Mss2W100a1.A letter, 11 May 1870, from "W" of Richmond to "Willie" concerning a visit to the site of the battle of the Crater near Petersburg (including a sketch of the site), and to Oakwood Cemetery in Richmond. M ca. 27 (Louisa Courthouse, VA) Subjects: Veterans -- Confederate States of America. Entitled "War Boy," Wilkins's memoirs recall his life as a young boy in Richmond and include brief descriptions of the economic effect of the war on his family, of the use of his family's home as a hospital, of the evacuation fire, and of the arrival and conduct of the Union army. Let's give neuroblastoma a name by rocking your Wade's Army Uniform and posting a photo to your Instagram page.Tag @wadesarmy and using the #wadesarmy, #NervesofSteel, and #neuroblastoma. P Mss5:1W2767:1.This collection contains a photocopy of a diary, 27 May13 June 1864, kept at Clover Lea, Hanover County, by Ella More (Bassett) Washington (18341898). Mss2W2774a1.A letter, 31 August 1861, from John Augustine Washington (18211861), while serving as aide-de-camp on Robert E. Lee's staff, to his aunt Louisa (Clemons) Washington (18051882) of Waveland, Fauquier County, concerning the condition of the Confederate Army of the Northwest and a description of camp life on Valley Mountain, Randolph County (now W.Va.). Microfilm reels C496497.Contains the papers of the Wynne family of Spotsylvania County. Web2nd Virginia Regiment Local Defense. 1864. Mss1W8844a. Wilkins, Benjamin Harrison, Memoir, 18561876. Microfilm reels C146152.This collection contains the papers of members of the Chamberlin, MacPherson, and Wilson families of Jefferson and Berkeley counties (now W.Va.). 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WebChicago citation style War Department. CALL: 804.340.1800 or 800.358.8701 The Virginia State Guard State Headquarters was formally established on April 18, 1984, which is considered the founding date of the modern Virginia Defense Force. 321 items. Mss5:5W1237:1.This volume primarily contains prescriptions compiled by Dr. Peter Wager (d. 1868), a Union Army surgeon who was placed in charge of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum (later Eastern State Hospital) in Williamsburg during the Civil War and remained there as superintendent for some time after the conflict ended. Included are a commonplace book, 18611862, kept by Woolwine at Fort Donelson, Tenn., containing names of the members of Company D of the 51st Virginia present at the fort (c1) and a commonplace book, 1865, kept by Woolwine while a prisoner at Fort Delaware, Del., containing an alphabetical list of fellow prisoners of war (c2). Cancer is a word everyone knows, and a word no one wants to hear. The Virginia General Assembly amended the Code of Virginia on March 1, 1986, to change the name of the Virginia State Guard to the Virginia Defense Force. The undated recollections of Charles Copland Wight (18411897) offer descriptions of his life as a cadet at the Virginia Military Institute during the secession crisis and of his experiences as a member of the 27th and 58th Virginia Infantry Regiments at the battles of First Bull Run, McDowell, Cross Keys, and Port Republic (a1). Once the truck was finished, John designed a set of stripes which was laid by Stokes Design. WebHistory of Virginia Regiments, Batteries & Battalions in the Civil War Virginia Regiments, Batteries and Battalions Confederate Regiments & Batteries Virginia Infantry Regiments 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th Mss2W8509b. 25th-44th-55th (McKoin's) Consolidated Tennessee Infantry Regiment. 