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Sidney E. Shaw, Soldier, Civil War Records and Other Material, 1864/1918, bulk 1898/1908

0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 1/4 in. (69 leaves in 2 folders)
Records of Captain Sidney F. Shaw regarding his service in the Union army during the Civil War in the 15th West Virginia Infantry as "Acting Chief Engineer and AAA General" in the Department of West Virginia. Includes a transcription of his diary regarding his fighting retreat to save supplies and wagons from Jubal Early's army in July, 1864 during Early's northern invasion. This was an episode within Early's campaign to demonstrate against Washington, D.C. that led to the battle of Monocacy. There is also documentation regarding Shaw's persistent efforts to correct army records pertaining to his assignment and posts during the Civil War in order to recover back pay owed to him and to file for disability, including a letter he wrote to President William McKinley regarding Shaw's certification of rank authorized by then Captain McKinley. Other records include a program for a national Civil War veterans reunion encampment in the Chicago area (this was likely a Grand Army of the Republic [GAR] event) organized by Shaw, and two stock certificates for the Chicago, Parkersburg and Norfolk Railway Company, dating from 1885 and 1888.
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Sidney E. Shaw, Soldier, Civil War Records and Other Material, 1864/1918, bulk 1898/1908 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 1/4 in. (69 leaves in 2 folders)

Shaw, Sidney E.
Records of Captain Sidney F. Shaw regarding his service in the Union army during the Civil War in the 15th West Virginia Infantry as "Acting Chief Engineer and AAA General" in the Department of West Virginia. Includes a transcription of his diary regarding his fighting retreat to save supplies and wagons from Jubal Early's army in July, 1864 during Early's northern invasion. This was an episode within Early's campaign to demonstrate against Washington, D.C. that led to the battle of Monocacy. There is also documentation regarding Shaw's persistent efforts to correct army records pertaining to his assignment and posts during the Civil War in order to recover back pay owed to him and to file for disability, including a letter he wrote to President William McKinley regarding Shaw's certification of rank authorized by then Captain McKinley. Other records include a program for a national Civil War veterans reunion encampment in the Chicago area (this was likely a Grand Army of the Republic [GAR] event) organized by Shaw, and two stock certificates for the Chicago, Parkersburg and Norfolk Railway Company, dating from 1885 and 1888.
West Virginia and Regional History Center

Union Volunteers of West Virginia Regiments, Civil War Service Records, 1861/1865

38.06 Linear Feet Summary: 38 ft. 3/4 in. (261 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)

The compiled service records of soldiers belonging to units from the State of West Virginia are arranged according to an organizational breakdown ending with the regiment or the independent company. Under each unit the service records are arranged alphabetically by soldiers' surnames. Preceding the jacket-envelopes for the individual soldiers in each organizational unit are envelopes containing record-of-events cards giving the stations of the unit and sometimes information relating to the movements, activities, or organization of the unit or a part of it. In addition, there sometimes are envelopes containing general notation cards giving information relating to the entire organizational unit. The jacket-envelope for each soldier is labeled with his name, rank, and unit in which he served and typically contains the originals of any papers relating solely to that soldier and card abstracts of entries relating to the soldier as found in original muster rolls, returns, descriptive books, etc. There are cross-references for soldiers' names that appear in the records under more than one spelling. The series of card abstracts is arranged in the same general organizational order as the jacket-envelopes. The personal papers are in two subseries: one arranged alphabetically by name of soldier; the other by organizational unit and thereunder alphabetically by name of soldier.

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Union Volunteers of West Virginia Regiments, Civil War Service Records, 1861/1865 38.06 Linear Feet Summary: 38 ft. 3/4 in. (261 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)

The compiled service records of soldiers belonging to units from the State of West Virginia are arranged according to an organizational breakdown ending with the regiment or the independent company. Under each unit the service records are arranged alphabetically by soldiers' surnames. Preceding the jacket-envelopes for the individual soldiers in each organizational unit are envelopes containing record-of-events cards giving the stations of the unit and sometimes information relating to the movements, activities, or organization of the unit or a part of it. In addition, there sometimes are envelopes containing general notation cards giving information relating to the entire organizational unit. The jacket-envelope for each soldier is labeled with his name, rank, and unit in which he served and typically contains the originals of any papers relating solely to that soldier and card abstracts of entries relating to the soldier as found in original muster rolls, returns, descriptive books, etc. There are cross-references for soldiers' names that appear in the records under more than one spelling. The series of card abstracts is arranged in the same general organizational order as the jacket-envelopes. The personal papers are in two subseries: one arranged alphabetically by name of soldier; the other by organizational unit and thereunder alphabetically by name of soldier.

West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia, Union, Civil War Military Records, 1861/1865

0.29 Linear Feet Summary: 3 1/2 in. (2 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)
West Virginia Union Civil War records compiled by unit for cavalry, infantry, and artillery regiments, and also for the veteran reserve corps, independent infantry exempts, the Independent Loudo(u)n Rangers, the Mountain Howitzers, scouts, militia, and home guard units. The records include name, age, residency, rank, dates and places of muster and discharge, and details of service. They also include summaries of the organization, re-organization, and dissolution of companies; and military death records.
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West Virginia, Union, Civil War Military Records, 1861/1865 0.29 Linear Feet Summary: 3 1/2 in. (2 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)

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West Virginia Union Civil War records compiled by unit for cavalry, infantry, and artillery regiments, and also for the veteran reserve corps, independent infantry exempts, the Independent Loudo(u)n Rangers, the Mountain Howitzers, scouts, militia, and home guard units. The records include name, age, residency, rank, dates and places of muster and discharge, and details of service. They also include summaries of the organization, re-organization, and dissolution of companies; and military death records.

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