A&M 2967George B. McClellan, Civil War Papers, 1861 May 15-30 A&M 2967Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-08-30 07:20:01 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center George B. McClellan, Civil War Papers McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885 A&M 2967 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/1095 0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.) 1861 May 15-30 A microfilm copy of the McClellan Papers, Vols. 12-14, held by the Library of Congress. There are letters to and from Gen. McClelland and his staff headquartered in Cincinnati. Also there are Confederate letters presumably captured during McClellan's first campaign into western Virginia. The rebel correspondence is between A.J. Wilson at Grafton and his family of Franklin and also orders from Richmond to Col. George Porterfield. Porterfield mentions the difficulty of raising Confederate companies from the local population in northwestern Virginia. Noteworthy correspondence (21, May 1861) to McClellan from Gen. Winfield Scott, Dept. of the Army, Washington, DC reiterates the Western Department's objective as being an offensive to secure the Mississippi River and not a campaign into north-west Virginia. Also reports to the Federal army by local citizens of the Kanawha Valley about the activities of the occupying Confederate forces. Reputedly the Confederates were imposing themselves on a Unionist population by drafting unwilling conscripts and influencing the outcome of secessionist referendums. In general, the letters of this collection are about military conditions and popular sentiment in the Western Theater, particularly western Virginia at the beginning of the Civil War. West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/ English . Conditions Governing Access

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 Tennessee Kanawha Valley. Grafton. Charleston. Franklin (W. Va.) Civil War -- Confederacy Richmond (Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Civil War - Richmond, Virginia. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Wilson, A. J. Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866 Porterfield, George. McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885