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West Virginia Home Guards
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By Michael Sean Nix, October 3, 2009 | |
| | | 1. West Virginia Home Guards Marker | | East Side | | |
Inscription. [East Side]
Montani Semper Liberi
Dedicated to the hallowed memories of the brave men and devoted women who saved West Virginia to the Union.
Presented to the state and people of West Virginia through the instrumentalities of the Grand Army of the Republic and the Women's Relief Corps by a private citizen.
[West Side]
Erected to commemorate the valor of those who on April 15, 1861. In instant response to the first call of Abraham Lincoln formed themselves into the intrepid Home Guards who held in check unaided the forces of Wise, and Lee, and Jackson, until the Federal armies came and driving the Confederates across the Alleghenies made possible the creation of the State of West Virginia; and also of those who as incomparable scouts & riflemen gave themselves to the nation and with dauntless courage and sagacity assisted in assuring to mankind "that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth".
Erected by The Grand Army of the Republic and the Women's Relief Corps by a private citizen.
Location. 38° 20.214′ N, 81° 36.63′ W. Marker is in Charleston, West Virginia, in Kanawha County. Marker is at the intersection of California Avenue| | | | 
By Michael Sean Nix, October 3, 2009 | |
| | | 2. West Virginia Home Guards Marker | | North Side | | |
and Washington Street, on the left when traveling north on California Avenue. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Charleston WV 25311, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Thomas J. Jackson (about 600 feet away, in a direct line); Booker Taliaferro Washington (about 600 feet away); Abraham Lincoln Walks At Midnight (about 800 feet away); State Capitol (approx. 0.2 miles away); "The West Virginia Coal Miner" (approx. 0.2 miles away); Union Civil War Monument (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named State Capitol (approx. ¼ mile away); Executive Mansion (approx. ¼ mile away). Click for a list of all markers in Charleston.
More about this marker. Marker is on the State Capitol grounds. |
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By Michael Sean Nix, October 3, 2009 | |
| | | 3. West Virginia Home Guards Marker | | West Side | | |
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By Michael Sean Nix, October 3, 2009 | |
| | | 4. West Virginia Home Guards Marker | | South Side | | |
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By Michael Sean Nix, October 3, 2009 | |
| | | 5. West Virginia Home Guards Marker | | |
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By Mike Stroud, May 18, 2011 | |
| | | 6. West Virginia Home Guards Marker | | |
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Credits. This page originally submitted on October 6, 2009, by Michael Sean Nix of Spartanburg, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 695 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on October 6, 2009, by Michael Sean Nix of Spartanburg, South Carolina. 6. submitted on May 19, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
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