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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], H.E. Matheny, Collector and Compiler, Papers, A&M 1391, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

Published and unpublished manuscripts on episodes in West Virginia history; civil war history; hunting; and police protection in industrial plants. Letter of Gen. T.M. Harris concerning organizing and outfitting of troops, 1861; copies of newspaper articles by Gen. Harris concerning "the Sabbath question", 1876; Letters (typescript copies) of Pvt. James Z. McCausland's Brigade, 1863-1864 (7 items), on the Battle of Droop Mountain: fight at Dublin, picket duty around Warm Springs, Virginia; the Battle of Monocacy, and Early's raid on Washington, 1864; McChesney's handwritten request for medical discharge, 1865; letter (typescript copy) from William E. Kimble to Mortimer Johnson, Feb.20, 1862, Camp Allegheny on running mail through Union lines: and an article, West Virginia's rare Civil War Books, by H.E. Matheny. Confederate Soldiers' letters: (1) to his mother from James Z. McChesney, Nov. 16, 1863, relating to the Battle of Droop Mt. (2) two letters from W. I. Kunkle to James Z. McChesney relating some Civil War experiences.

Related Material

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Subjects and Indexing Terms

• African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans.
• Braxton County (W. Va.)
• Camp Allegheny
• Camp Chase (Ohio)
• Chambersburg (Pa.)
• Civil War - raids and raiders.
• Civil War -- letters
• Civil War -- Camps and camp life
• Civil War -- Confederate Army
• Civil War battles - Droop Mountain.
• Civil War battles - Dublin.
• Civil War battles - Monocacy.
• Confederate States of America - secession crisis.
• Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894
• Forts. SEE ALSO Civil War - Fort.
• Harris, T. M. (Thomas Mealey), 1817-1906
• Jubal Early's Raid on Washington, 1864
• Kimble, William E.
• Kunkle, W. I.
• Matheny, H. E. (Herman Edmond), 1910-
• McCausland, James Z.
• McChesney, James Z.
• Parkersburg.
• Petroleum industry and trade
• Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.)
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
• Virginia
• Warm Springs, V.A.
• West Virginia - Civil War.