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Henry Solomon White Papers 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 in. (1 folder)

White, Henry Solomon
The manuscript diary of Henry Solomon White, a Corporal and Orderly Sergeant in Company N, Sixth Regiment, [West] Virginia Volunteer Infantry, covering the period of 24 September 1861 to 26 September 1864. Company N was organized at Camp White, in 1861 for a three-year tour of duty guarding the B.&O. and North Western railroads. The company was stationed at various times at Burton, Littleton, Barrackville, Fairmont, Clarksburg, Bridgeport, Grafton, and Webster. Squads of this company were detailed for special duty and scouting detail in Cornwallis, Ritchie County; Camp Burne; Camp Wilkinson; and in Monongalia, Marion, and Roane counties; and Fayette and Greene counties, Pennsylvania. Company N was on duty in Fairmont during the Jones Raid in 1863.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Jacob M. Campbell Papers 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 1/4 in. (1 folder)

Campbell, Jacob Miller, 1821-1888

Facsimiles of letters, a deposition, and an indenture related to civilian affairs under Colonel Campbell's command. The collection also includes a letter dated July 20, 1796, from Lancaster, to a Miss Mary Witmer, Berkeley Springs who is visiting the baths.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Jacob M. Campbell Papers 1.7 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 8 in. (4 document cases, 5 in. each)

Campbell, Jacob Miller, 1821-1888

Military orders, telegrams, military correspondence concerning Campbell's command, lists of Confederate deserters, ordnance and quartermaster returns, additional military records, and a personal diary of Colonel Campbell, commander of the Fifty-fourth Pennsylvania Volunteers which operated along the line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad between Cumberland, Maryland, and Martinsburg, West Virginia. Subjects include civilian-military relations; guerrilla activities of John D. Imboden, the Ringgold Raiders, and the McNeill's Rangers; treatment of Confederate sympathizers; fighting in the Shenandoah Valley in the spring of 1864; and military operations in the Eastern panhandle of West Virginia.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Jacob S. Hayden Diary 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1/2 in. (1 folder)

Hayden, Jacob S.
Chronicle written by Hayden, Mayor of Fairmont, of his trip to the west coast. He describes the perils of a steamboat trip from Pittsburgh to Independence, Missouri, and the joys and hardships of travel by wagon across the Great Plains to California. Indian encounters, river crossings, inclement weather, scarcity of water, thieves, and firing squads are some of the topics noted.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

James Howard Patterson Diaries 0.4 Linear Feet Summary: 5 in. (1 document case)

Patterson, James Howard, 1867-1949
Eleven years of diaries of James Howard Patterson, a Glen Roy, Ohio, teacher. Describes weather, daily school routines and lessons, and general affairs of his personal and social life. Diaries are for years 1904, 1911, 1913, 1921, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1938, and 1944.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

James William Kuykendall Papers 3 Linear Feet Summary: 2 ft. 11 1/2 in. (7 document cases, 5 in. each); (3 oversize folders, 1/2 in.)

Kuykendall, James William
Papers of a land surveyor from Hardy County include family and business correspondence, 1888-1926; letters from George Benson Kuykendall on family genealogy, 1911-1914; Kuykendall's correspondence as a member of the county board of education, 1908-1915; account books, diaries, surveying notes, Sunday school class book, 1876-1923; and plats, surveys, and deeds of land in the Hardy-Grant County area.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

James Wilson, Farmer, Diary 0 Linear Feet Summary: 70 pages

Wilson, James
This diary shows the daily activities of a farm family in Short Run, Maryland. The entries are continuous from 1 January 1915 to 21 July 1915 and intermittent from 22 July until the final entry on 2 October. In the diary Wilson discusses weather conditions, farm work performed by himself and his siblings, trips to neighboring towns and to Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, Maryland, illnesses and death, and social occasions.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

James Z. McChesney Papers 0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 2 1/2 in. (4 folders)

McChesney, James Z.
Typescript copies of correspondence, diary entries, biographical sketches of Confederate veterans, manuscripts recounting battles, rosters of Confederate cavalry and infantry companies, and newspaper clippings of Pvt. James Z. McChesney of the Confederate States Army. Subjects include Confederate military activities, military activity in the Shenandoah Valley, McCausland's march on Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and information on various units and battles. Addendum of 2004/05/06 includes letters written by James Z. McChesney, transfer order, leave of absence notice, and a Confederate valentine. See Scope and Content Note for more information.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Jesse Johnston Diary 0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm (1 vol.), 1.75 in.) This microfilm reel is shared with another collection, A&M 1396. The extent of the reel is recorded in this collection but not A&M 1396.

Johnston, Jesse
The original manuscript and a typed copy of Johnston's Civil War diary. Serving with Company L, Second Regiment, West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry, Johnston fought at Princeton, Lewisburg, Sinking Creek, and Wytheville. Captured and subsequently exchanged, he served in Washington until mustered out of service.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

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