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From a contemporary sketch made by a soldier artist of the 2nd West Virginia Infantry, encamped there. See Stutler, Boyd.

1. Camp and Fortification on Cheat Mountain Summit, occupied by Federal toops in the Fall and Winter of 1861.

IDNO:
000825
Title:
Camp and Fortification on Cheat Mountain Summit, occupied by Federal toops in the Fall and Winter of 1861.
Date:
1861
Description:
From a contemporary sketch made by a soldier artist of the 2nd West Virginia Infantry, encamped there. See Stutler, Boyd.
Men line up to volunteer across from the Court House, at Carrico Corner - High and Walnut Street, Morgantown, W. Va.

2. Call to Arms: Volunteers for Union Army Assemble on High Street, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
000852
Title:
Call to Arms: Volunteers for Union Army Assemble on High Street, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1861
Description:
Men line up to volunteer across from the Court House, at Carrico Corner - High and Walnut Street, Morgantown, W. Va.
A drawing of the courthouse in Beverly soon after the Battle of Rich Mountain by an eyewitness to the battle. The courthouse was used by both Confederates and Federal forces during the war.

3. Courthouse, Beverly, Randolph County, Va (W. Va.)

IDNO:
014231
Title:
Courthouse, Beverly, Randolph County, Va (W. Va.)
Date:
1861
Description:
A drawing of the courthouse in Beverly soon after the Battle of Rich Mountain by an eyewitness to the battle. The courthouse was used by both Confederates and Federal forces during the war.
Union Gunboats, such as the one in this photograph, patrolled the Ohio River during the Civil War.

4. Union Navy Gunboat on Ohio River

IDNO:
033256
Title:
Union Navy Gunboat on Ohio River
Date:
1861
Description:
Union Gunboats, such as the one in this photograph, patrolled the Ohio River during the Civil War.
The first of nine times this bridge, which crossed the Potomac River into Maryland, was destroyed during the Civil War. The damage in the photograph was the work of Confederate Colonel Thomas (later General "Stonewall") Jackson's troops, before pulling back to Winchester in June, 1861. The shells of the burned Armory buildings still stands in the background below the town.

5. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Bridge in Ruins, Harpers Ferry, Va. (W. Va.)

IDNO:
039076
Title:
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Bridge in Ruins, Harpers Ferry, Va. (W. Va.)
Date:
1861
Description:
The first of nine times this bridge, which crossed the Potomac River into Maryland, was destroyed during the Civil War. The damage in the photograph was the work of Confederate Colonel Thomas (later General "Stonewall") Jackson's troops, before pulling back to Winchester in June, 1861. The shells of the burned Armory buildings still stands in the background below the town.
Two unidentified Union soldiers in uniform, full pack and armed on Camp Hill above Harpers Ferry during the Federal forces occupation of the area early in the Civil War. Note the huge bayonets attached to their rifles.

6. Soldiers of 22nd New York Militia, Union Army, Harpers Ferry, Va. (W. Va.)

IDNO:
039083
Title:
Soldiers of 22nd New York Militia, Union Army, Harpers Ferry, Va. (W. Va.)
Date:
1861
Description:
Two unidentified Union soldiers in uniform, full pack and armed on Camp Hill above Harpers Ferry during the Federal forces occupation of the area early in the Civil War. Note the huge bayonets attached to their rifles.