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    The Confederate Memorial (also referred to as the First Confederate Memorial) at Indian Mound Cemetery in Romney, West Virginia, commemorates residents...
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    Marsham, 2nd Baron Romney. It is also home to the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind and the nation's First Confederate Memorial in Indian Mound...
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  • The town of Romney, Virginia (now West Virginia), traded hands between the Union Army and Confederate States Army no fewer than 10 times during the American...
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    Mill Creek Mountain in Romney, West Virginia, United States. The cemetery is centered on a Hopewellian mound, known as the Romney Indian Mound. Indian Mound...
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  • of gas in West Virginia. Location: U.S. Route 50/West Virginia Route 28, two miles west of Romney (missing) Title: Hampshire County/Virginia Inscription:...
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  • Confederate monuments and memorials in the United States include public displays and symbols of the Confederate States of America (CSA), Confederate leaders...
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    Robert White (attorney general) (category People from Romney, West Virginia)
    in Confederate memorial activities. He was a member of the Confederate Memorial Association board of trustees, the chief officer of the West Virginia Division...
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    government of Virginia Romney, West Virginia during the American Civil War West Virginia Civil War Union units West Virginia Civil War Confederate Units Wheeling...
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  • James Dillon Armstrong (category People from Romney, West Virginia)
    born in Woodstock, Virginia, on June 23, 1823; she was involved in the funding and erection of the Confederate Memorial in Romney, and served as treasurer...
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    builder cultures survive in West Virginia, especially in the areas of present-day Moundsville, South Charleston, and Romney. Artifacts uncovered in these...
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    Christian Streit White (category People from Romney, West Virginia)
    S. states of Virginia and West Virginia. During the American Civil War, White served as a sergeant major and captain in the Confederate States Army and...
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    that attempted to reappropriate the Confederate flag in their symbolism. In Petersburg, Virginia, the Ladies Memorial Association of Petersburg in 1909...
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    The history of West Virginia stems from the 1861 Wheeling Convention, which was an assembly of northwestern Virginian Southern Unionists, who aimed to...
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    by Company A Sixth West Virginia Volunteers. Following the war, the state legislature sent the Hampshire County seat back to Romney and split this northern...
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    Branch Potomac River north of Romney, Hampshire County, West Virginia, USA. It is located along Cumberland Road (West Virginia Route 28) and the South Branch...
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    Clarksburg is a city in and the county seat of Harrison County, West Virginia, United States, in the north-central region of the state. The population...
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    ; Kerns, Wilmer L., eds. (2004). Hampshire County, West Virginia, 1754–2004. Romney, West Virginia: The Hampshire County 250th Anniversary Committee....
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    which stretches from Ocean City, Maryland to West Sacramento, California. In the U.S. state of Virginia, US 50 extends 86 miles (138 km) from the border...
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    Stonewall Jackson (category Military personnel from West Virginia)
    Virginia Military Institute. When Virginia seceded from the United States in May 1861 after the Battle of Fort Sumter, Jackson joined the Confederate...
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    Unite the Right rally (category Neo-Confederates)
    place in Charlottesville, Virginia, from August 11 to 12, 2017. Marchers included members of the alt-right, neo-Confederates, neo-fascists, white nationalists...
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  • presidential election West Virginia Blockade runners of the American Civil War Confederate railroads in the American Civil War Confederate States of America...
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    against Confederate forces, which occurred on October 28–29, 1862. The First Kansas Colored Division (part of the state militia) fought Confederate guerrillas...
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  • Second Division, and sent to Romney, West Virginia. In January 1863, the 54th was transferred to the Department of West Virginia as part of the 4th Brigade...
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  • the U.S. state of West Virginia. He was a prominent lawyer in Charleston, where he practiced law for over 50 years. Born in Romney in 1886, Flournoy was...
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    William Wing Loring (category Confederate States Army major generals)
    Stonewall Jackson. At the conclusion of the Romney Expedition in northwestern Virginia (now West Virginia) in January 1862, Jackson returned to his headquarters...
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    George William Peterkin (category Bishops in West Virginia)
    memorial to Confederate soldiers from his 21st Virginia regiment and those of the 15th Virginia on Valley Mountain in Randolph County, West Virginia....
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    Hanging Rocks (category American Civil War sites in West Virginia)
    County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Hanging Rocks are located four miles (6 km) north of Romney at Wappocomo on West Virginia Route 28. Hanging Rocks...
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    artillery commander in the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, prominent West Virginia businessman, railroad executive and West Virginia legislator John L....
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    Delaware, Virginia, and Georgia, in the 2020 United States presidential election. More than 160 monuments and memorials to the Confederate States of America...
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  • (October 3–4, 1861) and spent the winter in quarters at Romney and Paw Paw in present-day West Virginia. From January to March 1862, the 14th Indiana was attached...
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