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HE RESCUED THE BODY OF 2ND LIEUTENANT BENJAMIN H. HODGSON FROM WITHIN ENEMY LINES; BROUGHT UP AMMUNITION AND ENCOURAGED THE MEN IN THE MOST EXPOSED POSITIONS UNDER HEAVY FIRE IN THE LITTLE BIG HORN RIVER FIGHT. FOR THIS ACTION HE WAS AWARDED THE MEDAL OF ...
THE BUILDING SERVES AS A MEMORIAL TO WETZEL COUNTY VETERANS OF ALL WARS. IT IS A LIVING MEMORY.
IN HONOR OF SOLDIERS FROM MORGAN COUNTY WHO SERVED IN DEFENSE OF THEIR COUNTRY.
ERECTED BY THE COUNTY COURT OF MARSHALL COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA TO COMMEMORATE ITS VOLUNTEERS IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. THEY SERVED THAT OTHERS MIGHT BE FREE.
IN THE FALL OF 1862 ROANE COUNTY SAW ITS FIRST SIGNIFICANT BATTLE OF THE CIVIL WAR. COLONEL J.C. RATHBONE, WITH FOUR COMPANIES OF THE 11TH WEST VIRGINIA UNION INFANTRY, ARRIVED TO PROTECT THE TOWN OF SPENCER. GENERAL ALBERT G. JENKINS WITH A COMPANY OF 50 ...
SEE ALSO-LIEUT. HENRY BENDER WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE