west virginia, history

[Braddock's route, 1755, Fort Cumberland to Fort Pitt.

Scale 1:316,800; 5 mi. to an in. Title from manuscript catalog of Peter Force map collection. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown pictorially. In pencil: Braddock's rout 1755. Sh... More

Harper's Ferry insurrection - Interior of the Engine-House, just befor...

Men shot and bleeding, John Brown and others with rifle and pikes, and hostages inside the engine house of the Harpers Ferry Armory. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 8, no. 205 (1859 Nov. 5), p. 359.

George Sennott telegram to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harper's Ferry ...

Orders him to stop Mrs. [Mary Anne (Day)] Brown. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

George Sennott telegram to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harper's Ferry ...

Orders him to stop Mrs. [Mary Anne (Day)] Brown. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

John Brown autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Char...

Thanks Higginson for visiting and aiding his family. Hears he has sent $25 and a bundle of papers. Printed in part in O. G. Villard, John Brown, p. 543-4. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The Harper's Ferry insurrection--The U.S. Marines storming the engine ...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 8, no. 204 (1859 Oct. 29), p. 342.

S.W. Snider, 4th W.Va. Cavalry., American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General B.F. Kelley, Colonel 1st W.Va. USA

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General B.F. Kelley, Colonel 1st W.Va. USA

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Colonel David H. Strother, 3rd West Virginia. Cavalry

A black and white photo of a man with a long beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lt. Colonel C.E. Capehart, 1st W.Va Cavalry

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General B.F. Kelley, Colonel 1st W.Va. USA

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S.W. Snider, 4th W.Va. Cavalry., American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...

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Colonel David H. Strother, 3rd West Virginia. Cavalry

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Corresponding print is in LOT 4192. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information... More

Colonel David H. Strother, 3rd West Virginia. Cavalry

A black and white photo of a man with a long beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

T.M. Harris, 10th W.Va Infantry., American Civil War Photograph, Glass...

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Colonel David H. Strother, 3rd West Virginia. Cavalry

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, inked on emulsion: David H. Strother. Corresponding print is in LOT 4192. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library o... More

[Charles Whittington, Sergeant Major, 7th West Virginia Cavalry, half-...

Stamped on verso: Partridge's Gallery, Wheeling, W. Va. Inscribed on verso: Charles Whitington, Sergt. Maj. 7th Regt. Sc - Kelleys Mills Ohio.

T.M. Harris, 10th W.Va Infantry., American Civil War Photograph, Glass...

A black and white photo of a man with a long beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Colonel David H. Strother, 3rd West Virginia. Cavalry

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Corresponding print is in LOT 4192. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information... More

Colonel David H. Strother, 3rd West Virginia. Cavalry

A black and white photo of a man with a long beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lt. Colonel C.E. Capehart, 1st W.Va Cavalry

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Harper's Ferry, West Virginia - An old photo of a train crossing a bri...

Photograph shows railroad tracks in foreground with bridge and town in background. No. 187. Alternate title from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Z... More

The burning of the United States arsenal at Harper's Ferry, 10 P.M. Ap...

Print shows the arsenal at Harpers Ferry in flames as soldiers and citizens carry away to safety the munitions that were stored there. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 5, no. 228 (1861 May 11), p. 293.

Harper's Ferry, photographed immediately after its evacuation by the r...

Alternate title from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c2003. Similar to LC-B8184-7649.

Berkeley County, Virginia Historic map, Library of Congress

Hand-colored lines show roads "reliable in all seasons." Relief shown by hachures. Sun print. This item is in the Map Collection of the Library of Virginia; please contact the Library's Archives Research Servic... More

Berkeley County, Virginia / Historic map, Library of Congress

Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Shenandoah River, near Harper's Ferry, West Virginia.

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Birds eye view of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Co...

[George R. Latham, Colonel, 5th West Virginia. Cavalry., head-and-shou...

Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 9106. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jefferson County, Virginia Historic map, Library of Congress

Sun print. This item is in the Map Collection of the Library of Virginia; please contact the Library's Archives Research Services department for more information. Available also through the Library of Congress ... More

New map of Virginia : compiled from the latest maps

Accompanied by cover: New map of Virginia. Richmond, Va. : J.W. Randolph ; 14 x 9 cm. Insets: Harpers Ferry -- Norfolk Harbor and vicinity. Relief shown by hachures. Shows principal cities, towns and railroads,... More

Jefferson and pontoon bridge on the Shenandoah

Photograph shows a man sitting on Jefferson Rock above the Shenandoah River at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. A pontoon bridge is shown on the right. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs ... More

Birds eye view of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Co...

"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861, by W. Schaus in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the U.S. for the Southern District of New York." Insets: [Lower Mississippi Valley] -- [Richmo... More

New map of Virginia : compiled from the latest maps /

Map of the battle ground of Greenbrier River /

Public domain image of 17th century landscape print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Map to illustrate the report of Brigadier-General Hill

Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 693 Map of part of West Virginia and western Maryland from Romney west to Grafton, showing the battle of Corricks Ford on July 14th, routes used by Union and Confed... More

John Buchanan - Plan of the Battle of Carnifex Ferry, West Virginia.

