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1. Side Arms of Col. Wm. B. Curtis, 12th W. Va. Regt. V.I.

Distant view of Camp of the 12th Reg. O.V.I. at Fayetteville, VA. April 1863. Fort Scammon, Battery McMullan, Camp of the 12th Reg. O.V.I. and Fayetteville Courthouse are included. Sketched by Chas. Riedel, Comp H.12 O.V.I. Lithographed by Ehrgolt, Forbriger and Co. Cin. O.

2. Camp of the 12th Reg. O.V.I. at Fayetteville, Va. (later W. Va.), April 1863

Camp of the 12th Regiment and O.V.I. at Fayetteville Va. April 1863.  A. Fort Scammon, B. Battery McMullan, C. Camp of the 12th Reg. and O.V.I, D. Fayetteville Courthouse.

3. Camp of the 12th Reg. O.V.I. at Fayetteville, VA April 1863

Members of Co. A., 12th W.Va. Infantry.  Standing:  Philip McCleary Pelley, *Wm. Magers, John Trenter*, George Gossett, *John C. Crow, C.C. Mathews, Mahlon Geurin, Abram Jones*, Wm. H. Dorsey*.  Seated on chairs:  Alex Connor, Absolem Crow, John G. Jones*, John Robert Talbert, James Logsdon, Daniel Morris.  Seated on floor:  Timothy B. Baker, Bill Stein, John W. Edwards*.  *= Decea.

4. Veterans of the12th W. Va. Volunteer Infantry

Gold eagle on top of an American flag.  Copyright 1908 by W.T. Hicoll.

5. Gold Eagle Presented to the 12th W.Va. by Genl. Gibbon

Portrait of Lt. Josiah M. Curtis, Co. I, 12th W. Va. Infantry, of West Liberty, Ohio County, who won the Medal of Honor in attack on Fort Gregg, the last defense before Petersburg, Virginia. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'

6. Curtis, Lt. Josiah M.

American flags followed into several battles, including Gettysburg and Petersburg, by the 12th West Virginia Regiment during the Civil War. Each flag has 35 stars, the 35th star is for the new state of West Virginia.

7. Two Battle Scarred Flags of Twelfth West Virginia Regiment

Commander of the 12th West Virginia Infantry Regiment, Army of the Potomac. Curtis was brevetted Brigadier General in recognition of his part in the attack on Fort Gregg of the Petersburg siege line, April 2, 1965.

8. Colonel William B. Curtis, Twelfth West Virginia Regiment