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Stonewall Jackson, C.S. Army general born in Clarksburg and died before the region was formed into West Virginia; Albert G. Jenkins, general and politician; Jonah Edward Kelley, U.S. Army soldier; Medal of Honor recipient; Edwin Gray Lee, C.S. Army general born in Shepherdstown before it became part of the newly formed West Virginia
West Virginia (1871). [3] [4] The West Virginia Constitution was ratified in 1872, replacing the state constitution created in 1863 when West Virginia became a state. [5] Article 9, Section 8, of the West Virginia Constitution permits the creation of additional counties if a majority of citizens in the proposed new county vote for its creation ...
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of West Virginia from 1861 to 1959. Capital punishment was abolished in West Virginia in 1965. [ 1 ] From 1861 to 1959, 112 people have been executed in West Virginia, [ 2 ] 102 by hanging , 9 by electrocution and 1 by hanging in chains .
The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [3]
An Italian nun was arrested Thursday as part of a long investigation that led to the arrests of 25 suspects and the seizure of over 1,800,000 euros.
Andrew J. Boyle (December 11, 1911 – March 15, 2001) was a career officer in the United States Army. A veteran of World War II and the 1966 Korean DMZ Conflict, Boyle attained the rank of lieutenant general. His commands included Military Assistance Advisory Group–Laos, the 25th Infantry Division, the U.S. Army Armor Center, I Corps, and V ...
Luck recently returned to football as the GM of Stanford's program. "There was a grieving period, and a grieving period because a part of my identity died, and that part of me was a football ...
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Bob Love, an NBA basketball legend who played nine seasons with the Chicago Bulls, died Monday. Love died after a long battle with cancer, the Bulls said.