Carnifex Ferry is located on the Gauley River east of the town of Gauley Bridge. Floyd's Confederate forces are positioned with their backs to the Gauley River, and the Union is shown attacking chiefly in the ... More

Vicinity of Winchester and Harper's Ferry, Va

Detail of a printed map of Winchester, Va., and environs, with annotations and additions by Sneden. Additions include inclusion of roads, notes about and dates of battles and skirmishes, location of the point w... More

Military map showing the topographical features of the country adjacen...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Colton's Virginia. Historic map, Library of Congress

The battle of Rich mountain, Virginia, July 13, 1861 / Hennessy del.

Men charging into battle. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 5, no. 239 (1861 July 27), p. 468.

Colonel Dixon S. Miles at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia.

No. 5439. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More

Boteler's Ford, Potomac River near Shepherdstown. Point at which Confe...

Public domain scan of American Civil War photograph, Confederates, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

W. V. B. Bias, 1 Lieut. Co. B, 7 W.Virginia Cavalry., Boone Cty., West...

Photograph shows portrait of 1st Lieutenant William V. B. Bias of Company B, 7th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment, from Boone County, West Virginia. Gift; William F. Wagner; 1959.

Colton's Virginia Historic map, Library of Congress

"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by J.H. Colton & Co. in the Clerks Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York." Accompanied by cover: Colton's map of Virginia / J.... More

Jefferson County, Virginia / Historic map, Library of Congress

Berkeley County, Virginia / Historic map, Library of Congress

Berkeley County, Virginia Historic map, Library of Congress

"No. 20." Relief shown by hachures. This item is in the Map Collection of the Library of Virginia; please contact the Library's Archives Research Services department for more information. Available also through... More

Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. View of Loudon [i.e. Loudoun] Heights

Photograph shows Loudoun Heights above the Shenandoah River near Harper's Ferry. No. 441. Hand written on verso: "Maryland Heights (as on duplicate print)". Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 2, page 325". G... More

A. Skimmel D.M. & W.V. Vol - Public domain portrait drawing

Full length portrait of an officer. Title inscribed vertically right margin. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.595) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Vicinity of Winchester and Harper's Ferry, Va.

Detail of a printed map of Winchester, Va., and environs, with annotations and additions by Sneden. Additions include inclusion of roads, notes about and dates of battles and skirmishes, location of the point w... More

[Map of part of eastern West Virginia, extending from Romney westward ...

Shows "Camp Bartow" and "Yankee Camp on Cheat Mt." Relief shown by hachures. Title and date from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pencil and colored pencil on lined paper, mounted between sheets of transpare... More

Church and street in Shepherdstown, West Virginia.

No. 5079. Mounted with five other photographs. Photograph is half of a stereograph pair. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Ruins of bridge, across Potomac River at Shepherdstown

Photograph shows a man in the foreground overlooking the ruins of the bridge at Shepherdstown, West Virginia. No. 5077. Mounted with five other photographs. Photograph is half of a stereograph pair. Gift; Col.... More

Battle of Crampton's Gap, Maryland : fought Septr 14th 1862.

Shows the area surrounding Burkittsville, Frederick County, Md., as the left wing of McClellan's army moved toward Crampton's Gap to try to prevent the Confederate assault on Harper's Ferry, W. Va.

[Map of Mercer, Summers, Monroe, Raleigh and Greenbrier Counties, West...

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

No. B784. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Negative in National Archives Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860-1985, Series: Mathew Brady ... More

[Map of a part of Greenbrier County, West Va. /

Group, 22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [...

Photograph shows non-commissioned staff Color Sergeant William Lamonby and Company Sergeant Thompson; Right Gen. Guide Wyckoff, Color Sergt. Geo. V.W. House; Lockwood; Sergt. Major Charles Walker; Left Gen. Gui... More

The attack on and surrender of Harper's Ferry

Shows the area surrounding Harper's Ferry, W. Va., at the intersection of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers as the Confederate forces under Jackson began their assault, Sept. 12-15, 1862.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

No. B1018. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. Harper's Ferry gap

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Colton's Virginia. Historic map, Library of Congress

Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Back view of Romney Hamilton Co. NC

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below title, from left to right: First Virgini[a] Camp; The Seventh Virginia Detachment of the Third and Fourth Va. Camp; Hospital; E[a]st V... More

Company A, 22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia (i....

