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• Kanawha Riflemen

  … after moving to Charleston in 1856. As the "Civil War":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1193 approached, the group and its comrades … grandfather of Gen. George S. Patton of World War II. The 1861 Kanawha Riflemen had a …

• Weston & Gauley Bridge Turnpike

  … Turnpike was completed in 1858. During the "Civil War":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1193, troops from North and South … to collect tolls to maintain the road during the war. Following West Virginia statehood in 1863, all …

• Weston State Hospital

  … was under way by the end of 1858. The Civil War interrupted the work. Virginia’s Confederate government demanded unused funds be returned for … resumed and continued through the rest of the war. In 1863, the name was changed to West …

• Kellian V. Rensalear Whaley

  Congressman and Civil War officer Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley (May 6, 1821-May 20, 1876) was born in Utica, New York. His family moved to Ohio, where he attended public schools, and in 1842 moved to "Wayne County":http://www …

• Benjamin F. Kelley

  … ://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/336. When the Civil War began, Kelley formed the 1st ( … general. Kelley’s principal duty throughout the war was to guard the vital B& … Gen. George Crook, were captured. After the war Kelley was a political appointee in …

• John E. Kenna

  … lived, remaining until the outbreak of the "Civil War":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1193. The family lived there in relative … at age 16, served for the remainder of the war, and was wounded. In August 1865, he returned …

• Keyser

  … County was created in 1866, with Keyser as its county seat. The "Civil War":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1193 came to Keyser in 1861. … . Keyser changed hands 14 times during the war due to the importance of the railroad. …

• Clarksburg

  … county to development. During the "Civil War":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … and population, but during "World War II":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org … .org/articles/1043, assistant secretary of war under President Franklin D. Roosevelt …

• Wheeling Hospital

  … the next 119 years. During the "Civil War":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … central portion constructed in 1933. During World War II, the institution sponsored a Cadet … Corps unit and furnished doctors and nurses for the war effort. After the war, …

• Wheeling Intelligencer

  … .wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2436 during the Civil War and became a staunch … radical in its politics as the war progressed. Nearly a century later, … source for historians, especially for the Civil War period. Following H. C. Ogden’s death, control of the …

• White Sulphur Springs

  … other minerals. White Sulphur Springs was a "Civil War battleground":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1240 on August 26–27, … George S. Patton, grandfather of the famous World War II general, forced Union troops under Gen. …

• Clay County

  … . By 1890 the figure had increased to 4,659. There was internal strife in Clay County during the Civil War. Several Southern sympathizers were carted off to the military prison at Camp Chase, Ohio, during the …

• George Robert Latham

  … central West Virginia during the "Civil War":http://www.wvencyclopedia. … 1860. At the onset of the Civil War, Latham transformed his new … nearly to the end of the war and saw some of the … . At the close of the Civil War, Latham served as " …

• J. R. Clifford

  … and Saltipa Kent Clifford. During the Civil War he served as a corporal in the U.S. Colored Troops … the NAACP and the 20th-century civil rights movement. Still practicing law until … in Berkeley County. In 1954, the Civil War veteran’s remains were …

• Winfield

  … . The steamboat channel through these rapids ran along the riverbank of the town. During the "Civil War":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1193, the army that controlled that section of the riverfront …

• Wood County

  … Within two months of the outbreak of the "Civil War":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1193 in 1861, federal forces were stationed … the Little Kanawha and the Ohio meet. After the war’s end in 1865, the number of Wood …

• Robert E. Lee

  … Henry ‘‘Light-Horse Harry’’ Lee of Revolutionary War fame. Entering West Point in 1825, … /668. With the outbreak of the "Civil War":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … , Virginia. Lee first saw his great war horse, "Traveller":http://www. …

• Lewis County

  … were divided in their loyalties during the Civil War. "Thomas J. ‘‘Stonewall’’ … who had grown up near Weston. The war years passed in alternate occupations by … . Hospital for individuals "committed . . . through civil commitment or, in the case of …

• Lewisburg

  … was the site of a "battle":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1371 during the "Civil War":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1193 on May 23, 1862. Union troops under the command …

• Battle of Lewisburg

  The Battle of Lewisburg, a Union victory during the Civil War, occurred as U.S. troops maneuvered from Western Virginia toward Tennessee in the spring of 1862. Gen. John C. Frémont, commander of the …

• Joseph A. J. Lightburn

  … .wvencyclopedia.org/articles/948 during the "Civil War":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1193. In 1842, Lightburn sought admission … that time and the outbreak of the Civil War he operated the family’s mill and farm in Lewis County. …

• Lincoln County

  … were about equally divided during the "Civil War":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … no large battles. Soon after the war, on February 23, 1867, Lincoln County … John S. Witcher of Hamlin was a Union general during the Civil War, member of the House of …

• Mother’s Day

  … had to swear not to allow political divisions within their organizations during the Civil War. In 1868, Anna Maria Jarvis organized … celebrations to squelch festering resentments from the war years. A bill to establish a national …

• Logan County

  … experienced unsettled conditions during the "Civil War":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org … Democratic Party. During and after the war, coal companies "mechanized": … been suggested by President Kennedy. The War on Poverty, however, did little …

• Logan Wildcats

  … Virginia Infantry of the Confederate Army during the "Civil War":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1193. The company was created at Logan … in Logan and Wyoming County late in the war. In recent times the sports teams of Logan …