Battle of Philippi, West Virginia, American Civil War Size:XS: 40 x 30cm Interior view of Mansion House

Interior view of Mansion House in London during a ball

They were the only major project to be undertaken in London by the famous engineer Thomas Telford

'Lighthouse on the Start

On picture in background are the letters SPQL standing for Senatus populusque Londoniensis

Battle of Philippi, West Virginia, American Civil War Size:XS: 40 x 30cm Interior view of Mansion HouseBattle of Philippi, West Virginia, American Civil War, 3 June, 1861. Union troops under the command of Colonel Ebenezer Dumont, supported by Colonels Benjamin Franklin Kelley and Frederick W Lander, firing on the Confederates under Colonel George A Porterfield. Philippi was the first organised land battle of the war, although its significance is disputed, with some historians dismissing it as a skirmish mockingly named 'The Philippi Races'.