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Virginia 4th Militia

 Organization

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Virginia 4th Militia Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2188
Overview

Meeting minutes, resolutions and orders for a volunteer military unit under the administrative jurisdiction and board of inquiry of the Ohio County Court. Contains routine matters such as rank, pay, fines, and parade orders. Mention is made of other units, namely the City Blues, Washington Guards, Wheeling Guards, Wheeling Riflemen, Wheeling Artillery, and Lafayette Riflemen. Officers names prominently mentioned are James Tanner, James S. Wheat, and George W. Sights.

Dates: 1842-47

Virginia 4th Militia, War of 1812 Records and Civil War Medical Exemption Certificates

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3093
Overview

A monthly report and a subsistence account filed at the end of the War of 1812 for a Monongalia Co. militia unit stationed at Norfolk, VA. Mentioned are Capt. John Lantz, Lt. Col. Arch Woods and Lt. Peter Henkins. There are also certificates of medical exemption from the Civil War.

Dates: 1815, 1862

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Blacksville (W. Va.) 1
Civil War - Virginia 4th Militia. 1
Lafayette Riflemen. 1
Militia 1
Militia - 4th. VA Militia Regiment. 1