Civil War Letter Details Hartford Man's Battle Ordeal
Hartford residents recount a Union Army lieutenant S M Smith writing from the front. He describes Cloud Mountain Battle, crossfire, artillery, and 185 wounded in hours long fighting. He notes comrades killed, a leg amputated, and memories of friends dying as he cared for the wounded. He expects more battles and hopes to return home.
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Hartford
Grover Smith
J. H. Smith
Walter Bulmer
Cloud Mountain
Virginia
Ohio
Red
Mier Smith
Wm. B. Wetzel
Racine
Abolene Gibbs
Zeb Vincent
Dave Mitchettie
Gibbs
Mier
Doublin
William Boles
New River Bridge
Charleston
Mother
S. M. Smith
Lieutenant Smith
Huntington
Lawrence
George Lerner
National Guard unit leaves for active duty Sept deployment
The 3664th Ordinance Company of the West Virginia National Guard at the Hartford armory prepares for mobilization with a Sept 25 alert and Oct 1 departure toward Fort Polk Louisiana. Eleven men have begun active duty including Captain James O Roseberry and Lt Daniel Killingworth as families brace for separations and up to a hundred area servicemen mobilize.
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National Guard
3664Th Ordnance Company
West Virginia National Guard
Fort Polk
James O. Roseberry
Daniel Killingworth
Kenneth Morris
Jimmy Tucker
William P. Workman
Charles Bass
Harry Curry
van Bernard
Donald Embleton
Carmen Frogale
Thomas M. Johnson
William Wood
Roseberry
PTA
Charleston
Gloria
Killingsworth
Bobby Stover
SP-4
Wood
Jack Paugh
SP-5
Arthur Saunder
Douglas Clench
William Workmar
Jackie Durst
Jackie
William Wilson
German Doctor Visits At Roush Get-Together
The Roush and Allied Families Association of America held its annual reunion in Parkersburg with A. Roush reelected president for a second term and Dr. Rausch from Ibbenburgen Germany as guest speaker. About 400 relatives attended. plans for the 1962 reunion in West Union Ohio were announced.
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Point Pleasant
Roush
Rousch
Allied Families Association of America, Inc
Parkersburg
A. Roush
Donald O. Roush
New Haven
Arnett Roush
West Columbia
Phillip Roush
Marysville
West Union
Ohio
Lloyd S. Rausch
Rausch
Ibbenburgen
Westfalen
Germany
Pom eroy Youth Named Circle K Trustee at National Reunion
Thomas M. Brown of Pom eroy was named trustee of all Circle K Clubs in the United States and Canada at a St. Petersburg Florida convention. The Rio Grande College senior and Ohio Circle K delegate will oversee Ohio and New York clubs and chair next year’s San Diego convention. Over 500 delegates attended with Dr Parrish keynote. James Russell and Joe DeFelice accompanied Brown.
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Brown
Rio Grande College
State of
Ohio
Circle K
New York
San Diego
Calif
United States
Canada
St. Petersburg
Parrish
Peace Corps
James Russell
Joe DeFelice
Circle K Club
Rio Grande
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By James M. Crump
Smiths
Grover
Meadow Bluff
Greenbrier County
Fayette
Doublin Depot
New England
Mason County Mining and Manufacturing Company
William Harpold
Liverpool Salt Company
West Virginia
Lester L. Rausch
Longbottom
Dr. Roush
Forrest D. Roush
Hillsboro
Nebraska
Nebraska City
Leaving Coal CO
Flues
Pomeroy Cement Block
Ebersbach Hardware
Pomeroy
Google
Goeglein
National Circle K
Thomas M. Brown
Middleport
Semmering
Alps
Goessler
Jewelry Store
Pomeroy, Oho
H & R Firestone
Middleport, Ohio
Ny A
Spee
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