Wimberly, Frederick E., Speech, 1861. Letters, 18611864, between Henry Wise and his daughter, Mary Elizabeth (Wise) Garnett (18291898), discuss troop movements and fighting in western Virginia in September 1861, the condition of his troops and fighting around Petersburg in 1864, and family news in 1862. 1 item. Wade's Regiment, Virginia Local Defense (Confederate) Wight Family Papers, 18611879. 1 volume. Weisiger, David Addison, Papers, 18621896. Mss1W7337a. Microfilm reel C513.Contains an autograph album, kept by Mary M. (Coppuck) Welby. Wise, Henry Alexander, Papers, 18581874. 13 items. 16 items. 8 items. The Virginia National Guard celebrated its 415th birthday May 13, 2022, with a ceremonial cake cutting at the Sergeant Bob Slaughter Headquarters at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. Wade's Regiment, Virginia Local Defense (Confederate) 46 items. Louisa Camp, No. In 1944, the Virginia General Assembly changed the name of the Virginia Protective Force to the Virginia State Guard, and it was deactivated when the Virginia National Guard returned from federal service in June 1947. Included is a pay record of the civilian participants in the Pittsylvania County Patrol in December 1862 (a174). Mss2W6705a1. 1843?) Included in this account of her childhood is a brief description of encounters with black and white Union soldiers at her home in 1864. These were existing formations that had been authorized by the colony in August and organized at Williamsburg in October. 1 item. WebConfederate Soldiers from the State of Virginia - Widner, Andrew - Wade's Regiment, Local Defense; Washington County Militia; Wythe County Militia. They served in key leadership positions, supported the Virginia Department of Health and Virginia Department of Emergency Managements vaccination efforts, helped track vetting and certification of fixed community vaccination sites, developed survey tools for initial site assessments and collected data to assess vaccination sites. 5 items. Included are brief descriptions of his service in Company A of the 46th Virginia Infantry Regiment in western Virginia (now W.Va.) in 1861 and at Roanoke Island, N.C.; in Company A of the 15th Virginia Infantry Regiment at Suffolk and as a clerk in the Confederate Quartermaster's Department at Charlottesville. WebThe 1st Regiment served until February 5-6, 1864. Mss2W6855b.Contains the papers of members of the Wills family of Southampton County. Wise Family Papers, 17771973. Witherspoon, Thomas Dwight, Reminiscences, ca. Mss2W4354b.Contains papers relating to David Addison Weisiger's service as colonel and later brigadier general in the Army of Northern Virginia. S Become a member! Mss2W4592a1.A letter, 25 August 1862, from Gideon Welles (18021878) to Charles Wilkes (17981877) of the USS Wachusett concerning Union naval operations on the James River in August 1862. 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. 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Wade's Regiment, Virginia Local Defense (Confederate) Contents 1 Brief History 2 Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin 3 Other Sources 4 Microfilm C623.This collection, compiled by Georgia Callis West (18671953), consists of letters and reports from Confederate officers. Virginia Defense Force Virginia Historical Society, 428 N Arthur Ashe Boulevard Waring Family Papers, 18591899. Civil War items consist of letters to James B. Walters from the following correspondents: Charles Edwin Booth ([18441890] concerning his service in the Confederate army near Norfolk in 1861 and near Madison Court House in 1864), James F. Brasington of Company E of the 2d South Carolina Infantry Regiment (offering a description of the battle of Seven Pines), William H. Hatch (concerning the sending of packages to Confederate prisoners of war held in northern prisons), George Edward Waller (18381915) of the 24th Virginia Infantry Regiment (concerning his experiences during the Appomattox campaign), Thomas J. Welby, Mary M. (Coppuck), Autograph Album, 17881903. The Virginia National Guard staged personnel and equipment for three different winter storms over a two-week period in January 2022 as part of the statewide emergency response. 42 items. Wilson, Laura Cornelia (Jeffress), Papers, 18551872. 