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Allen Family Papers 31 Linear Feet 31 ft. (72 document cases, 5 in. each); (8 unboxed ledgers, 12 in.)

Allen family
Personal and business correspondence, legal papers, ledgers, family records, and other papers of the Allen family of Moorefield, Hardy County, West Virginia. Also includes papers of members of the Barr, Weibley, Taylor, and Gamble families. The majority of the collection includes personal and business correspondence, legal papers, and financial records of Judge James W.F. Allen (1813/12/03 - 1875/07/16), a Hardy County lawyer, Jacksonian Democrat, and Circuit Court Judge in Hardy and Grant Counties (active ca. 1852-1865, 1872-1875). Also includes the papers of Allen's second wife, Caroline Williams Allen (d. 1907), several of Allen's children, and other related people, and a large group of 19th century advertising memorabilia. See Scope and Content Note for more information.
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Andrew Nelson Campbell, Civil War Veteran and Monroe County Politician, Papers 2.1 Linear Feet Summary: 2 ft. 1 1/4 in. (5 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 folder, 1/4 in.)

Campbell, Andrew Nelson, 1842-1919

Personal and family correspondence; legal and personal buisness papers; roll of Chapman's Battery and list of names of Monroe Guards who served in Civil war; one copy of booklet, PRISON LIFE OF ONE OF THE IMMORTAL SIX HUNDRED (1910) by Lamar Fontainne, relating his experiencies as a prisoner during the Civil War; Confederate roster; genealogical notes on twenty families; marriage and death records from Jno. Lynch's daybook; blueprint showing coal seams in lower half of Raleigh county. Personal correspondence deals mainly with law practice; politics; the Tidewater and Deepwater Railway companies; appointment as Regent of West Viriginia University in 1887; one ALS from S. B. Brown requesting information about Hon. John Echols for use in a history of the Virginia Convention of 1861, also, copy of information sent in reply.

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Andrew Nelson Campbell (d.1919) Papers 0.2 Linear Feet Summary: 2 in. (1 folder)

Campbell, Andrew Nelson, 1842-1919

Civil War reminiscences of Andrew Nelson Campbell of Union, Monroe Co., W.Va. Campbell was a private in Jubal Early's army in 1864 and marched in and fought in the Shenandoah Campaign of 1864. The reminiscences discuss the battles of Cedar Creek, Spotsylvania Courthouse, Gettysburg, and more.

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Andrew Nelson Campbell Papers 2.9 Linear Feet Summary: 2 ft. 11 1/4 in. (7 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 oversize folder, 1/4 in.)

Campbell, Andrew Nelson, 1842-1919

This is the third accession of the papers of Andrew Nelson Campbell. Mr. Campbell was an attorney in Monroe County, W. Va. He served in the Confederate Army and was a graduate of the Washington and Lee University Law School. He represented Monroe County as a Delegate in the State Legislature, 1872, and was a member of the Board of Regents of West Virginia University. He was, also, Judge of the 10th Judicial Circuit, 1888-1896.

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A.T. Caperton, Civil War Letter Regarding Confederate General John Breckinridge 0 Linear Feet Summary: 2 pages

Caperton, Allen Taylor, 1810-1876
A two page ALS from A(llen) T. Caperton, a Confederate Senator and resident of Union, Monroe County to Major General John Breckinridge praising the latter's military capabilities. Caperton quotes another officer who remains anonymous that "on every field Gen. Breckinridge was splendid. I have never been associated with a greater man. His removal from us has been a great misfortune to the army. I fear it is not yet at an end . . . If he ranks below any one it is Gen. Lee."
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Biographical Sketch of James Edward Hanger, Confederate States Army Veteran 0.01 Linear Feet 1 folder

Facsimile of a manuscript historical narrative regarding James Edward Hanger (1843-1919) by Clyde Cale, Jr. The narrative describes Hanger's injury and amputation, brief imprisonment as a Confederate prisoner-of-war, and his postwar life and inventions. Hanger was born in Churchville, Augusta County, Virginia. In early June 1861, he joined his brothers as a member of the Confederate Churchville Cavalry, and shortly after, he was injured by a Union cannonball early in the Battle of Philippi. His left leg was amputated, and he was briefly a prisoner-of-war at Camp Chase (Columbus, Ohio) before he was released and exchanged about two months later. After the war, knowing he and other disabled veterans would need improved prosthetic limbs, he founded a prosthetic company that continues in business today.

