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RESOURCES FOR RESEARCHING THE HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. ©2001
William D. Theriault, Ph.D.
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17. The Civil War
The Civil War in Jefferson County may be studied from several viewpoints, the most popular being that of military history. The social and economic history of the period has received much less attention, although diaries, journals, letters, and demographic data may provide the basis for future studies.

Military History

The most recent work to deal with county-wide military activities is Stephen Douglas Engle's Thunder in the Hills: Military Operations in Jefferson County, West Virginia During the American Civil War. Millard K. Bushong's History of Jefferson County mentions many of these actions in less detail. Bushong’s book contains rosters of local Confederate companies, but they have been superceded by Dennis Frye's regimental histories.

The works of Dennis Frye should also be consulted. All of them are excellent resources for the beginner, and they are frequently used by seasoned veterans looking for details. Frye's two regimental histories of The Twelfth Virginia Cavalry and the Second Virginia Infantry (Stonewall Brigade) provide rosters, descriptions and maps of military operations, and selected photographs. Since most Jefferson County residents supported the Confederacy, or at least Virginia, during the war, many men enlisted in the companies formed locally for these regiments. However, Frye's focus is on the two regiments, not Jefferson County, and these works do not provide a coherent picture of Jefferson County activities. Both resources are available in electronic form in the Explorer Database. No study has been done of Jefferson County residents who fought for the Union. (The Special Schedules, 1890, Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War may be of some use.) One day, all of this information may be accessible in electronic form through the efforts of Shepherd College's Center for the Study of the Civil War.

Frye has also written on the surrender of Federal troops at Harpers Ferry to Stonewall Jackson (September 16, 1862). His article "Stonewall Attacks: The Siege and Capture of Harpers Ferry," has been published in Blue and Gray Magazine (September 1987). This battle is considered to be the most important one to have taken place in Jefferson County. Next in importance is probably the “Battle of the Cement Mill” (also known as the Battle of the Corn Exchange Regiment), which occurred near Pack Horse Ford below Shepherdstown on September 20, 1862. This battle has been described in detail in John L. Smith, History of
the Corn Exchange Regiment (1888). Other minor battles and skirmishes were fought at Shepherdstown, Harpers Ferry, Charles Town, Middleway, and Kearneysville. These places changed hands frequently throughout the war.

Published in 1911, Military Operations in Jefferson County, Virginia, (and WV) 1861 - 1865 provides a Confederate view of these local activities. It has been reprinted several times and includes a map showing county Civil War markers and descriptions of the conflicts. Military Operations is included in the Explorer Database.

General works that should be consulted include the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies and the accompanying atlas. Relevant information is scattered throughout these sources. The local maps are described in the Bibliography CD. National Records groups should also be consulted. (See Chapter 2.)

The West Virginia Regional History Collection contains a substantial number of Civil War records, including:

Civil War Diaries, 1862-1865. Five items and 1 reel of microfilm. Originals held by Washington and Lee University. Nos. 815, 922, 974, and 1720. Includes journal of Uz Barns, a volunteer in the Union Army from Ritchie County who fought at Harpers Ferry.

Civil War. Military Records Index, 1861-1865. Thirteen reels of microfilm. Index to service records of volunteer Union soldiers in Virginia and West Virginia, compiled from Record Group 94 in the U.S. Adjutant General's Office. Originals in National Archives. No. 1751.

Civil War. Miscellaneous Papers, 1859-1937. No. 572. Includes copies of entries from the Jefferson County circuit court order book relating to the trial of John Brown.

Civil War. Harpers Ferry. Records. 1863-1865. One reel of microfilm. Originals in Pennsylvania Historical Society. No. 1394. Records of James W. Brady, provost marshal at Harpers Ferry, 1863-1865, and an order book of department headquarters at Harpers Ferry, 1863.

Civil War. West Virginia. Records, 1861-1938. One reel of microfilm of military records compiled by Clifford Myers, state historian, listing West Virginia Confederate soldiers by home county and by infantry or cavalry regiment. No. 1194.

