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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Roy Bird Cook, Collector, Papers regarding the Civil War in Southern West Virginia, A&M 0895, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Biographical / Historical
Roy Bird Cook was born at Roanoke, Lewis County on April 1, 1886, the son of David Bird and Dora Elizabeth Conrad Cook. In 1905, at age 19, he received his pharmacy license, the youngest person to ever do so in West Virginia. His pharmacy career spanned fifty-six years. During his lifetime, Cook served on many pharmacy and state boards and commissions. His interest in local history, the Confederacy and Stonewall Jackson inspired him to collect manuscripts and some 600 volumes on those subjects. His many awards and honors include an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from West Virginia University in 1938. Cook died in 1961.
Scope and Contents
Papers mainly related to the Civil War in southern West Virginia, including correspondence, maps, photographs, newspaper clippings, muster rolls, and other material. Highlights of the collection include material regarding Captain John V. Young of the 11th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry; Captain James S. Cassady of the 7th West Virginia Cavalry; Captain W.D. Thurmond and his company of Partisan Rangers; and the 8th and 13th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry units.
The collection is organized into seven series, including:
Series 1. Correspondence; 1841-1888, undated; box 1, folder 1-5 (69 items)
Series 2. Maps; 1861-1935, undated; box 1, folder 6 (8 items)
Series 3. Miscellaneous; 1851-1867, undated; box 1, folder 7A-7B; (20 items)
Series 4. Photographs; undated; box 1, folder 8 (5 items)
Series 5. Sketches; 1898, undated; box 1, folder 9 (15 items)
Series 6. Newspaper Clippings; 1861-1938, undated; box 1, folder 10A-10C (17 items)
Series 7. Muster Rolls; 1864, undated; box 1, folder 11 and box 2 (3 items)
Related Material
81, 858, 895, 1309, 1379, 1528, 1561
Separated Material
Photograph – Encampment of 22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry, Union Army at New Creek, (Keyser) W. Va.; 1865; image, ID# 000853, on West Virginia History OnView.
Photograph – Seventh West Virginia Cavalry, Union Army; Officers in front identified, left to right: Captain James S. Cassady, First Lieutenant James D. Fellers, and Second Lieutenant John E. Swaar; image, ID# 039077, on West Virginia History OnView.
Photograph – Tented encampment of unidentified Union Army Unit, caissons parked in the foreground; image, ID # 000849, on West Virginia History OnView.
Photograph – Unidentified Artillery Unit, Union Army, caissons and cannons parked, with soldiers standing in the background; image, ID# 000850, on West Virginia History OnView.
Photograph – Carte de visite of an illustrated portrait of Colonel Elmer Ellsworth, New York Zouave Unit, Union Army; image, ID # 000856 on West Virginia History OnView.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Agriculture
- Blundon, Edgar B.
- Boreman, Arthur Inghram, 1823-1896
- Carnifex Ferry, Battle of, W. Va., 1861
- Cassady, Capt. James S.
- Churches -- Methodist Episcopal
- Civil War - Thurmond's Rangers.
- Civil War - Union soldiers' letters.
- Civil War - West Virginia - Union soldiers.
- Civil War - West Virginia 11th Infantry.
- Civil War - West Virginia 13th Infantry.
- Civil War - West Virginia 7th Cavalry.
- Civil War -- Cheat Mountain Campaign
- Civil War -- Confederate Army
- Civil War -- Muster rolls
- Civil War battles - Rich Mountain.
- Civil War battles.
- Civil War battles.
- Civil War soldiers letters - Union.
- Cook, Roy Bird, 1886-1961
- Jenkins, Albert Gallatin, 1830-1864
- Kanawha Valley.
- Lewis County.
- Maps.
- McGee, John.
- Ohio
- Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899
- Randolph County (W. Va.)
- Rich Mountain (Randolph County, W. Va.)
- Rivers and river valleys.
- Statehood politics -- West Virginia
- Steamboats
- Thurmond, Capt. W.D.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Maps
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons
- West Virginia - oath of allegiance.
- Young, John V.
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Blundon, Edgar B.
- Boreman, Arthur Inghram, 1823-1896
- Cassady, Capt. James S.
- Cook, Roy Bird, 1886-1961
- Jenkins, Albert Gallatin, 1830-1864
- McGee, John.
- Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899
- Thurmond, Capt. W.D.
- Young, John V.
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Kanawha Valley.
- Lewis County.
- Ohio
- Randolph County (W. Va.)
