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The 1st Battalion, Virginia Infantry Regulars, also known as the Irish Battalion, was raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and, served as infantry. It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia.
Major Michael John O'Leary VC (29 September 1890 – 2 August 1961) was an Irish soldier and police officer who was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth military personnel.
The flag of Virginia during the American Civil War An unidentified soldier in a Confederate States Army uniform with state of Virginia buttons. Virginia provided the following units to the Virginia Militia and the Provisional Army of the Confederate States (PACS), part of the Confederate States Army, during the American Civil War.
27th Virginia Infantry: Cpt Charles L. Haynes; 33rd Virginia Infantry: Ltc Edwin G. Lee; Second Brigade Col T.S. Garnett 21st Virginia Infantry: Ltc R. H. Cunningham (k), Cpt W. A. Witcher; 42nd Virginia Infantry: Maj Henry Lane (mw), Cpt Abner Dobyns; 48th Virginia Infantry: Cpt William Y. C. Hannum; 1st Virginia (Irish) Battalion: Maj John Seddon
320th Military Police Battalion - Ashley, PA; 324th Military Police Battalion (I/R) - Fresno, CA; 400th Military Police Battalion - Fort Meade, MD; 607th Military Police Battalion - Grand Prairie, TX; 744th Military Police Battalion - Bethlehem, PA; 200th Military Police Command: Reserve 14th Military Police Brigade. 701st Military Police ...
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Virginia.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 340 law enforcement agencies employing 22,848 sworn police officers, about 293 for each 100,000 residents.
This Virginia militia system was put to the test in 1676 during Bacon's Rebellion. The Crown's militia was victorious over Nathaniel Bacon, who tried to seize power. Virginia militia under the command of Colonel James Patton fought an Iroquois war party at the Battle of Galudoghson in December 1742. This was the first military action between ...
Prior to 2014 the Virginia Defense Force command structure consisted of a single Light infantry division, the George Washington Division, with its headquarters and attached Military Police Company and Communications Battalion operating out of the Virginia National Guard Headquarters (formerly at the Dove Street Armory in Richmond, Virginia) as ...