Jefferson County. Civil War Clippings, 1862. Sketches from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper dealing with
encampments and military activities in Charles Town and Harpers Ferry. No. 90.

Shepherdstown in the Civil War, 1862-1865. An account of Civil War activity in Shepherdstown copied from the diary of a Southern sympathizer. It was reprinted in the Shepherdstown Register April 23, 1925. No. 76.

The West Virginia Archives contains a Civil War Collection (artificial), 1859-1911, bulk collection 1861- 1865 (Ms 79-18). Items related to Jefferson County include:

Item 19. Moler, J.S. Letter, December 10, 1905, Harpers Ferry, WV, to Daisy Engle. Actions of Lt. George W. Engle in July 1864, Smithfield.

Item 38. Nadenbousch, John Q.A. Recruitment papers, 1859-1862, covering Martinsburg area from 2nd regiment Virginia infantry (29 items), including descriptions of men who volunteered in 1862 (many from Maryland).

Item 39. Ashby, ? Letter, 186? September 3, Camp Ashby to Adeline Osburn, Rippon (Jefferson County).

Item 55. Patterson, James. Letters, 1862-1863. 3 items. Letters from Harpers Ferry to daughter Hannah Swank and her husband John.

Series 3 Secondary Source Manuscripts. Item 5 Moore, Cleon. "War incidents" (typescript re: 2nd Regiment Stonewall Brigade).

Series 4 Roster and Muster Rolls. Virginia Cavalry. Item 7. 12th regiment Company A. Virginia Infantry.

Item 14. 2nd regiment Company A.

Series 5 Lists of Soldiers by Geographical Areas. Item 1. Charles Town. Item 3. Harpers Ferry. Item 4. Jefferson County. Item 6. Shepherdstown.

United Daughters of the Confederacy. West Virginia Division. Records, 1899-1919. Ms 79-19. Includes Charles Town Chapter.
List of prisoners confined at Point Pleasant, 1862- 1863. Ms 79-240. Register of Confederate prisoners confined at Point Pleasant.

United Confederate Veterans, West Virginia Division, 1893-1915. Ms 80-8. United Confederate Veterans was a fraternal organization of Confederate Civil War veterans. Includes records of the Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee camps, as well as overall listing of camps.

Records, Colonial Militia to World War, ca. 1936. Ms 80-22. Typescript notes about military records from the colonial militia period through World War I.

The Library of Virginia has the Harpers Ferry Rifle Factory Records for 1861. (Accession no. 27684.) This includes abstracts of provisions, payrolls, and powers of attorney from civilian employees working at the Harpers Ferry Rifle Factory between April and June 1861. Names of employees and their occupations are included.

The Maryland State Archives has Orders and Official Business records that include the activities of Federal troops in the Jefferson County area during the Civil War. (See Chapter 2.) Unpublished diaries and regimental histories are available at the United States Military History Institute. (See Chapter 2.)

Throughout much of the late 19th and early 20th century, local newspapers carried anecdotes supplied by Civil War soldiers, and their obituaries often furnished additional information about the war. Some of these are noted in the Bibliography, but a systematic index to these sources does not exist. Local newspaper coverage during the Civil War is limited since the major papers were closed between 1862 and Spring 1865. Southern newspapers such as the Richmond Dispatch reported on many events, and national publications such as Harper's Weekly and Leslie's Illustrated frequently ran articles and illustrations of local significance.

A contemporary Union view of Jefferson County during the Civil War can be found in James E. Taylor's With Sheridan up The Shenandoah Valley in 1864, which contains his diary and sketchbook. David Hunter Strother's "Personal Recollections of the War by a Virginian” (First and Second Papers) were published in Harper's New Monthly Magazine in June and July 1866 and contain information about military activities in Jefferson County.