- Rich Mountain (Randolph County, W. Va.)
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons
Container List
Series 1. Correspondence, Box 1, Folders 1-5 (69 items)
1841-1888, 1969, undated1841-1888
Scope and Contents
This series consists of personal and official correspondence, the majority of which dates from during the Civil War. Includes Union and Confederate letters, orders, receipts, and other material. Also includes a number of items regarding Captain John V. Young.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Item 1; Tax Receipt -- John V. Young for tax on 2 horses, Sheriff of Kanawha County1844
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Item 2; Check -- To John V. Young, Bank of Virginia, Charleston, Kanawha County, signed by R.W. Franklin1857
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Item 3; Promissory Note -- to John V. Young from J. Cunningham1847
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Item 4; License to Preach the Gospel -- To John V. Young by J.W. Reger, P.E., Winfield, Virginia1859
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Item 5; Judgement of Kanawha Circuit Court, Spring Term -- Thomas H. Vandle vs. Jacob Darneal. R.H. Earley, D.S. Reverse contains sketch of "Martinsburg, Virginia, With A Detachment of the Fifth New York Cavalry in the Foreground"1850
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Item 6; Receipt for Personal Property Tax, Scott Township, Putnam County -- John V. Young, signed J.A. Wade1867
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Item 7; Notice of Transfer of 125 acres from George Hix to John Young, signed Nelson Handley1856
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Item 8; License -- for John V. Young to perform marriages in Putnam County through the Methodist Episcopal Church, signed by J.L. Middleton, Deputy Clerk1859
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Item 9; Freight bill on Steamer Julia Maffitt -- to W. Tompkins, signed Reynolds, Clerk1860
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Item 10; Note -- to Rachel Tompkins for 200 bushels of corn1861
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Item 11; Note -- to Rachel Tompkins for 100 bushels of corn1861
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Item 12; Letter -- tendering resignation as 3rd Lieutenant in the Kanawha Riflemen to Colonel Tompkins, 22nd Regiment. Virginia Volunteers1861
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Item 13; Envelope -- to item no. 12, with return address and advertisement of A. Whitteker & Son Storeundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Item 14; Passenger list -- of rail passengers travelling from Lewisburg to Charleston, Virginia1861
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
Item 15; Oath of Allegiance to the Restored Government of Virginia and to the United States -- at Coalsmouth (St. Albans), Virginia. Reverse contains name of Colonel Shepard and mentions troops crossing the Kanawha River and the Falls of the Coal River1862
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
Item 16; Letter -- to John V. Young from J.T. Bowyer discussing Lieutenant Brooks, command of camp, and U.S. troops close to Richmond1862
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
Item 17; Orders -- from Brigadier General A.G. Jenkins, C.S.A., appointing commissions to a Company of Volunteers from Lewis County, at Headquarters, Cavalry Brigade, Salt Sulphur Springs, Virginia1862
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
Item 18; Requisition -- for 49 horses, 97 mules and 7,968 pounds of hay for General E.B. Tylers' Brigade. Forage was received by canal boat from Sandy Hook. Captain John Morris1862
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
Item 19; Letter -- to Captain John V. Young from John Bowyers regarding the arrest of Mr. Wood by Rebels at Putnam Court House. Bowyers wants Young to secure his release1862
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
Item 20; General Order No. 2 -- Headquarters Detachment, 13th Virginia Volunteers, declaring Thursday 27 November 1862 as Thanksgiving Day. Signed Lt. Colonel James R. Hall1862
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
Item 21; Letter -- between brother and sister, talks about living conditions and A. Anderson wanting to give himself up1862
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
Item 22; Supply Requisition -- for First Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Corps1863
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
Item 23; Letter -- (copy) to Governor Arthur I. Boreman from J.H. Diss Debar about a mission he is on in Cincinnati, Ohio1863
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
Item 24; Customs pass -- for one barrel of flour owned by William Cash, signed by M. Jeffers1863
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
Item 25; Letter -- to Captain John V. Young from F.P. Peirpoint, Adjutant General of West Virginia, telling Young that he has forwarded his information to General Kelley1863
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