1843) of Company D of the 10th Virginia Heavy Artillery Battalion to his sisters, Mary R. Williams (b. 220 items. Other wartime items include copies of a letter, 6 December 1862, from Williams Carter Wickham of the 4th Virginia Cavalry Regiment to John Alexander Seddon (18151880) concerning Wickham's proffered resignation because of war wounds (which was opposed by affidavits of Fitzhugh Lee and C. H. Lee); correspondence, 1883, with Henry Brainerd McClellan (18401904) regarding J. E. B. Stuart's cavalry raid into Pennsylvania in October 1862 and the battle of Brandy Station (box 11); a letter, 23 October 1861, from Lucy Penn (Taylor) Wickham (18301913) to Elizabeth (Kane) Shields of Philadelphia, concerning the Virginia home front (box 20); bound speeches, December 1860, of Williams C. Wickham as state senator to a meeting of Henrico County citizens and to the state senate regarding a call for a state convention to consider secession (box 31volume 1); and scattered speeches by Henry Taylor Wickham (18491943) offering biographical information on Hanover County soldiers (box 31volumes 1 and 2). Civil War materials include the letters, 18611865, of Ambrose Whitlock Winston (18351897) of Company E of the 58th Virginia Infantry Regiment (concerning camp life); Charles Jones Winston (18371887) of Company G of the 11th Virginia Infantry Regiment (concerning picket duty in northern Virginia in 1861, operations in North Carolina in 1864, camp life throughout the war, the march toward Pennsylvania in June 1863, and the battles of Williamsburg and Second Bull Run); and William Henry Harrison Winston ([18441935] concerning his service in northern Virginia in 1861 and his imprisonment at Point Lookout, Md.) 1 item. The Civil War in VirginiaMilitary Units of Virginia, A Tyree, president of the private Baptist college, who urges parents not to remove their daughters from the school. Whitlock, Philip, Recollections, 18431913. A finding aid to this collection is available in the Society's library. Mss5:1W6544:1.Contains the memoirs of Benjamin Harrison Wilkins (18561941) of Richmond. A separate finding aid for this collection is available in the Society's library. Mss1W4354a.This collection contains the papers of David Addison Weisiger (18181899) of Petersburg. Items include official reports, 1863, submitted by Thomas J. Jackson for the battles of McDowell, Fredericksburg, and the Second Bull Run campaign and a letter, 1863, from Jackson concerning Confederate Signal Corps operations and a request to have A. P. Hill relieved of his command; letters, 1864, from Robert E. Lee to J. E. B. Stuart regarding Union cavalry movements along the Rappahanock River and Union infantry at Morton's Ford and a letter, 1864, to Wade Hampton expressing Lee's gratitude for his troop's conduct; an official report, 1865, submitted by William Henry Fitzhugh Lee for the battle of Five Forks and the Appomattox campaign; a letter, 1863, from Elisha Franklin Paxton concerning A. P. Hill's conduct on the eve of the battle of Cedar Mountain; a letter, 1862, from Richard Stoddert Ewell to Thomas J. Jackson regarding marching orders during the 1862 Shenandoah Valley campaign; and a letter, 1863, from A. P. Hill responding to questions on his conduct before the battle of Cedar Mountain. Wynne Family Papers, 18091967. PRP front seats and new seat belts were set in place with a custom seat frame done by John and Mat. Civil War materials include a diary, 1862 January 1July 11, kept by James Harrison Williams while serving in the Virginia Ashby Horse Artillery, C.S.A., describing camp life and military operations during the 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign (Section 1); correspondence of James Harrison Williams with his future wife, Cora DeMovelle (Pritchett) Williams (regarding their courtship and his experiences during the 1862 Valley Campaign), and his cousin Mary Eleanor (Magruder) Conrad ([18401865] reporting on the presence of Union troops near Woodstock during the Valley Campaign and in September 1863) (Section 2); a letter, 1861, written by Simeon Beauford Gibbons (18331862) of the 10th Virginia Infantry Regiment, C.S.A., to an unidentified Confederate officer requesting that James H. Williams be permitted to deliver clothing to a member of the Stonewall Brigade; and an affidavit, 1864, of George Wilmer Brown (d. 1927), John W. Carter, and E. H. Moorman regarding the appraisal of a horse purchased by William Province McGuire (18451926) for service in Thomson's Horse Artillery, C.S.A. Warren, Gouverneur Kemble, Papers, 18651871. National Park Service, The Civil Wade Family Papers, Papers, 18421887. Wysor, James Miller, Letters, 18631864. During VNG domestic response operations in 2021, VDF personnel augmented the VNGs Joint Operations Center as well as their coordination cell in the