If you want to dig further into the Civil War in Jefferson County, you might want to check out the memoirs, reminiscences, and regimental histories listed below. Most of these were written by Civil War participants in the late 19th century. Many of the writers were Union soldiers stationed here during the war, and the viewpoint you get is definitely not pro-South. The United States Army Military History Institute has a substantial collection of military histories. (See Chapter 2.) Ellis Merton Coulter's Travels in the Confederate States, A Bibliography contains abstracts of hundreds of works, including regimental histories, of persons who were in the South during the Civil War. Several sources are cited that provide information about Harpers
Ferry, Charles Town, John Brown, and the song “John Brown's Body.”

The following list does not include recent editions of previously unpublished papers or collections of private papers in various repositories (q.v.).

Aglionby, Charles. Diary, March 6, 1861-January 1, 1866, 1875-1878; Accounts, 1855-1870. A memoir of the Civil War by Charles’ son Frank is in the possession of Francis Aglionby of London, England. (Copy at Harpers Ferry National Historic Park Library.)

Bacarella, Michael. Lincoln’s Foreign Legion: The 39th New York Infantry, the Garabaldi Guard. Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Pub., 1996. Includes a chapter on the regiment’s defense of Harpers Ferry.

Benedict, G.G. Vermont in the Civil War. Burlington, Vermont: The Free Press Association, 1888. Contains material pertinent to Harpers Ferry during the Civil War. Available at: Harpers Ferry Nat. Hist. Park Accession No. HFB-411.

Berkeley, F. Carter. “Imboden's Dash into Charlestown,” Farmers Advocate, December 20, 1924, p. 2.

Blake, Henry N. Three Years in the Army of the Potomac. Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1865. Available at: Harpers Ferry National Historic Park ,Accession No. HFB-378; and Old Charles Town Library. Contains material pertinent to Harpers Ferry during the Civil War. Blake served in the 11th Massachusetts Volunteers.

Booth, George Washington. Personal Reminiscences of a Maryland Soldier. Baltimore: [Press of Fleet, McGinley& Co.], 1898. Booth joined the First Maryland Cavalry of Confederate troops and went to Harpers Ferry to become part of General Johnson's Army.

Brainerd, Wesley. Bridge Building in Wartime: Colonel Wesley Brainerd’s Memoir of the 50th New York Volunteer Engineers. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 1997. Includes information on Brainerd’s activities at Antietam, Harpers Ferry, and Berlin in 1862.

Bryant, Edwin E. History of the Third Regiment of Wisconsin Veteran Volunteer Infantry 1861-1865. Madison: The
Veterans Association of the Regiment, 1891. Contains material pertinent to Harpers Ferry during the Civil War. Available at: Harpers Ferry Nat. Hist. Park, Accession No. HFB-412.

Calvert, Henry Murray. Reminiscences of a Boy in Blue. New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1920. Served in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Harpers Ferry in June 1863.

Camper, Charles and J. W. Kirkley. Historical Record of the First Regiment Maryland Infantry. Washington: Gibson Brothers, Printers, 1871. Contains material pertinent to Harpers Ferry during the Civil War. Available at: Harpers Ferry Nat. Hist. Park, Accession No. HFB-374.

Chapman. Robert D. A Georgia Soldier in the Civil War. Houston, 1923. Chapman escaped from capture at Frederick, Maryland, and made his way to Harpers Ferry.

Child, William. A History of the Fifth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers, in the American Civil War, 1861-1865. Bristol, NH: R. W. Musgrove, Printer, 1893. Contains material pertinent to Harpers Ferry during the Civil War. Available at: Harpers Ferry Nat. Hist. Park, Accession No. HFB-392.

Clark, James H. The Iron Hearted Regiment: Being an Account of the Battles, Marches, and Gallant Deeds Performed by the 115th Regiment New York Volunteers. Albany, NY: J. Munsell, 1865. Available at: Old Charles Town Library; Harpers Ferry Nat. Hist. Park Accession No. HFB-400. Includes “a complete statement of the Harpers Ferry surrender.” Clark was stationed at Charlestown and visited Harpers Ferry. He was interested in the area's association with John Brown and the attitude of the residents toward the Yankee invaders.

Coffin, Charles Carleton. Four Years of Fighting: A Volume of Personal Observations with the Army and Navy, from the First Battle of Bull Run to the Fall of Richmond. Richmond: Ticknor and Fields, 1866. Available at: Old Charles Town Library. Includes an illustration “John Brown in Charlestown.”