Item 26; Letter -- to Captain J.V. Young from Provost Marshall Captain Williams, regarding the return of a prisoner1863
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
Item 27; Special Orders No. 21 -- appointing a court martial board to meet at New Creek, West Virginia on 24 November 1863. Those appointed to the board are Lieutenant. Colonel. William Blakeley, Captain G.B. Blunden, Captain Frank Smith, Captain Daniel Sheets, Captain J. W. Hall, Lieutenant E.P. Wilber, Lieutenant Robert Lindsey, and Lieutenant J. Combs1863
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
Item 28; Letter -- to Captain J.V. Young from Colonel W.R. Brown, Commanding, 13th Regiment Virginia Volunteer Infantry, regarding pursuing General Jenkins at Howells Mills and up the Guyandotte River and Tug Fork of (Big) Sandy River1863
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
Item 29; Letter -- to Captain J.V. Young from Colonel W.R. Brown, Commanding, 13th Regiment Virginia Volunteer Infantry, regarding a Mathew M. Cole who was to be released from custody and sent down the Kanawha River1863
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
Item 30; Court Martial Charges -- against Private Edward A. Ray for being intoxicated and threatening the life of his commander Captain E.B. Blundon and the lives of Privates Noah M. Dawson and Jackson McCraw at Bull Town, West Virginia1863
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
Item 31; Letter -- to Captain Young from Captain James L. Botsford informing Young that Lieutenant Colonel Hall will be scouting in the Hurricane Bridge area1863
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
Item 32; Deed -- between George W. Summers for the estate of Ann M. Millam and John V. Young for property in Putnam County, West Virginia1863
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
Item 33; Letter -- to Captain Young granting permission for a Mr. Bill Grant to visit his daughter within his lines1863
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
Item 34; Letter -- describing the capture of the Steamer Levi at Red House Shoals on the Kanawha River by Rebels under Ferguson's Command; reports that General E. Scammon, the commanding general of the Kanawha Department, Captain Q.M. Pinkard, and several soldiers were captured1864
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
Item 35; Telegraph, Military -- to Captain E. Blundon from William A. Walter, 7th Virginia Cavalry1864
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
Item 36; Telegraph, Military -- to William Blundon from Edgar (Blundon)1864
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
Item 37; Receipt for Registered Letter -- from E.B. Blundon to the Methodist Book Depository, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; signed by John Shepherd, Post Master, Middlebourne, West Virginia1969
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
Item 38; Envelopes -- (copies) two addressed to Mrs. Mary B. White, Salem, Virginia, from S. White, Company C, 2nd Virginia Cavalry at Point Lookout, Maryland, and one to Alexander White, Salem, Virginia1864
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
Item 39; Letter -- (copy) to John B. Fleming, Ravenswood, West Virginia from Sam Fleming, at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio1864
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
Item 40; Letter -- from S.A. Safford, U.S. Paymaster, asking Captain to have his company be at the landing at Coalsmouth to be paid1864
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
Item 41; Freight bill -- shipping bill for cook stove, pots, tea kettle and stove pipe on the Steamboat Ingmar at Winfield, Virginia1864
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
Item 42; Orders -- from Joseph Darr to Captain I.G. Farnsworth to furnish transportation for Captain I.S. Cassady, Company G, 7th West Virginia Cavalry from Wheeling to Brownstown and return1864
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
Item 43; Letter -- leave of absence granted to Captain I.S. Cassady, Company G, 7th West Virginia Cavalry for reassignment1864
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
Item 44; Receipt -- from Captain J.V. Young for one saddle stolen by Lieutenant A. G. Handley, Company A, 22nd Virginia Infantry1864
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
Item 45; Receipt -- for Clothing for William L. Young, from the U.S. Army Central Hospital, York, Pennsylvania1864
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
Item 46; Invoice of subsistence stores -- to. Captain H.A. Boggess for food to Major Blowdon at Guyandotte, West Virginia1864
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
Item 47; Letter -- to R.H. Stone from John Wilson, Auditor, Treasury Department, requesting evidence of his stolen horse and equipment at Huttonsville, West Virginia on 2 July 18631865
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
Item 48; Letter -- (copy) from Headquarters, Army of Virginia, regarding surrender, valor and devotion to duty1865
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
