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West Virginia Adjutant Generals' Papers
Exploration, Settlement and Conflict
Diary of Peter Davis (War of 1812)
Letters, Brigadier General Joel Leftwich to Virginia Governor James Barbour (War of 1812)
Weekly Return of Equipment, Captain John Wilson's company of Virginia Militia (Ms79-20:2:3) (War of 1812)
Proclamation by the Governor of Virginia (Mexican War)
"West Virginia Soldiers In The War With Mexico"
"Rally! Who Will Volunteer!" (Mexican War)
"The Virginia Regiment" (Mexican War)
Order Announcing Capture of Mexico City (Mexican War)
Order Announcing Victory at Cerro Gordo (Mexican War)
1st Regiment Virginia Volunteers, Daily Signals and Beats (Mexican War)
Establishment of the West Virginia National Guard
West Virginia in the Civil War
Sources on Andrew Summers Rowan
Andrew Rowan and the Message to Garcia
Joint Resolution Honoring Andrew S. Rowan
A Message To Garcia
"Col. Rowan Tells 'How I Got the Message to Gen. Garcia'"
History of the 2nd Regiment West Virginia Infantry (Spanish-American War)
"Second Regiment" (Spanish-American War)
"The Tents Arrive And Several Companies Have Already Gone Into Camp" (Spanish-American War)
"The Mingo Company Is Now Part of The Second West Virginia Regiment" (Spanish-American War)
"At Camp Atkinson" (Spanish-American War)
"Flag Presentation" (Spanish-American War)
"Postponed Again" (Spanish-American War)
"Regiment Has Gone" (Spanish-American War)
"Colonel Eubank Dies Last Night"
Oath for Commissioned Officers of the National Guard: William E. Eubank
West Virginia's Mine Wars
Battle of Blair Mountain Correspondence
Death Certificate of William E. Eubank
"West Virginia National Guard 2nd Regiment"
"Soldiers of the New Empire: The Gaujot Brothers of Mingo County, Part One"
"Soldiers of the New Empire: The Gaujot Brothers of Mingo County, Part Two"
West Virginia National Guard on the U. S. - Mexico border
"West Virginia Solons Unite In Approval Of President's Actions In Present Crisis"
House Joint Resolution No. 13
The Founding of Nitro
"Sixteen Year Old Iowa Farm Boy - Recalls Working at Nitro in 1918"
"Powder Factories Rank With Any In The World" (Nitro)
"Great Plant To Be Going Up In A Week"(Nitro)
"Louis Bennett, Wheeling Air Fighter, Missing In Action"
"Memorial Window Dedicated In Westmins[t]er Abbey"
West Virginia Flying Corps Letter, Louis Bennett, Jr. to Governor John J. Cornwell
Front Page of Program for Dedication of Memorial Window at Westminster Abbey
Memorial Window at Westminster Abbey
"Lydia Kimble Graham"
"Pension for War of 1812 Still Being Paid to West Virginian"
"Last Widow of War of 1812 Is Dead at Home Near Franklin"
Death Certificate of Lydia Kimble Graham
"Isolationism and Pacifism: Senator Rush D. Holt and American Foreign Policy"
USS West Virginia On-Line Exhibit
"Airliner Falls Near Premier" (McDowell Plane Crash)
"Identify 17 Army Plane Dead" (McDowell Plane Crash)
"Suggests Airport Might Have Prevented Mishap" (McDowell Plane Crash)
"Welch Honors Memory Of 21 Dead Soldiers" (McDowell Plane Crash)
Extract From Diary of George A. Wehrle (D-Day)
"Remembering Normandy"
"'I saw hundreds of boys dying that day. God was with me'"
"Boone Native, D-Day Veteran, Remembered In Alabama"
"Medal of Honor escapes Marion man's D-Day feat"
West Virginia Deaths on D-Day
Hellships of World War II
Remembering Exercise Tiger
The Tiger Death March & Johnson's List
"Senator Harley M. Kilgore and Japan's World War II Business Practices"
"On the Homefront in World War II: Soldier-Scholars at West Virginia State College"
"Walk-Out At TNT"
"Ordnance Men Return To Jobs Today"
"Underground Magazine At TNT Plant"
"TNT Works River Area Restricted"
"Flag Raising At Ordnance Works Mon."
"Flag-Raising Signals Start Of Operation At TNT Plant Here"
"TNT Production Ceases at W. Va. Ordnance Works"
"Hotels' Service to U. S. During War is Cited"
Junior Spurrier Earns the Medal of Honor
Sources on Stanley Bender
Japanese Surrender Officially Ends World War II
"Axis Sally Is Given 10 to 30-Year Term On Treason Charge"
"'Axis Sally' Out After 11 Years"
"Almost Silent 'Axis Sally' Gains Freedom"
Sources on Chuck Yeager
"Yeager Comes Home to Be Honored"
Chuck Yeager Breaks the Sound Barrier
Proclamation of Army Day, by Governor Clarence W. Meadows
"Beach Raid, Parade Mark City Army Day"
National Guard Plane Crash at Charleston
"List of Dead and Injured" (National Guard Plane Crash)
"19 Area Airmen Killed as C-47 Crashes Near Kanawha Airport "
"Victims Logged Many Hours Over Fatal Hill"
The Chosin Reservoir Honoring Medal of Honor Recipient Cornelius Charlton
Citation for Congressional Medal of Honor: Cornelius H. Charlton
"A Forgotten Hero" (Cornelius Charlton)
"War Hero To Receive Ceremonial Burial Denied 39 Years Ago" (Cornelius Charlton)
Birth Certificate of Cornelius Charlton
Sources on Cornelius Charlton
Jimmy G. Stewart Earns Medal of Honor
"Ex-Middleport Serviceman Killed In Viet" (Jimmy G. Stewart)
Citation for Congressional Medal of Honor: Jimmy G. Stewart
House Resolution For Sgt. Jimmy G. Stewart Bridge
Ted Belcher Earns Medal of Honor
"A Little Pregnant: The Charleston Gazette's Editorial Response to the Vietnam War, 1963-1965"
"West Virginians Awarded the Medal of Honor"
Veterans Memorial Archives Database
Biographies of West Virginia Veterans
"Hope to See You Soon: A Collection of West Virginia War Letters"


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