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Civil War, Battle of Greenbrier River, Map and Letter 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 9 items (1 folder, 8 items; 1 oversize folder, 1 item)

A printed map drawn and published by A.T. McRae of the Quitman Guards, First Georgia Volunteer Regiment which was engraved and printed in Richmond, VA. The map shows buildings, physical features, and troop positions for the Battle of Greenbrier River, 3 October 1861. The letter accompanying the map is from Lt. Whiteford D. Russell to his wife in Augusta, GA. Russell who fought at this battle, refers to it and to this map in this letter dated 27Dec. 1861 in which he emphasizes the privations of winter encampment. He sends her his regrets and apologizes for writing such a brief letter, but he is inhibited from writing more because he is numbed by the freezing temperatures. Winter cold and the severe wind playing havoc with the tents in which they are quartered has temporarily discouraged any hopes of his re-enlisting.
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Civil War Letter regarding Shenandoah Valley Diversionary Campaign 0 Linear Feet Summary: 12 pages

An ALS from a Union officer "George" to his wife "Fannie" describing, in the form of a diary, a diversionary campaign into the Shenandoah Valley, 10, December - 25, December 1863. The purpose of their maneuver, which he calls "the Valley Expedition," was "to divert attention from Gen. Averill while he was making a raid up through Staunton, Virginia." The expeditionary force of about 1,600 was large enough not to fall prey to guerrillas but too small to actively engage the regular Confederate army locally under the command of Gen. Jubal Early. They successfully preoccupied and eluded the forces of Gen. Early and his diary gives details of how this was accomplished, the social conditions and attitudes of the Valley's inhabitants and the common hardships of military camps. He had not written sooner because the expedition had been under strict orders to cut off communication lines to its headquarters and home base at Harpers Ferry. Also they were not expected to return from what was considered a suicide mission.
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Clarksburg Public Library, Collector, Miscellaneous Papers 0.19 Linear Feet Summary: 2 1/4 in. (1 folder, 1/2 in.); (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

Clarksburg Public Library.

Miscellaneous papers collected by the Clarksburg Public Library, including Harrison County land papers of John Lang, 1782-1821; General Land Office Warrant of Thomas Cunningham, an 1812 veteran for 160 acres in Illinois; letter from Melville D. Long from Point Lookout prison, April 1865; letter to Mrs. John J. Davis, Clarksburg, telling of an unexpected invasion of Baltimore by the Rebels in July 1854; and farm diary, 1856-1861 of P.R. Page, Gloucester County, Virginia. This volumes gives accurate and detailed information on the operation of a grain and livestock farm in eastern Virginia

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Confederate Army of the Northwest, Letter Book 0.19 Linear Feet Summary: 2 1/4 in. (1 folder, 1/2 in.); (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

An 82 page manuscript order and letter book (29 July 1861-13 February 1862, Virginia) of the Confederate States Army of the Northwest detailing with the operations of the Cheat or Valley Mountain campaign of 10-15 September 1861 and the "Romney Campaign" of 9 January-5 February 1862, both unsuccessful efforts to dislodge Federal forces from the upper Potomac region and the earliest confrontation between Rosecrans, Jackson and Lee. This letter book gives some idea of the indefinite chain of command in the early Confederate Army and also portrays its efforts to institutionalize itself in the orders and regulations recorded. Included are copies of 3 ADS, 35 DS, and 8 ALS by the Confederate General, C.L. Stevenson, the Adjutant General of the Army of the Northwest, commanded by General W.W. Loring. Noteworthy are the letters written during the Romney Campaign in January 1862 which indicate the suspicions of W.W. Loring and C.L. Stevenson as to their deployment by T.J. Jackson. Reports name Confederate spies who reported on concentrations of Federal troops, at Cumberland and the building pontoons there for the crossing the Potomac. Also noteworthy is a 11 October 1861 letter from Loring praising the forces under his command at Cheat Mountain for their victory in an engagement, which indicates the friction between W.W. Loring and R.E. Lee, who had earlier failed to hold the same mountain from a major Federal assault.
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