Item 49; Letter -- to Hanah Fleming from her sister, R. Lovett, talking about family matters1865
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
Item 50; Amnesty oath -- made by Alexander T. Sadlry (?) before the Kanawha County Court, John Slack, Recorder1865
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
Item 51; Letter -- to Major E.B. Blundon from Captain John M. Rife, discussing the arrest of anyone rejoicing on the part of rebels1865
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
Item 52; Receipt -- for $48 received from J.V. Young for one horse sold at public sale by Captain J. E. Fleming on behalf of the Secretary of War1865
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
Item 53; Telegraph, Military -- to Major E.B. Blundon from Colonel John H. Oley, instructing him not to turn over anything that belongs to Lieutenant Wingfield1865
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
Item 54; Telegraph, Military -- to Major E.B. Blundon from Colonel John H. Oley, regarding three rebel prisoners (deserters), Thompson, 8th Virginia Cavalry, McCorkle, 85th Battery, and Bowers, 5th Virginia1865
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
Item 55; Receipt, shipping -- Harnden Express for goods to be delivered to J. V. Young and _____ Mollohan1865
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
Item 56; Telegraph, Military -- to Captain J.V. Young from Major E.B. Blundon1865
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
Item 57; Letter -- to Captain John V. Young from other officers of the Regiment thanking him for his long and faithful service to West Virginia1865
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
Item 58; Discharge Certificate -- to John V. Young, Captain, Company G, 11th West Virginia Infantry1865
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
Item 59; Bill of Lading -- to Mrs. P. Young on the Steamer Leclaire of the Regular Gallipolis and Kanawha River Packet Line, at Winfield1865
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
Item 60; Envelope -- addressed to Captain J.V. Young, Coals Mouth, Virginiaundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
Item 61; Letter -- to Miss Thompkins from Colonel John H. Oley requesting information from her for her son's trip home from behind rebel lines. He will be required to take the Oath of Allegiance to the U.S. Government upon arrival1865
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
Item 62; General Orders No. 6 -- selection of a General Court Martial Board of officers to try prisoners on 24 July 18651865
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
Item 63; Enlistment record -- verifying the enlistments of Joseph Bays and Jacob Bays in the 7th Regiment Cavalry Volunteers, and are credited to the 8th Sub District, Jackson County, 3rd Congressional District, West Virginia1865
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
Item 64; Letter --to Captain J.V. Young, from the 2nd Auditors Office, Treasury Department, concerning clothing and equipage for Company G, 13th Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Infantry for the 4th Quarter, 18621866
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
Item 65; Letter -- to Captain James S. Cassady from Granville Hall discussing survey of 280 acres in Raleigh County; also mentions that the Atlantic Cable has been laid successfully and that there is peace finally in Europe1866
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
Item 66; Letter -- to Captain John V. Young from the Adjutant General of West Virginia transmitting Young's West Virginia Honorable Discharge Medal1867
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
Item 67; Letter -- to Captain J.S. Cassaday from the Adjutant General's Office, Washington, DC, returning proof of his service to him1888
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
Item 68; see item no. 135undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
Item 69; Letter -- (typescript copy) New River Bridge; discusses recruiting; war situations at Vicksburg, Port Hudson and Culpepper Court House; negroes; and the Vallandigham case;1863
Series 2. Maps, Box 1, Folders 6 (8 items)
1861-1935, undated
Scope and Contents
This series consists of Civil War-era maps of West Virginia and maps of Civil War battlefields in West Virginia, including Rich Mountain and Carnifex Ferry.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
tem 70; Map -- (copy) Route of General Benham in pursuit of General Floyd. Fayetteville, Virginia1861
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
Item 71; Map -- Rich Mountain Battlefield, Randolph County, Virginia, by Jed Hotchkiss, Topographical Engineer1861
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
Item 72; Map -- Battlefield of Carnifex Ferry, Gauley River, (West) Virginia by forces under Brigaider General W.S. Rosecrans1861
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
Item 73; Map -- (copy) Battlefield of Carnifex Ferry, Gauley River, showing positions and casualty sites, prepared by the Conservation Commission of West Virginia1935
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