Coles, David J. and Stephen D. Engle (eds.). " ‘Powder, Lead, and Cold Steel’: Campaigning in the Lower Shenandoah Valley with the Twelfth Pennsylvania Cavalry – The Civil War Letters of John H. Black." Magazine of the Jefferson County Historical Society, 50 (1989): 17-114. Contains detailed bibliography of sources used.

Cook, Benjamin F. History of the Twelfth Massachusetts Volunteers. Boston: Twelfth (Webster) Regiment Association, 1882. Cook saw service around Harpers Ferry.

Corliss, A.W. History of the Seventh Squadron Rhode Island Cavalry. Yarmouth, ME: "Old times" office, 1879. Contains material pertinent to Harpers Ferry during the Civil War. Available at: Available at Harpers Ferry Nat. Hist. Park, Accession No. HFB-410

Crowinshield, Benjamin W. A History of the First Regiment of Massachusetts Cavalry Volunteers. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1891. Contains material pertinent to Harpers Ferry during the Civil War. Available at: Harpers Ferry Nat. Hist. Park, Accession No. HFB-375

Cunningham, John Lovell. Three Years in the Adirondack Regiment, 188th New York Volunteer Infantry. [Norwood, MA]: The Plimpton Press, 1920. Cunningham was stationed at Harpers Ferry.

Davenport, Alfred. Camp and Field Life of the Fifth New York Volunteer Infantry (Duryee Zouaves). New York: Dick and Fitzgerald, 1879. Contains material pertinent to Harpers Ferry during the Civil War. Available at: Harpers Ferry Nat. Hist. Park, Accession No. HFB-398.

Davis, Charles E. Jr. Three Years in the Army; The Story of the Thirteenth Massachusetts Volunteers from July 16, 1861
to August 1, 1864. Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1894. Contains material pertinent to Harpers Ferry during the Civil War. Available at: Harpers Ferry Nat. Hist. Park, Accession No. HFB-379.

Day, John. The History of the Nineteenth Regiment of Maine Volunteer Infantry 1862-1865. Minneapolis: The Great
Western Printing Company, 1909. Contains material pertinent to Harpers Ferry during the Civil War. Available at: Harpers Ferry Nat. Hist. Park, Accession No. HFB-372.

Douglas, Henry Kyd. I Rode with Stonewall, Being Chiefly the War Experiences of the Youngest Member of Jackson's Staff from the John Brown raid to the Hanging of Mrs. Surratt. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1940. Prepared in 1899 by Henry Kyd Douglas from his diaries and notes on the Civil War.

Dowley, M. Francis. History and Honorary Roll of the Twelfth Regiment, Infantry, N.G.S.N.Y. New York: T. Farrel & Son, 1869. Contains material pertinent to Harpers Ferry during the Civil War. Available at: Harpers Ferry Nat. Hist. Park, Accession No. HFB-399.

Drickamer, Lee C. and Karen D. Drickamer. Fort Lyon to Harpers Ferry: on the Border of North and South With"Rambling Jour." The Civil War Letters and Newspaper Dispatches of Charles H. Moulton (34th Mass. Vol. Inf.). Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Publishing Co., Inc., 1987. Available at Old Charles Town Library. In addition to numerous letters written from Harpers Ferry and a map of Harpers Ferry, the work contains the following photographs: Camp Hill; overview of Harpers Ferry; High Street, Harpers Ferry, 1985; the Methodist Church in Bolivar, 1985 (the location of a Civil War hospital); the factory/prison building at the corner of Shenandoah and High Streets in Harpers Ferry; the building on High Street that Housed the Provost Marshall's Office during the Civil War (1984).

Eddy, Richard. History of the Sixtieth Regiment New York Volunteers. Philadelphia: Crissy & Markley Printers, 1864. Includes information about Harpers Ferry and Charles Town.