Virginia Emergency Operations Center. It was officially organized in Kentucky in October 1864, after its first two battles. Civil War-related items include a letter, 1864, from William Morison Wood (18461943) to his brother, Martin Birney Wood (18441908), concerning the battle of New Market; a letter, 1864, from Elisha W. Cocke of the 37th Virginia Infantry Regiment to John O. The Adjutant General's Office. Microfilm reel C48.The Beverley Randolph Wellford (18931963) papers consist of materials, 17731907, collected by Wellford concerning prominent historical figures in Revolutionary and Civil War Virginia. It had been up on jack stands since 2006 and required a full scale extraction. In a letter, 1864, to his sister, Nancy Garnett, Watson briefly describes the execution of a Confederate soldier. 361 items. Wise, Henry Alexander, Papers, 18581874. The Virginia Defense Force commissioned three new second lieutenants during a graduation ceremony Dec. 11, 2021, in Manassas, Virginia. Mss2W7152a1.A speech, 26 May 1861, delivered by Frederick E. Wimberly at Jeffersonville, Ga., describing the reasons for the outbreak of war and calling for support of the Confederacy. 1 volume. Mss1W6767b. VDF and VNG personnel filled positions in the regional coordination center for each Virginia Department of Emergency Management region, helping to ensure the efficient and productive coordination of the statewide mobile vaccination effort. Included in her correspondence is a letter, 11 April 1865, to her mother, Mary Williamson (Tomlin) Braxton, concerning her family's experiences during the evacuation of Richmond (section 1). Organized: July/August 1863 Mustered out: 5/6 February 1864 6th Battalions and Regiments 6th (also known as Byrd's) Battalion South Carolina Infantry was organized in May, 1862, with three companies that had formerly served in Manigult's Battalion South Carolina Volunteers. Z, 1st Battalion Virginia Infantry, Local Defense (Ordnance Battalion) (Armory Battalion, 1st Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Williams Rifles), 1st Regiment, Virginia Reserves (Fairnholt's), 1st Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, Local Defense, 2nd Regiment, Virginia Infantry, Local Defense, Capt. Wise's correspondence primarily concerns his service as governor of Virginia and as a brigadier general in the Confederate army. (Lancaster) Waring. Richmond,Virginia23220, Galleries, Store, & Caf daily 10:00 am-5:00 pm Microfilm reel C623.The diary, 15 January23 May 1864, of John Staige Davis Watson (18411864) of the 17th Mississippi Infantry Regiment contains brief daily entries describing incidents of camp life (including the construction of winter quarters), the execution of a Confederate deserter, and his regiment's participation in the battles of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, and the North Anna River. This was a mail-order item from back in the 80s when driving with a cold one wasnt frowned upon. Williams, Belle Horner (b. (Va.) Nathan Stiefel Meet Lt. Col. (Va.) Kent Brinkley! Mss2W7544a3.A photocopy of a letter, 20 September 1863, from Henry Alexander Wise to his wife, Mary Elizabeth (Lyons) Wise (18141901), concerning a meeting with Pierre G. T. Beauregard at Charleston, S.C. Governor Glenn Youngkin announced the appointment of Brig. Williams Family Papers, 18611919. The papers of Julia Wickham (Porcher) Wickham (18601933) include letters and the memoirs, 19261927, of Hobart Aisquith (b. Pick out your uniform! The wartime correspondence of Littleton Waller Tazewell Wickham (18211909) includes letters with the following individuals: R. Milton Cary (concerning the delivery of tax-in-kind articles to Bellona Arsenal), W. G. Cazenove of the 3d Virginia District Quartermaster's Office (concerning alterations in the numbers of bushels of corn required for Wickham's tax-in-kind payment), John Daggart (concerning the production of cloth at a factory in Scottsville in November 1864), B. W. Green (concerning the sale of his cabbage crop in February 1864), William W. Harllee ([b. The Virginia National Guard has staged approximately 60 Soldiers and Airmen at key locations in the Abingdon, Roanoke, Richmond and Virginia Beach areas