Item 74; Map -- of part of West Virginia found among Lieutenant Colonel J.M. Heck's papersundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
Item 75; Map -- Camp Garnett and Vicinity, Rich Mountain, Ranolph County, Virginia, by order of Lieutenant Colonel J.M. Heck, Jed Hoskess, Topographical Engineer1861
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
Item 76; Map -- sketch of fight at Rich Mountain, West Virginia, by Lieutenant O.M. Poe, Topographical Engineer1861
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
Item 77; Map -- Gauley Bridge Military Reconnaissance, Department of Western Virginia, by Captain W.F. Reynolds, Captain W. Margedant and W. Angelo Powell, Civil Engineerundated
Series 3. Miscellaneous, Box 1, Folders 7A-7B (20 items)
1851-1867, undated
Scope and Contents
This series consists of addresses, letters, lists, poems, a notebook, a broadside, and other material. Contains items related to the Civil War, including a muster roll and lists of soldiers and prisoners. Also contains material regarding Captain James S. Cassady's postbellum career in the Fayette County School District.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7A
Item 78; Address -- to the soldiers of the First Virginia Regiment, Virginia Volunteers by Brigadier General B.F. Kelly, Grafton, Virginia, upon leaving Camp Carlile1861
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7A
Item 79; Address -- (copy) by Brigadier General Henry A. Wise to the loyal citizens of western Virginia and those on the Ohio border come to the defense of the Commonwearlth of Virginia, at Ripley, (West) Virginia1861
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7A
item 80; Notebook -- (copy) notebook belonging to Captain W.D. Thurmond, CSA, copied 1934. Roll of Captain W.D. Thurmond's Company Partisan Rangers, including a list of officers and enlisted men in the company and equipment chargesundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7B
Item 81; Letter -- (copy) letter from John McGee, Sand Fork, Virginia to the Commissioner of Patents regarding agriculture and farming methods1864
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7B
Item 82; Broadside -- (copy) Office of the Provost Marshall, Frederick City, Maryland, informing Major John J. Yellott that he is to seek people who assisted the Rebels in their recent raid, arrest them and send them to the Military Prison in Wheeling. Their families will be sent south of the military lines and their houses and property will be seized and used for hospitals. All males are to report to the Provost Marshall's Office and subscribe to an Oath of Allegiance to the United States, or be treated as above1864
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7B
Item 83; Letter -- (copy) signed by U.S. Grant, regarding General Ord leaving to look for his familyundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7B
Item 84; Election Law -- rules governing citizens' right to vote in the upcoming election, with regard to those who took up arms against the Union, by Arthur I. Boreman, Governor ("To the County Boards of Registration, Township Registrars, and Supervisors and Inspectors of Election:"...)1867
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7B
Item 85; Address -- Address of the National Executive Committee of the Constitutional Union Party presenting their party platform as an alternative to the Republican and Democratic parties1860
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7B
Item 86; Letter -- to (State) Auditor from J.S. Cassady, Fayette County Superintendent of Free Schools, with township addresses for Fayette County, West Virginia; also listed are apportionments from each township1867
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7B
Item 87; Notice -- to the Trustees of Mountain Cove Township that the undersigned accept the services of Miss Jennie Kincaid for the present school year for three months1867
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7B
Item 88; Letter -- to James Cassady from N. H. Ellis concerning the certificate and qualifications of Miss Virginia Kincaid to take the oath and work for the school for three monthsundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7B
Item 89; Letter -- to Hon. James Cassady from Edwin Hurst that the trustees of School District No. 4 have employeed Miss Jennie Kincaid to teach and they are attesting to her good character1867
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7B
Item 90; List -- Enumeration of Youth Resident in the different Districts in the Townships in Fayette Countyundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7B
Item 91; Muster Roll -- (copy) incompleteundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7B
Item 92; Prisoner List -- (copy) of prisoners in Richmond and those killed in the Battle of Guyandotte among the 9th Virginia Regimentundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7B
Item 93; List -- of Confederate Companies from Hampshire County, Virginia; also lists the unit number, commanding officer, and other names of the units; compiled by Vause W. Marshallundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7B