[Fiske, Samuel Wheelock]. Mr. Dunn Browne's Experiences in the Army. New York: O.S. Felt, 1860. Published from letters that originally appeared in the Springfield Republican. Fiske was quartered in the engine house seized by John Brown.

Ford, Andrew E. The Story of the Fifteenth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War 1861-1864. Clinton, MA: Press of W. J. Coulter, 1898. Contains material pertinent to Harpers Ferry during Civil War. Available at: Harpers Ferry Nat. Hist. Park, Accession No. HFB-380

Francis, Charles Lewis. Narrative of a Private Soldier in the Volunteer Army of the United States. Brooklyn: William Jenkins and Co., 1879. Francis was stationed at Harpers Ferry.

Frederick, Gilbert. The Story of a Regiment: Being a Record of the Military Services of the Fifty-Seventh New York State
Volunteer Infantry. [Chicago]: Published by the Fifty-Seventh Veterans Association, 1895. Illustrations include “Heights at Harpers Ferry” and “Street in Harpers Ferry.”

Gilmore, Harry. Four Years in the Saddle. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1866. Available at: Old Charles Town Library, Shepherdstown Public Library. Electronic copy in update to Explorer Database. This work has been recently reprinted. Gilmore's operations took him through Jefferson County during the Civil War.

Gordon, George H. Brook Farm to Cedar Mountain in the War of the Great Rebellion 1861-62. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. Contains material pertinent to Harpers Ferry during the Civil War. Available at: Old Charles Town Library and Harpers Ferry Nat. Hist. Park, Accession No. HFB-376.

Gordon, John B. Reminiscences of the Civil War. New York: Scribner, 1903. Includes information on John Brown raid.

Gould, John M. History of the First-, Tenth-, Twenty-Ninth Maine Regiment. Portland, ME: Stephen Barry, 1871. Contains material pertinent to Harpers Ferry during the Civil War.

Green, Robert M. History of the One Hundred and Twenty-Fourth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers in the War of the
Rebellion 1862-1863. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1906. Contains material pertinent to Harpers Ferry during the Civil War.Available at: Harpers Ferry Nat. Hist. Park, Accession No. HFB-405

Haynes, Edwin Mortimer. A History of the Tenth Regiment, Vermont Volunteers. [Lewiston, ME]: Published by the Tenth Vermont Regimental Association, 1870. Haynes was stationed at Charlestown. He reported hearing “John Brown's Body” sung.

Hinkley, Julian Wisner. A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin Infantry. [Madison]: Wisconsin History Commission, 1912. Contains material pertinent to Harpers Ferry during the Civil War. Available at: Harpers Ferry Nat. Hist. Park, Accession No. HFB-413

History of the Fourth Maine Battery Light Artillery in the Civil War, 1861-1865. Augusta, ME: Burleigh & Flynt, Printers, 1905. Material on Harpers Ferry during the Civil War. Available at: Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, HFB-369.

Holland, James C. The Shenandoah Valley Memories of the War Between the States. York, PA: York Graphic Services, 1992.

Jackman, Lyman. History of the Sixth New Hampshire Regiment in the War for the Union. Concord, NH: Republican Press Association, 1891. Contains material pertinent to Harpers Ferry during the Civil War. Available at: Harpers Ferry Nat. Hist. Park Accession No. HFB-393.

Kent, Mrs. E.C. Four Years in Secessia. Buffalo: Franklin Printing House, 1865. This anti-Southern author escaped to the North through the military lines at Harpers Ferry.

Kerbey, Joseph Orton. A Boy Spy in Dixie. Washington: The National Tribune, 1897. Includes an illustration “Overlooking Harpers Ferry.” Coulter, in his bibliography of southern literature, characterized the work as unreliable, “a cheap paper-back thriller.”

Lapham, William Benjamin. My Recollection of the War of Rebellion. Augusta, ME: Burleigh & Flynt, printers, 1892. Lapham was in the 23rd Maine Regiment and did guard duty at Harpers Ferry.

[Lawrence, George Alfred]. Border and Bastille. New York: W. I. Poole & Co., [1863]. Lawrence was an English author who attempted to enter the Confederacy to get a first-hand look at life there. He was arrested west of Harpers Ferry.

