Kanawha County in the Civil War

Gen. Stonewall Jackson, Col. George S. Patton, Military History, and Data

Here is an article from 2020 discussing efforts to remove the statue of Gen. Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson at the West Virginia State Capitol in Charleston.

There is another statue of Gen. Jackson at Manassas National Battlefield Park, which is part of the U. S. National Park Service. There are additional links on this page pertaining to Stonewall Jackson, who was born in Clarksburg, West Virginia.

The family tree of Stonewall Jackson can be found on the Virginia Military Institute website.

This is a portrait of General Stonewall Jackson, which can be seen in the National Portrait Gallery. The NPG has other portraits of him as well.

The portrait below of Col. George S. Patton, who came to Charleston in 1855 to practice law, was found on Pinterest, but it is also on the cover of the most recent edition of 22nd Virginia Infantry by Terry Lowry. I have the book and would be happy to look up any information upon request. In Charleston, he and his wife lived at Elm Grove, and this link tells a little about it and his life in Charleston. Warfare History Network has a nice biography of him. There is also some information about his family on the Virginia Military Institute website.

Source of the clippings below: The History of Charleston and Kanawha County and Representative Citizens by William Sydney Laidley, Richard-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911. Digital Publisher—FamilySearch International

If you are doing genealogy research related to Kanawha County, this would be a good place to start: Family Search

Those marked deceased died after the war was over. KB