Item 94; Poem -- and note to Miss Sallie Young, Wise's Retreat from Hawk's Nest by Lieutenant J.W. Rife, 8th Virginia Volunteer Infantryundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7B
Item 95; Poem -- "I'm Off for Charleston" (These are likely the lyrics for a song, since it has sections identified as "chorus"; it also includes a note that says "T. M. Scroggy Publisher No. 443 Vine Street below 13th, where all the new songs can be had, wholesale and retail." The lyrics are in African-American vernacular English.)undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7B
Item 96; Flag -- with the state seal in the center and the date of 20 June 1862 (incorrect date of statehood)undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7B
Item 97; List -- (typescript) of documents submitted to the Virginia Convention of 18611861
Series 4. Photographs, Box 1, Folder 8 (5 items)
undated
Scope and Contents
This series contains preservation copies of Civil War photographs, including images of Union and Confederate encampments and soldiers.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8
Item 98; Photograph -- 8" x 10" b/w of camp of 22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry (Ringgold Calvary) at New Creek (Keyser), West Virginiaundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8
Item 99; Copy -- Company G, 7th West Virginia Cavalry, Union Army, with James S. Cassady, Follers, and John E. Swaar identifiedundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8
Item 100; Copy -- encampment of artillery unit, possibly in 31st Virginia Regiment, Confederate Armyundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8
Item 101; Copy -- encampment of artillery unit, possibly in 31st Virginia Regiment, Confederate Armyundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8
Item 102; Copy -- Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth, Union Army, in full uniform, with quotes on back of cardundated
Series 5. Sketches, Box 1, Folder 9 (15 items)
1898, undated
Scope and Contents
This series contains preservation copies of illustrations from the book Official and Illustrated War Record Embracing Nearly One Thousand Pictorial Sketches, etc.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9
Item 103; Copy -- "Trains Crossing the Potomac River - Harpers Ferry"undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9
Item 104; Copy -- "Camp of the Tenth Indiana Regiment at Bellaire, Ohio"undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9
Item 105; Copy -- "Thirteenth Massachusetts and Twelfth Indiana Regiments Crossing the Potomac"undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9
Item 106; Sketch -- "Gen. Kelly's Troops Crossing the Bridge at Romney, Va., On his Retreat to Cumberland" (includes photocopy)undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9
Item 107; Title Page -- for the book Official and Illustrated War Record Embracing Nearly One Thousand Pictorial Sketches, etc.1898
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9
Item 108; Copy -- "Governor Peirpont's Store Room at Wheeling, West Virginia, Containing Stores for the Virginia Regiments"undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9
Item 109; Copy -- "Soldiers' Graveyard at Bolivar Heights, Near Harper's Ferry, Loudon Heights on the Right and Maryland Heights on the Left, In the Distance"undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9
tem 110; Copy -- "Winter Quarters of the Twelfth Ohio Volunteers, Near Charlestown, Virginia"undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9
Item 111; Copy -- "Gen. Banks' Division Crossing the Potomac, Near Harper's Ferry, Sandy Hook in the Foreground" (two copies)undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9
Item 112; Copy -- "Front of a Sutler's Tent in Western Virginia"undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9
Item 113; Copy -- "Seventh Ohio Regiment Fortifying the Hill at Sutton Village"undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9
Item 114; Copy -- "The Evacuation of Romney. Union Troops Passing Through the Principal Streets on their Way to Cumberland" (two copies)undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9
Item 115; Copy -- "Captain Wallace's Battery of the Fourth Ohio, Near Romney, West Virginia" and "Union Pickets at Hanging Rock Gap, Near Romney, on the South Banch of the Potomac"undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9
Item 116; Copy -- "Earthworks on Camp Hill, Guarding the Road to Charleston, Virginiaundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9
Item 117; Copy -- "Martinsburg, Virginia, with a Detachment of the Fifth New York Cavalry in the Foreground"undated
Series 6. Newspaper Clippings, Box 1, Folders 10A-10C (17 items)
1861-1938, undated
Scope and Contents
This series contains articles regarding the Civil War in West Virginia. Includes clippings describing the early events of the war in western Virginia, mostly dating from 1861. Descriptions of items include transcriptions of key phrases and terms from article titles and body of text. Also contains several articles from the 1930s recounting West Virginia Civil War history