for possible severe weather response operations related to Hurricane Ian Sept. 30, 2022, and they are prepared to provide high mobility transportation and debris reduction assistance if needed. Web40th Virginia Infantry Battalion : 47th & 55th Virginia Infantry Battalions (comb.) Also in the collection are letters, 1862, from David Rumph Jones, Charles Bruce Williams (17971872), and James Burdge Walton (18131885) concerning Charles Williams's service as a drillmaster and his application for a commission in the Confederate artillery (section 2), and a commission, 10 April 1862, of Charles Williams as a second lieutenant in the 4th Artillery Regiment of Virginia Militia (section 3). 29 items. Wimberly, Frederick E., Speech, 1861. Whaley, Kellian Van Rensalear, Papers, 18611879. Mss5:1W3345:1. Mss5:1W4625:1.Contains a photocopy of a diary, 1 January28 August 1862, kept by E. P. Wells (18371862) of Company I of the 6th New York Cavalry Regiment. A GM Goodwrench 350ci was paired to a Turbo 400, NP208 transfer case and drivelines from Tom Woods. The truck sits on 37x12.50r17 Toyo RT tires with 17 gray Method Wheels with bumpers painted in Steel-It to match. The collection includes typed transcripts of the letters. John Welbourn and his team at Power Athlete HQ built a 1974 Chevrolet K5 Blazer for @wadesarmy to offer as a sweepstakes giveaway. W 1814] concerning Harvey's request for assistance with claims of local farmers against the Union army), [?] Watson, David Harris, Papers, 18461893. Also included is a letter, 16 April 1866, from Warren to the adjutant general of the Union army recommending for brevet promotion Charles Griffin, John Cleveland Robinson, Romeyn Ayres, and Samuel Crawford. In detailed entries, Whittle records the ship's location, activities aboard the vessel, and its encounters with other ships. Members of the all-volunteer Virginia Defense Force conducted communications, security operations and classroom training August 5-7, 2022, at Fort Pickett, Virginia, during a Multi-day Unit Training Assembly. Henry A. Washington, John Augustine, Letter, 1861. 16 items. It contains notes and reference material gathered from many sources plus the 102 items. Civil War-related materials include a typescript copy of Wise's official reports of the 15 June 1864 Union assaults on Petersburg (d115) and an undated postwar speech to the "Comrades of the Confederate War" concerning the war in Virginia (d116). Microfilm reel C623.This collection consists primarily of the letters, 18621864, of John William Watson (1831?1864) of Company I of the 47th Virginia Infantry Regiment. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 23rd. Current strength is approximately 275, and membership is a cross section of former or retired military, law enforcement, fire and emergency medial services professionals along with a younger generation of Virginians looking to serve the commonwealth in a military-style organization in an emergency response environment. Louisa Camp, No. Of particular note are Wise's letters, 18611865, to his wife, Mary Elizabeth (Lyons) Wise (18141901), offering descriptions of his service in western Virginia in 1861, of camp life near Richmond in 1862, of his role in the defense of Charleston, S.C., in the fall and winter of 1863, of the 1864 battle of Drewry's Bluff, of the initial Union assaults against Petersburg in June 1864, and of life in and around Petersburg during the siege. Many of her schoolmates have left or are planning to leave school to avoid being separated from their families. 1 item. It was commanded by Colonel James Created through the consolidation of the 2nd and 4th Local Defense Battalions under the command of Colonel D.E. Section 2 includes John Lancaster Warings correspondence with his brother Warner Lewis Waring, Jr., concerning the Richmond bread riot, along with "Incidents in Life" (a two-page typescript concerning Waring's activities during the Civil War). Entries offer descriptions of the Union evacuation of Norfolk in April 1861, of Wright's duty constructing defenses on the coast of North Carolina, of the fortifications on Roanoke Island, N.C., and of his capture at the battle of Roanoke Island. Mss2W6705a1. Wartime