Lord, Edward O. History of the Ninth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers in the War of Rebellion. Concord, NH: The Republican Press Association, 1895. Contains material pertinent to Harpers Ferry during the Civil War. Available at Harpers Ferry Nat. Hist. Park, Accession No. HFB-394.

Macon, Thomas Joseph. Reminiscences of the First Company of Richmond Howitzers. Richmond: Whitney & Shepperson, 1909[?] The Company participated in the response to John Brown’s raid at Harpers Ferry.

Madison, James. Personal Recollections of the Civil War. Boston: Published by the author, 1918. Contains material pertinent to Harpers Ferry. Available at Harpers Ferry Nat. Hist. Park, Accession No. HFB-384

Marvin, Edwin E. The Fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers: A History. Hartford: Press of Wiley, Waterman & Eaton, 1889. Available at Harpers Ferry Park, HFB-360; Old Charles Town Library. Includes material on Harpers Ferry during the Civil War.

McDonald, William Naylor. A History of the Laurel Brigade. [Baltimore: ] [Sun Job Printing Office], 1907. Available at: Old Charles Town Library. The Laurel Brigade was part of Ashby's Cavalry. Illustrations include William N. McDonald, Col. Angus W. McDonald, Col. R. Preston Chew, Major Edward H. McDonald, Lieutenant Bushrod C. Washington, and Major John Locker Knott. Topics include “The Affair at Harpers Ferry,” “The Twelfth Under Col. Harman, on Detached Service near Harpers Ferry,” “The Brigade Encamped near Charles Town,” and the death of Maj. John Locker Knott at High Bridge.

Morse, Charles Fessenden. Letters Written During the Civil War 1861-1865. Boston: Privately printed, T.R. Marvin & Son, 1898. Available at Harpers Ferry Nat. Hist. Park, Accession No. HFB-377. Morse served with the Second Massachusetts Infantry and was with General Patterson's forces around Harpers Ferry at the time of the First Battle of Bull Run. It contains material pertinent to Harpers Ferry during the Civil War.

Murphey, Thomas G. Four Years in the War. The History of the First Regiment of Delaware Veteran Volunteers, (Infantry). Philadelphia: James S. Claxton, 1866. Includes information on Harpers Ferry during the Civil War. Available at Harpers Ferry Nat. Hist. Park, Accession No. HFB-366.

Murray, R.L. The Redemption of the “Harper’s Ferry Cowards”: The Story of the 111th and 126th New York State Volunteer Regiments at Gettysburg. n.p., 1994. Available at Harvard University Library.

Norton, Henry. Deeds of Daring or History of the Eighth New York Volunteer Cavalry. Norwich, NY: Chenango Telegraph Printing House, 1889. Available at: Old Charles Town Library and Harpers Ferry Nat. Hist. Park, Accession No. HFB-397. Contains material pertinent to Harpers Ferry during the Civil War.

Noyes, George Freeman. The Bivouac and the Battlefield; or, Campaign Sketches in Virginia and Maryland. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1863. Available at: Old Charles Town Library. Noyes was a member of the U.S. Volunteers and served at Harpers Ferry.

Opie, John Newton. A Rebel Cavalryman with Lee, Stuart, and Jackson. Chicago: W. B. Conkey Co., 1899. Available at: Old Charles Town Library. Opie served in the “Clarke Cavalry.” Chapters include“Harpers Ferry”; “Wherein is Related a Brief Account of Our First Engagement” [Harpers Ferry]; “The Capture of 11,000 Prisoners at Harpers Ferry”; “Antietam and the Confederate Stragglers”; and “General McClellan Sends a Detachment Across the Potomac at Shepherdstown, Which is Driven
Headlong into the River.” Illustrations include Harpers Ferry, Hierome L. Opie, George Baylor, and the capture of Captain Blaze.

Page, Charles D. History of the Fourteenth Regiment Connecticut Vol. Infantry. Meriden, CT: The Horton Printing Co., 1906. Contains material on Harpers Ferry during the Civil War. Available at Harpers Ferry, HFB-361.

