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Subject: [SCHORRY-L] Civil War Medals
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 18:08:24 EST


I am passing this on from another list as it may interest some of you.

In 1866, West Virginia authorized minting of over 26,000 medals to honor its
Civil War Union soldiers. This site lists the names of the unclaimed medal
winners.

http://www.wvlc.wvnet.edu/history/medals.html

Robert P. Roach
Researching Roach, Mossman, Davis and Turner.

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