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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 34. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.33 (search)

formed the State of West Virginia, adjourned sine die, and fled in disorder to the States of Ohio and Pennsylvania. When near Clarksburg, General Jones rode with fully fifteen hundred of his men towards Parkersburg, and came so near that place as to produce great consternation, and the presence of a Yankee gunboat on the Ohio River was what prohibited him from taking the place. The next day, forty miles above Parkersburg, on the little Kanawha River, General Jones burnt the oil works in Wirt county. Here was the biggest oil works in Virginia, and there was immense quantities of barreled oil on hand. Some thousand men or more were living here in shacks, engaged in the oil business. The whole thing was completely wiped out with fire, and the soldiers who were with General Jones, at this day, get excited when that fire is mentioned, so terrific was it in appearance. In the meantime, General Imboden's command spread all over the counties of Randolph, Barbour, Taylor, Monongahela,

Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 34. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Index. (search)

C., 354. Meredith, Sergeant, Fleming, 186. Milroy, General R. H., Capture of command of, 298. Minor, Dr., James Madison, 36. Moore, M. J., 249 Morris, General T. A. 289. Morrison, Colonel E. M., 250. Morson, James M., 355. Munford, General T T, 200. Murray, Captain W. H., 176; Services of his Company, 177; Monument to, 178; Monument at Gettysburg by Murray Confederate Association, 178. Negroes, Former Cannibals in Africa, 343. Netherwood, Albin, 237. Oil Works in Wirt County burned, 309. Palmer, Dr John Williamson, 176. Parham, Ensign John T., 253. Patriotism of Peace, The, 155. Patton, Colonel, Wm. Tazewell, 305. Pelham's Battery, 171, Pendleton, Colonel A. S., 224. Peters, Winfield, 170. Philippi, Famous Retreat from in 1861, 280. Pipkin, Captain, N. C. Cavalry, 166. Pollard, Lieutenant, James, 179. Pollard, D. D., Rev. John, 179. Porterfield, Colonel, Geo. A., 287. Portsmouth Artillery, Shaft to unveiled, 144; History of the command,

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