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10A
Item 118; War Correspondence -- From the Kanawha Expedition (includes: General Cox still at Pocotalico Creek -- Capture of a Bell -- Foraging -- Successful Scouting Expedition -- Capture of a Secession Major -- Colonels Woodruff, DeViliers and Neff sent to Richmond -- The Former Seriously Affected at His Capture -- They Were Betrayed by a Display of the Stars and Stripes -- Cox Preparing to Advance)22 July 1861
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10A
Item 119; War Correspondence -- The War In Western Virginia (includes: The Warfare Kept Up -- A Father Instigating his Son to Murder -- A Terrible Incident -- A Boy Kills Another for Hurrahing for the Union -- Seducing Ohio Recruits into Virginia -- A Bad Story About Some of the Guthrie Grays)18 September 1861
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Item 120; Special Correspondence of Cincinnati Times -- From Barboursville (includes: Expedition by Lieutenant Colonel Toland -- 34th Regiment at Mud Bridge -- W.C. Higginson "Original Red" -- John W. Shorter "He- never-smiled-again" -- Jenkins Cavalry -- Border Rangers -- Clarkson -- Colonel Davis -- Witcher "Captain Clawhammer" -- Battle of Chapmanville -- Spies -- Camp Franklin)28 November 1861
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Item 121; Special Correspondence Cincinnati Times -- Letter From a Volunteer (includes: A Piatt Zouave on Ohio Soil -- How He Felt -- A Pair of Aristocratic Secesh Ladies -- Mrs. Captain Jefferson Jenkins -- Indignation Against Guyandotte -- Quaker Bottom -- Columbus Prison -- Colonel Zeigler -- Camp Peyton -- Captain O.P. Evans)2 December 1861
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Item 122; Special Correspondence of Cincinnati Times -- From the Second Kentucky Regiment (includes: Camp Gauley -- General Starbuck -- Colonel Sedgwick -- Captain Bodine -- General Benham)25 November 1861
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Item 123; Clipping -- Headquarters, Cavalry of Army of Kanawha (includes: 5th Regiment Virginia Cavalry -- 8th Regiment Virginia Cavalry -- Colonel John W. Clarkson -- Lieutenant Colonel A.G. Jenkins -- Major H. Fitzhugh -- General Floyd -- Camp Dickinson, Fayette County -- Colonel Whaley -- Captain Corns -- Ceredo -- Death of Captain Huddleston -- Kanawha Rangers)14 November 1861
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Item 124; Special Correspondence of the Dispatch -- From the Kanawha Valley (includes: Wise Legion -- Camp Two Mile -- Major George S. Patton wounded -- Colonel Clarkson -- General Wise -- Captain Brock -- Scarey Creek -- Colonel Frank Anderson -- 12th Ohio regiment -- 21st Ohio Regiment -- Captain A.S. Jenkins -- Lieutenant Welch -- Colonel Norton -- Camp Carrington, Galiopolis, Ohio -- General Garnett -- Colonel Pegram's surrender -- Richmond Blues)18 July 1861
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Item 125; Daily Republican, Lynchburg, Virginia -- General Jenkins Campaign in Western Virginia (includes: Captain Ferguson -- West Union -- Beverly -- Huttonsville -- Rich Mountain -- Weston -- Glenville -- Spencer -- Ripley -- Ravenswood -- Major Trimble -- Colonel Rathbone's surrender -- Home Guard)22 October 1862
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Item 126; Clipping -- The Convention of Virginia, Ordinance and Reorganization Adopted (includes: Mr. West of Wetzel County offered an amendment that no one who voted for secession be allowed to hold office in the state during the war -- An Incendiary Hung in Illinois -- T.D. Burke rabid secessionist hung -- Illinois Troops Moving Towards Virginia -- Sturgiss Rifles -- Schaumback's Cavalry -- Captain Barker's dragoons going to Grafton, Virginia -- Peirpoint for Governor of Virginia -- Frank Peirpoint, Union County, unanimously nominated for Governor -- Important Moments in Western Virginia -- Confederates close to Beverly and Philippi -- Rebel forces from Romney burned the rail road bridge over New Creek, west of Cumberland -- Piedmont -- Communication between Cumberland and Grafton cut off)19 June 1861
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Item 127; Clipping -- West Virginia Correspondence (includes: Improvement in the Commissary Department -- The Rebel Forces Near Philippi -- Our Forces There -- War Rumors -- Colonel Porterfield -- Philippi -- 6th Indiana -- 7th Indiana -- 9th Indiana -- 11th Indiana -- 14th Ohio -- 16th Ohio -- 1st Virginia Regiment -- Cleveland Artillery -- Henry A. Wise -- Army Truth-Telling -- Expected Attack on Philippi -- A Sunday Camp Scene -- Army Poetry -- Captain Barnette -- General "Dyspepsia" -- General Morris -- Colonel Irvine -- Rowlesburg -- 15th Ohio -- Guernsey Boys -- Poetic Account of the Philippi Races -- Colonel Dumont -- Congressman R.A. Harrison -- Truth Telling Again -- Situation at Philippi -- Chance of A Rebel Advance -- A Queer Court of Inquiry, All Damages and No Culprits -- Artillery Tests -- Draft Horses -- Battle of Philippi -- Court of Inquiry for claims of property destruction in Philippi -- Lieutenant Colonel Spooner -- General Pierce's Defense of his Conduct -- Camp Hamilton -- Colonel Townsend -- 3rd Regiment New York Volunteers -- Captain Haggerty -- Major Winthrop -- General Butler)20 June 1861