Phelps, Richard N. How Harper’s Ferry Fell. New Light on the Hard Fight in the Mountains from a Federal Point of View. Correspondence to the “Baltimore Sun.” n.p., [1903?] Available at The Columbia University Library.

Pickerill, William N. History of the Third Indiana Cavalry. Indianapolis: Publisher’s name not given, 1906. Contains material pertinent to Harpers Ferry during the Civil War. Available at Harpers Ferry Nat. Hist. Park, Accession No. HFB-367.

Pierce, C.F. History and Camp Life of Company C, Fifty-First Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, 1862-1863. Worchester, MA: Charles Hamilton, 1886. Contains material pertinent to Harpers Ferry during the Civil War. Available at Harpers Ferry Nat. Hist. Park, Accession No. HFB-387.

Quint, Alonzo Hall. The Potomac and the Rapidan. Boston: Crosby and Nichols, 1864. He was a chaplain attached to the Second Massachusetts Infantry. He comments critically about communities like Harpers Ferry and Charles Town, where he was impressed by the John Brown episode.

Ranson, A. R. H. “Reminiscences of the Civil War by a Confederate Staff Officer. First Paper.” Sewanee Review (Sewanee, TN), 21 (October 1913), 439-447. Available at: West Virginia Archives in the Boyd B. Stutler Collection. Pv 19. Reminiscences of a former Jefferson County, WV, resident who was an eye-witness to the final phases of John Brown's raid and his capture. First part, "Plantation Life in Virginia Before the War," is a defense of slavery; the second part, "John Brown's Raid," is a loosely
written story of events up to and including the raid itself, together with a report of a conversation with Brown in Charles Town jail. Written from a failing memory more than fifty years after the raid, the article is not entirely trustworthy.

Stackpole, Edward J. From Cedar Mountain to Antietam, August-September, 1862: Cedar Mountain, Second Manassas, Chantilly, Harpers Ferry, South Mountain, Antietam. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Co. [1959].

Stewart, Alexander Morrison. Camp, March, and Battlefield; or, Three Years and a Half with the Army of the Potomac. Philadelphia: James B. Rodgers, 1865. The work is a collection of contemporar6y sketches that appeared in an undesignated newspaper (possibly the Pittsburg Chronicle). Stewart was a minister and he provides information about Charles Town and its associations with John Brown.

Storrs, John W. The Twentieth Connecticut: A Regimental History. Ansonia, CT: Press of the "Naugatuck Valley Sentinel," 1886. Contains material on Harpers Ferry during the Civil War. Available at Harpers Ferry Nat. Hist. Park, Accession No. HFB-365.

Strother, David Hunter. A Virginia Yankee in the Civil War: Diary of David Hunter Strother. Ed. Cecil D. Eby. Chapel Hill: U. of N.C. Press, 1961.

Strother, David Hunter. "Personal Recollections of the War by a Virginian.” Harper's New Monthly Magazine. First Paper, 33 (June, 1866): 1-25. Includes information on Jefferson County; Second Paper, 33 (July, 1866): 137-160. Includes information on Jefferson and Berkeley Counties. Third Paper, 33 (September, 1866): 409-428. Fourth Paper, 33 (October, 1866): 545-567. Fifth Paper, 34 (January, 1867): 172-191. Sixth Paper, 34 (March, 1867): 423-449. Seventh Paper, 34 (May, 1867): 714-734. Eighth Paper, 35 (August, 1867): 273-295. Ninth Paper, 35 (November, 1867): 704-728. Tenth Paper,
36 (February, 1868): 273-291. Eleventh Paper, 36 (April, 1868): 567-582.

Ward, Joseph C. History of the One Hundred and Sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers 2D Brigade, 2D Division, 2D Corps 1861-1865. Available at: Philadelphia: F. McManus, Jr., & Co., 1906. Contains material pertinent to Harpers Ferry during the Civil War. Available at Harpers Ferry Nat. Hist. Park, Accession No. HFB-404.

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