No. B186. Original negative in National Archives Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860-1985, Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, 1921... More

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

Photograph shows Private J.H. Kissam standing with bayoneted rifle. No. 890. Date based on 22nd NY history. Identification of photographer and soldier from same photograph in National Archives. Mounted with fi... More

Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. View of Loudoun Heights. (Also called: ...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Harper's Ferry, West Va., Loudon Heights. Corresponding print is in LOT 4164-G. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congre... More

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

No. B794. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a tent, military, or refugee camp, temporary settlement, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Map of Mercer, Summers, Greenbrier and Monroe Counties, West Virginia

Covers the area between Richmond Ferry and Chapman's Ferry, W. Va. Drawn with pencil. Shows towns, roads, rivers and mountains. Not drawn to scale. One of a series of eight maps of southwestern Virginia and Wes... More

Map of Jefferson County, Va. photographed for the Bureau of Topographi...

Shows Jefferson County before the formation of West Virginia in 1863. Based on Brown, S. Howell. Map of Jefferson County, Virginia ([Staunton, Va.? : S. Howell Brown?], 1852). Oriented with north to upper right... More

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

Photograph shows portrait of Corporal Joseph P. Goodliff of Co. I, 22nd New York Infantry Regiment with bayoneted rifle, bedroll, and backpack. No. B777. Negative in the National Archives, who attribute the ima... More

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

No. B1006. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

No. B793. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Battle of Antietam, Md - Public domain vintage map

In this extremely detailed map, Sneden indicates the locations of roads, bridges, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, houses, barns, ploughed fields, and the Antietam Iron Works. The Union and Confederate signal sta... More

B Company, 22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 18...

No. 4134. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Published in: History of the Twenty-second regiment of the National guard of the state of New York ... / by General George W. Wingate. New York: E. W. Dayton [1896], p. 199.

[Map of Greenbrier, Summers, Raleigh, Mercer and Monroe Counties, West...

Map of Jefferson County, Va. photographed for the Bureau of Topographi...

Shows Jefferson County before the formation of West Virginia in 1863.

Company G, 22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 18...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Battle of Antietam, Md. - Public domain vintage map

In this extremely detailed map, Sneden indicates the locations of roads, bridges, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, houses, barns, ploughed fields, and the Antietam Iron Works. The Union and Confederate signal sta... More

Map of Wyoming, Fayette and Raleigh Counties, West Va

Covers the area from Logan Courthouse to Richmond Ferry, W. Va. Drawn with ink and pencil. Shows towns, roads, rivers and mountains with some distances given. Not drawn to scale. One of a series of eight maps o... More

The attack on Harper's Ferry Va., by Jackson, September 14th and 15th,...

Shows the area of convergence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers that marks the border of Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. Details include the location of Union forces in the town of Harper's Ferry and ... More

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 i.e.1862

No. B785. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Company A, 22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 18...

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[Map of Wyoming, Fayette and Raleigh Counties, West Va. /

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

No. B797. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

The Battle of Antietam, Septr. 16th-17th, 1862.

In this detail from a printed map, Sneden shows the movement of the Lee's Confederate line at the battle of Antietam. On September 16 the Confederates are shown east of Sharpsburg. On September 17, after a day ... More

Map of Kanawha, Boone, Logan, Wyoming, McDowell, Mercer, Raleigh, Faye...

Covers the area from Charlestown south to Dublin Depot and east to White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. Drawn with ink and pencil on blue-lined paper. Shows towns, roads, railroads, rivers and mountains with some dist... More

[Western Virginia from Petersburg to Warm Springs, showing the movemen...

Covers parts of the counties of Grant, Randolph, Pendleton, and Pocahontas, West Virginia and Highland and Bath, Virginia including the names of some residents. Relief shown by shading. Date and title from Step... More

Group, 22nd New York State Militia, near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861...

No. B163. Date based on 22nd NY history. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 8, page 69". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Colton's Virginia Historic map, Library of Congress

"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by J.H. Colton & Co. in the Clerks Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York." Accompanied by cover: Colton's map of Virginia / J.... More

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

Photograph shows young African American camp servant of Colonel Lloyd Aspinwall of Field & Staff, 22nd New York Infantry Regiment, standing in front of tent with sword as Aspinwall peeks from inside the tent. N... More

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

No. B838. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Negative in National Archives Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860-1985, Series: Mathew Brady ... More

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

No. B853. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Negative (stereoscopic) in National Archives Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860-1985, Series... More

Map of western Virginia / - Public domain vintage map

This map was apparently captured by Confederate cavalry under the command of Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn during a raid on the Union arsenal at Holly Springs, Miss., in December 1862, and forwarded to the Confederat... More

Map of Greenbrier, Summers, Raleigh, Mercer and Monroe Counties, West ...

Covers the area between Raleigh Court House, Blue Sulphur Springs and Pearisburg, W. Va. Drawn with colored ink and pencil on lined paper. Shows towns, roads, rivers and residences with some distances given. No... More

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

Photograph shows Private J.H. Carpenter and unidentified soldiers playing cards in front of tent. No. B849. Date based on 22nd NY history. Photographer and soldier's name from another copy in the National Arch... More

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: A...

Requests opinions regarding the admission of West Virginia