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Item 128; Cincinnati Daily times, Vol. 42, No. 7957 -- Letter From the Kanawha (includes: Reflections Over a Pool of Blood -- Christianity and Skepticism -- How to Deal with the South -- Major Franklin of the Zouaves -- Influence of Good Men -- Return to Camp Red House -- Winter Quarters for the Piatt Zouaves -- Camp Franklin -- Mud Bridge -- Lieutenant Boyd -- Lieutenant Carpenter -- Captain Anderson -- General Rosecrans -- Camp Dennison -- Winter Quarters -- The Clothing Question -- Brigadier General Mitchell -- Captain Ochs -- Captain Mergenthaler. The War Not Ended in Western Virginia -- Jacksonville, Lewis County -- Captain Rowan -- Weston)4 November 1861
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Item 129; Copy -- Intelligencer Extra, Wheeling (includes: Exciting News -- Terrible Excitement along the Line of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road -- The Mails Cut Off -- The Mob Along the Road-Scenes at Harpers Ferry -- The Designs of the Traitors -- The Union Men Crushed Out -- Battle of Baltimore -- Train Stopped at Harpers Ferry -- U.S. Artillery Company -- Hedgeville Blues -- Governor Lecher gave orders to seize the Customs House, but it was protected for the United States by the Mayor of Wheeling)20 April 1861
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Item 130; Clipping -- Nicholas County Civil War Battle Vividly Described Fighting Around Kesslers Cross Lanes by Soldiers Without Food or Water Told in Young Lieutenant's Letter to Sweethert in Indiana (includes: 10th Ohio Volunteers -- Irene Flowers Hickey -- General W.S. Rosecrans -- Benwood -- Grafton -- Sutton -- Summersville -- Gauley River -- Colonel Bill Lytte -- Lieutenant Burns -- Major Burke)undated
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Item 131; The Greenbriar Dispatch -- Rambles (includes: Mannin Knob -- Trout Valley -- Story of Nancy Hart, Rebel Spy of Nicholas County -- Married Josh Douglas -- Two Sons, George and Kennos -- Lieutenant Colonel William C. Starr -- 9th West Virginia -- Stonewall Jackson Cavalry -- Marion Kerner -- Captain Davis -- Rebecca Carpenter. Lieutenant Stivers -- 22nd Virginia -- White Sulphur Springs -- Libby Prison)14 November 1930
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Item 132; The Pocahontas Times -- Unveiling of the Stonewall Jackson Monument in Charleston, West Virginia (includes: Colonel Paul McNeel -- Greenbriar Cavalry -- George McNeel -- Andrew McNeel -- McLaughlin's Apple Orchard -- Huntersville -- Bodyguard and Courier for General Lee -- Squire Joseph Appleton -- Virginia Legislature -- Uncle Rafe -- Negro Servant -- Dr. Pennick -- Dr. Barkesdale -- Colonel John Stewart -- Reuben Overholt -- George Kee -- Isaac Hill -- Little Levels 1848 -- Mt. Airy -- George P. Edgar -- Dr. George B. Moffett -- James A. Moffett)20 January 1938
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Item 133; Pocahontas Times -- From a Civil War Diary Kept by William T. Price (includes: Reverend Enoch Thomas -- L. Morrall, Clerk of Barbour County -- Pocahontas Rescuers led by Captain D.A. Stofer -- General William Skeene -- Barbour Greys commanded by Captain Reger -- Mountain Guards commanded by Captain Strum -- Samuel Woods -- Colonel George W. Hull -- Samuel Gilmore)17 November 1932
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Item 134; Chicago Sunday Tribune -- How McClellan Outwitted Lee and Won West Virginia (includes: A Record of His Victories at Outbreak of Civil War -- Patriotic Service to His Country in Critical Hour -- History of McClellan's career -- Skirmishes at Grafton and Philippi -- How McClellan helped keep Western Virginia in the Union) [two copies]23 August 1936
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Preservation Copies of Items 118-1341861-1938, undated
Series 7. Muster Rolls, Box 1, Folder 11, and Box 2 (3 items)
1864
Scope and Contents
This series consists of three muster rolls, one from the 10th Company, 14th Regiment, Virginia Militia under Captain J.S. Cassady; one from Company G, 11th Regiment, West Virginia Volunteer Infantry under Captain John V. Young; and one from Company F, 7th Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry Volunteers under Captain Edgar B. Blundon.
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Item 135; Muster Roll -- 10th Company, 14th Regiment, Virginia Militia, Captain J.S. Cassadyundated
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Item 136; Muster Roll -- of Captain John V. Young, Company G, 11th Regiment, West Virginia Vol. Infantry, U.S. Army, Colonel David Frost, 30 April 1864 through 30 June 18641864
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Item 137; Muster Roll -- of Captain Edgar B. Blundon, Company F, 7th Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry Volunteers, U.S. Army, Colonel John H. Oley, 31 December 1863 through 29 February 18641864