A&M 1330H.E. Matheny, Collector and Compiler, Papers A&M 1330Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-06-18 13:44:10 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center H.E. Matheny, Collector and Compiler, Civil War Correspondence and Other Material Matheny, H. E. (Herman Edmond), 1910- A&M 1330 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/4574 0.17 Linear Feet Summary: 2 in. (1 folder, 1/4 in.); (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.) 1861-1865 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: West Virginia & Regional History Center English . Conditions Governing Access

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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], H.E. Matheny, Collector and Compiler, Civil War Correspondence and Other Material, A&M 1330, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

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1330, 1391, 1399

 Scope and Contents

Forty-nine letters of Ephraim W. Frost of Co J., 116th Reg, Ohio Vol Inf. Frost, who lived in Coolville, Ohio, near Parkersburg, was stationed at Moorefield, Martinsburg, near Romney, Winchester and Sleepy Creek in Morgan County, where his Reg. was guarding the B & O. The letters comment on fighting in the Shenandoah Valley in 1864 around Woodstock, mention of McNeill, Imboden, and Mosby, and contain much on camp life in the eastern panhandle area. Frost was wounded near Piedmont in May 1864 and died at Annapolis, Maryland in January 1865.

The collection also includes a letter dated July 14, 1861, from C. R. Boyoe to his sisters telling of the Battle of Rich Mountain, and an eight page manuscript fragment, describing fighting at the time of the Battle of Cedar Mountain (Aug 9, 1862) in and around Winchester and Harpers Ferry prior to the Battle of Antietam, by a soldier of the 12th Va. Calvary.

Also included are a receipt from the Restored Government at Wheeling for a shot gun (Intelligencer imprint); and an imprint for $500.00 worth of Confederate bonds, dated Lewisburg, Virginia, March 22, 1864.

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 Braxton County (W. Va.) Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) Parkersburg. Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) Virginia Winchester (Va.) Civil War -- Camps and camp life Civil War -- Confederate Army Civil War -- Imboden's Rangers Civil War -- letters Civil War -- McNeill's Rangers Civil War -- Mosby's Rangers Civil War - Ohio 116th Volunteer Infantry, Company J. Civil War - raids and raiders. Cedar Mountain, Battle of, Va., 1862. Civil War battles - Rich Mountain. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States of America - secession crisis. Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Railroads Rivers and river valleys. Sleepy Creek, Morgan County (W.Va.) Romney, WV - Civil War. Civil War - Shenandoah Valley Campaign, 1864 (August-November) Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862 Civil War - Virginia 12th Cavalry. Wheeling (W. Va.) Frost, Ephraim W. Matheny, H. E. (Herman Edmond), 1910- Imboden, John D. (John Daniel), 1823-1895 McNeill, John Hanson, 1815-1864 Mosby, John Singleton, 1833-1916 Boyoe, C. R.