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Francis Pierpont and his wife, Julia were parents of four children including twins born September 13, 1860. Their daughter, Mary died in 1864 while her father was the Governor of the Restored Government of Virginia.

1. Francis Pierpont and His Twins, Francis William and Mary Augusta Pierpont of Fairmont, Virginia (West Virginia)

IDNO:
029865
Title:
Francis Pierpont and His Twins, Francis William and Mary Augusta Pierpont of Fairmont, Virginia (West Virginia)
Date:
ca. 1861
Description:
Francis Pierpont and his wife, Julia were parents of four children including twins born September 13, 1860. Their daughter, Mary died in 1864 while her father was the Governor of the Restored Government of Virginia.
A colored, wood craving illustration of Clarksburg, Va. (later West Virginia) and Union General William Rosecrans' headquarters during the first months of the Civil War. The Federal objective was to hold railroad lines and turnpike thruways. The Confederate aims were to take them back.

2. Clarksburg, Harrison County, Western Virginia, Headquarters of General Rosecrans

IDNO:
029955
Title:
Clarksburg, Harrison County, Western Virginia, Headquarters of General Rosecrans
Date:
ca. 1861
Description:
A colored, wood craving illustration of Clarksburg, Va. (later West Virginia) and Union General William Rosecrans' headquarters during the first months of the Civil War. The Federal objective was to hold railroad lines and turnpike thruways. The Confederate aims were to take them back.

3. Abraham Lincoln

IDNO:
032756
Title:
Abraham Lincoln
Date:
ca. 1861
George Latham a newspaper editor and lawyer, from Taylor County, helped to organize the "Grafton Guards" at the outbreak of the Civil War

4. George R. Latham, Colonel of Second West Virginia Infantry, Union Army

IDNO:
034417
Title:
George R. Latham, Colonel of Second West Virginia Infantry, Union Army
Date:
ca. 1861
Description:
George Latham a newspaper editor and lawyer, from Taylor County, helped to organize the "Grafton Guards" at the outbreak of the Civil War
'Captain Hurston Spurlock, son of Reverend Burwell Spurlock by his second marriage. He was appointed Captain of the Ferguson Battalion of the C. S. A. which subsequently became Co. E - 16th Regiment of Virginia. Appointed in Sept. 1861, Captain Spurlock was the father of Arma Spurlock Howard of Ceredo, Henry P. and Charles Spurlock.'

5. Captain Hurston Spurlock of Wayne County, Virginia (West Virginia)

IDNO:
034419
Title:
Captain Hurston Spurlock of Wayne County, Virginia (West Virginia)
Date:
ca. 1861
Description:
'Captain Hurston Spurlock, son of Reverend Burwell Spurlock by his second marriage. He was appointed Captain of the Ferguson Battalion of the C. S. A. which subsequently became Co. E - 16th Regiment of Virginia. Appointed in Sept. 1861, Captain Spurlock was the father of Arma Spurlock Howard of Ceredo, Henry P. and Charles Spurlock.'
Two unidentified soldiers of the 22nd New York State Militia, Union Army, in full uniform and armed, standing in front of a caisson. Note the caisson carries a spare wheel.

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

IDNO:
039084
Title:
Soldiers of 22nd New York Militia, Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, Va. (W. Va.)
Date:
ca. 1861
Description:
Two unidentified soldiers of the 22nd New York State Militia, Union Army, in full uniform and armed, standing in front of a caisson. Note the caisson carries a spare wheel.
A colored wood craving illustration of Parkersburg on the Little Kanawha River in Wood County, Va. (later West Virginia). Several Federal troops from states west of the Ohio River were deployed here during the Civil War to hold vital railroad lines and turnpikes of which Parkersburg was the terminus.

7. Landing Of Federal Troops at Parkersburg, Western Virginia

IDNO:
039188
Title:
Landing Of Federal Troops at Parkersburg, Western Virginia
Date:
ca. 1861
Description:
A colored wood craving illustration of Parkersburg on the Little Kanawha River in Wood County, Va. (later West Virginia). Several Federal troops from states west of the Ohio River were deployed here during the Civil War to hold vital railroad lines and turnpikes of which Parkersburg was the terminus.