WHERE WAS THE FIRST INFANTRY PENCIL DRAWING DONE?
EMIL BOTT did the pencil drawing of the 6 soldiers of the First West Virginia Infantry in December, 1861. The capacity in which Emil Bott was serving at the time he did the drawing is not known. However, the following records seem to show that both the First West Virginia Light Artillery and the First West Virginia Infantry were in Romney, Va. (W. Va.) in December, 1861, the date shown on the drawing. THE FIRST WEST VIRGINIA LIGHT ARTILLERY [Source: Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, by Frederick Dyer] First Light Artillery – SERVICE.- At Elkwater till October, 1861. Operations on Cheat Mountain September 11-17. Action at Cheat Mountain September 11. Cheat Mountain Pass September 12. Point Mountain Turnpike and Elkwater September 12. Greenbrier River October 3-4. At Romney till January, 1862. From Loyal West Virginia, by Theodore Lang – Battery A was organized and mustered into the service September 26, 1861, with Philip Daum, captain; John Jenk, first lieutenant, William Derose,
