handwritten material on Col. Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts U. S. C. T.
2 Laidley, William S. "List of battles fought in West Virginia, 1861-
65"
3 "A list of those persons who have joined the Kanawha Rifle
Company" - (Company H, 22nd Virginia Infantry, CSA).
4 "List of Confederate dead at Spring Hill cemetery, Charleston, West Virginia, 1909-1916"
6 Conner, Fred. "The part taken by Putnam County West Virginia during the
war, 1861-65" - 'faithful servant' of the 36th Virginia Infantry, CSA, describes the regimental activities in the Shenandoah Valley. Others discuss Scary Creek, Barboursville, Hurricane Bridge and Buffalo battles and skirmishes in Putnam County, West Virginia.
7 Hardee's Rifle & Light Infantry Tactics, Vol. 1,
1861 - signed in front and back by John M. Harris, Glen Easton, West Virginia, April 26, 1864. John M. Harris was a private in Company P, 6th West Virginia Infantry.
8 Fort La Fayette Life, 1863-64 - Extracts from The "Right Flankee", London: Simpkins, Marshall & Company/Liverpool: Edward Howell, 1865.
9 Copies of articles from Wheeling Intelligencer re: 6th
West Virginia Cavalry, 1866
10 West Virginia Personal Claims (Civil War) - 215 claims presented by the Committee on War Claims to the Congress of the U. S. - name index included.
11 "The Sharpshooter" by C. W. Williamson (photocopy) about Medal of Honor recipient Christian Schnell, Company C, 37th Ohio, 1894.
Series 4 Roster and Muster Rolls - [the items listed below are often partial, handwritten or typed, postwar lists, and are not originals]
Virginia Artillery
1 Alburtis' Citizens Company
2 Bryan's Battery
3 Lowry's Battery
Virginia Cavalry
4 1st regiment Company F
5 8th regiment Company E
6 8th regiment Company I
7 12th regiment Company A
8 14th regiment Company H
9 16th regiment Company G
10 17th regiment Company B
11 19th regiment Company I
12 23rd regiment Company G
13 34th regiment Company A
Virginia Infantry
14 2nd regiment Company A
15 22nd regiment Company A
16 25th regiment Company H (1st)
17 25th regiment Company I (2nd)
18 25th regiment Company K (1st)
19 25th regiment Company K (2nd)
20 31st regiment Company I
21 33rd regiment Company A
22 33rd regiment Company F
23 36th regiment Company A
24 62nd regiment Company A (2nd)
25 62nd regiment Company B (2nd)
26 Jackson Mounted Guard (Berkeley County?)
27 Virginia Cavalry - Thurmond's battalion, Captain J.N. Huffman's
Company (oversized documents in box 4)
28 Regimental book, Pleasants County Home Guard, 191st regiment,
23rd Brigade, 3rd Division of Virginia Militia, CSA, 1862-66
