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John Shuman was an officer in the United States Army during World War I.He was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal.. His award citation reads: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Colonel (Infantry) John B. Shuman, United States Army, for exceptionally ...
The First Battle of Kernstown was fought on March 23, 1862, in Frederick County and Winchester, Virginia, the opening battle of Confederate Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's campaign through the Shenandoah Valley during the American Civil War.
An 1856 oil painting of Winchester by Edward Beyer Map of Winchester, Virginia, and the surrounding Frederick County (Winchester is independent of the county but is the county seat). Winchester is located at 39°10′41″N 78°10′01″W / 39.178°N 78.167°W / 39.178; -78
John Baker White (August 4, 1794 – October 9, 1862) was a 19th-century American military officer, lawyer, court clerk, and civil servant in the U.S. state of Virginia. During the War of 1812 , White enlisted in the United States Army as a soldier and was promoted to the military rank of ensign .
Robert White (March 29, 1759 – March 9, 1831) was a distinguished early American military officer, lawyer, judge, and politician in the U.S. state of Virginia.. White represented Frederick County in the Virginia House of Delegates (1789–1792) and served as a judge of the General Court of Virginia (1793–1831).
Funded by Scranton, Pennsylvania, coal baron, Judge John Handley, and built by New York architects J. Stewart Barney and Henry Otis Chapman, it is "perhaps Virginia's purest expression of the regal and florid Beaux Arts classicism." [11] It opened in August 1913. [12] 9: John Handley High School: John Handley High School
Freddie Shuman, Hungarian composer and musician; Frederick Gale Shuman (1919–2005), numerical weather prediction pioneer; Harry Shuman (1915–1996), Major League Baseball player; Jeffrey Shuman (born 1962), American-French bank robber; John Shuman, officer in the United States Army during World War I; Kerri Shuman, American bridge player
The people listed below were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Winchester, Virginia. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.