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West Virginia and Regional History Center

Harry T. Leeper, Collector, Papers, 1779/1915

0.83 Linear Feet 10 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each)

Collection includes family correspondence of the Bowman, Veach, and Leeper families. Manuscripts include a recounting of the Civil War event known as "Jones' Raid." In another document Nathaniel Cochrane, an ancestor of Thomas Leeper, recounts his capture and imprisonment by indigenous people, along with a biography of Cochrane. Daily life for that time is captured in "Home Life of the Leeper Family." Other typescript histories include "Monongah," Thomas Leeper's diary regarding heavy rains and high waters of 1888, a history of West Monongah High School, and "History of the Leeper Family."

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Harry T. Leeper, Collector, Papers, 1779/1915 0.83 Linear Feet 10 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each)

Leeper, Harry T.

Collection includes family correspondence of the Bowman, Veach, and Leeper families. Manuscripts include a recounting of the Civil War event known as "Jones' Raid." In another document Nathaniel Cochrane, an ancestor of Thomas Leeper, recounts his capture and imprisonment by indigenous people, along with a biography of Cochrane. Daily life for that time is captured in "Home Life of the Leeper Family." Other typescript histories include "Monongah," Thomas Leeper's diary regarding heavy rains and high waters of 1888, a history of West Monongah High School, and "History of the Leeper Family."

West Virginia and Regional History Center

Jacob M. Campbell Papers, 1861/1888, bulk 1861/1865

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

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.

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Jacob M. Campbell Papers, 1861/1888, bulk 1861/1865 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.

West Virginia and Regional History Center

Todd Gilliam, Civil War Soldier, Autobiography, 1861/1897

0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 in.
Typescript autobiography of Dr. Todd Gilliam probably transcribed in association with his son Robert Lee Gilliam whose name also appears on the volume cover. Dr. Gilliam, an Ohio native, mentions his Civil War service in the WV 2nd. Cavalry in great detail including the exact dates for his experiences in that regiment. He mentions (p. 222) that this portion of his memoir is based on a pocket diary kept during the war. The rest of the manuscript contains few definite dates but does mention his careers subsequent to that in the WV 2nd. Cavalry and as an exchanged prisoner of war. Prominent among these are his service in the Ohio Militia during the Morgan raid late in the Civil War. Also mentioned are his marriage, family, and medical career and reunions of Civil War veterans.
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Todd Gilliam, Civil War Soldier, Autobiography, 1861/1897 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 in.

Gilliam, Todd
Typescript autobiography of Dr. Todd Gilliam probably transcribed in association with his son Robert Lee Gilliam whose name also appears on the volume cover. Dr. Gilliam, an Ohio native, mentions his Civil War service in the WV 2nd. Cavalry in great detail including the exact dates for his experiences in that regiment. He mentions (p. 222) that this portion of his memoir is based on a pocket diary kept during the war. The rest of the manuscript contains few definite dates but does mention his careers subsequent to that in the WV 2nd. Cavalry and as an exchanged prisoner of war. Prominent among these are his service in the Ohio Militia during the Morgan raid late in the Civil War. Also mentioned are his marriage, family, and medical career and reunions of Civil War veterans.
West Virginia and Regional History Center

Wylie-Tomlinson Letter Collection regarding the Civil War and Other Topics, 1834/1914

0.83 Linear Feet 10 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 oversize folder, 3 items)

Correspondence of Will Tomlinson, a newspaper publisher in southern Ohio, his wife Eliza Wylie Tomlinson, and their children Sarah Isabella Tomlinson and William Byers Tomlinson, as well as other family members, friends, and colleagues.

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Wylie-Tomlinson Letter Collection regarding the Civil War and Other Topics, 1834/1914 0.83 Linear Feet 10 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 oversize folder, 3 items)

Correspondence of Will Tomlinson, a newspaper publisher in southern Ohio, his wife Eliza Wylie Tomlinson, and their children Sarah Isabella Tomlinson and William Byers Tomlinson, as well as other family members, friends, and colleagues.

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