items include an undated receipt issued to John Warriner (ca. Ramsdell (reporting the capture of Eliakim Parker Scammon, a Union brigadier general, while aboard a steamboat at Red House Shoals on the Kanawha River in February 1864), Lettie M. Sergeant (concerning her request that her husband be discharged for health reasons), William Shannon (regarding efforts to secure payment for the West Virginia Home Guard), Franz Sigel (concerning his appointment as commander of the Department of West Virginia, and military affairs in West Virginia), John S. Witcher (concerning Witcher's request for assistance in securing a discharge from the 3d West Virginia Cavalry Regiment), and A. L. Wylie of Harpers Ferry, W.Va. (regarding Wylie's intention to use invisible ink in future communications with Whaley) (section 1). Also included is a list of the crew of the Shenandoah and a list showing the latitude, longitude, and daily distances traveled by the ship. WebThe 5th United States Colored Cavalry was a regiment of the United States Army organized as one of the units of the United States Colored Troops during the American Civil War.The 5th USCC was one of the more notable black fighting units. T Army. Join the fight by getting people-beyond the medical community and those of us who have suffered in its wake-realize neuroblastoma actually exists. Warriner Family Papers, 18111876. 10 items. S The regimental will oversee six companies stationed across the state focused on providing civil support security and communications capabilities to the Virginia National Guard. Wade's Army was founded by the Welbourn and DeBruin families to recruit others to use their Power for good and bring the fight to this pediatric cancer. June 1861, from Jonas Chamberlin at Winchester to Mary Elizabeth (Chamberlin) Wilson (18151895) concerning an expected attack on Winchester by the Union army and preparations for war in Berkeley County (now W.Va.) (box 7); letters, SeptemberOctober 1862, of Eliza Chamberlin to her sister, Jane M. (Chamberlin) Hamill, concerning the effects of the war on the local home front and an attack by Union army troops on Martinsburg (now W.Va.); and a letter, 27 May 1863, of "Choloden" ("a true uncompromising unconditional Union man") warning of an impending cavalry raid under J. E. B. Stuart toward Leesburg or Winchester (box 22). G Watson, John Staige Davis, Diary, 1864. Most people have heard of leukemia, breast cancer, and prostate cancer. 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The correspondence of the Reverend Lewis Feuilleteau Wilson (18041873), a Presbyterian minister of Jefferson and Berkeley counties (now W.Va.), includes a letter concerning payment for a coffin for Lewis F. Wilson (1841?1863) of Company A of the 11th Virginia Cavalry Regiment (box 3). (section 1). Mss2W8885b.Contains the papers of Rufus James Woolwine (18401908) of Stuart. The collection includes typed transcripts of ten of the letters. Mss2Y912a1.A letter, 5 January 1861, from David Levy Yulee (18101886) of Washington, D.C., to Joseph Finegan (18141885) or George W. Call concerning the secession of southern states, the need to organize a southern confederacy and a southern army, and the occupation of United States forts, arsenals, and navy yards in Florida (especially at Pensacola). 3,050 items. The VDFs 31st Cyber Battalion is staffed by IT professionals with a wide range of industry-recognized certifications. 1 item. WebConfederate Soldiers from the State of Virginia - Widner, Andrew - Wade's Regiment, Local Defense; Washington County Militia; Wythe County Militia | DPLA All items Confederate Soldiers from the State of Virginia - Widner, Andrew - Wade's Regiment, Local Defense; Washington County Militia; Wythe County Militia 1 item. Women veterans, including former and current members of the Virginia National Guard and Virginia Defense Force, received pins recognizing their service during an event March 21, 2022, at the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond, Virginia.. VDF personnel supported the Situational Awareness Unit at the Virginia Department of Emergency Management in a state active duty status for more than 500 days during the COVID-19 response.