6 items. Created through the consolidation of the 2nd and 4th Local Defense Battalions under the command of Colonel D.E. Wallace, S. S., Letter, 1862. Items include a handwritten copy of General Order No. The Civil War in VirginiaMilitary Units of Virginia, A Photocopy. Microfilm reel C539.This collection contains the papers of William Weaver (17801863), ironmaster and entrepreneur of Rockbridge County. News WebCivil War items include a letter, 26 March 1862, from John C. Wade of Company G of the 4th Virginia Infantry Regiment to his wife, Jane (Edie) Wade, offering a description of the 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. Williams, John Langbourne, Letter, 1864. Web1st Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Williams Rifles) (Old First) 2nd Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Innocents) 3rd Regiment, Virginia Infantry 4th Regiment, Virginia Infantry 5th Regiment, Virginia Infantry 6th Regiment, Virginia Infantry 7th Regiment, Virginia Infantry 8th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (The Bloody Eighth) 9th Regiment, Virginia Infantry A separate finding aid for this collection is available in the Society's library. The papers of Doctor Francis Peyre Porcher (18241895) of Charleston, S.C., include a letter, 18 October 1864, from his mother, Isabella Sarah (Peyre) Porcher (18031890), concerning Francis Porcher's service in the South Carolina hospital at Danville, and the distribution of clothing and presents to their slaves in South Carolina (box 14); special orders, 1862, issued by Samuel Preston Moore (18131889) assigning Porcher to the Medical Purveyor's Department, authorizing the establishment of a botanical garden in South Carolina, and commissioning Porcher to write what became Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural: Being Also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States (1863); notes concerning Porcher's service in the 7th South Carolina Infantry Regiment; and two Confederate bonds, 1863; and a letter, 26 October 1864, from Isabella Porcher to Julian Henry Porcher of Pinapolis, S.C., concerning cases of yellow fever and making clothing (box 15). Wysor, James Miller, Letters, 18631864. Mss1Y425a. We believe that the only way to conquer this extremely aggressive childhood cancer is to give it a name. Virginia Civil War Confederate Units A through L Grab your tickets today! Other wartime materials include certificates, 1862 and 1865, issued to Littleton W. T. Wickham concerning exemption from military service, salt rationing, and the amnesty oath; receipts, 18641865, for tax-in-kind payments and for the impressment of three male slaves; a petition (drafted by L. W. T. Wickham), ca. Mss2W5205b. The interior of the truck was shot in bed-liner then cover in sound deadner before new carpets and full new interior was installed. In a letter, 1864, to his sister, Nancy Garnett, Watson briefly describes the execution of a Confederate soldier. 1 volume. O Once back at Johns shop, the K5 was taken down to a shell, bodywork was done and the truck was shot in a medium dark blue semigloss. 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. 1814] concerning Harvey's request for assistance with claims of local farmers against the Union army), [?] Section 1 includes letters written to Adelaide Waring, including those from cousin John J. Lancaster (concerning his Civil War service in the 13th Virginia Light Artillery, detailing camp life, economic conditions in Richmond, and the battles of Yorktown, Gettysburg, and Petersburg; also notes the April 1862 promotion of brother William H. Lancaster), cousin Thomas Lancaster (of Goodson, concerning a large sale of bacon and his young son's riding skills), brother Robert Alexander Lancaster (of Richmond, concerning the Seven Days' fighting in 1862), son John Lancaster Waring (concerning his studies at Hampden-Sydney College during the Civil War and his life as a cadet at the Virginia Military Institute), and son Warner Lewis Waring, Jr. (letter of 9 May 1868 describes a Northern guest's refusal to drink from cups that once belonged to Jefferson Davis). Warriner Family Papers, 18111876. All VDF personnel maintain the secondary skill set for access control and traffic management, and VDF personnel have demonstrated their commitment to volunteer service when they provided assistance to VNG departure ceremonies as well as events at the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford and the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond. Williams, Septimus Ligon, Papers, 18611862. 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.). 25 items. 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. 12 items. 1845?) Most people have heard of leukemia, breast cancer, and prostate cancer. Military Academy Lee resigned his commission when the South seceded and accepted command of Confederate forces in Virginia, saying he could never fire on his home state. Photocopy. 146 items. 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. Visit the official Virginia Defense Force web site athttps://vdf.virginia.gov/ Web2nd Virginia Regiment Local Defense. 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. Whatley, John B., Letter, 1864. Wade's Regiment, Virginia Local Defense (Confederate) Confederate Soldiers from the State of Virginia - Evans, Thomas R - Wade's Regiment, Local Defense; Washington County Militia; Wythe County Militia. The VDFs primary lines of effort are operations center augmentation, interoperable communication, agency liaison and cyber network defense as well as direct support to the VNG with logistics, medical, chaplain, legal and public information capabilities. 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.