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Raleigh Register in Beckley, West Virginia

25 May 1961

Page 8

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Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 25, 1961

Page

8

First Union Soldier Killed by a Confederate Named Bailey Brown

In 1861 Bailey Brown, a Grafton man recently enlisted in a West Virginia volunteer unit, defied Confederate sentry Daniel Knight on a picket line near Grafton. Brown's revolver cut Knight's ear, Knight shot Brown in the chest, and Brown died within minutes. The incident marks the first Union soldier killed in Virginia by a properly enrolled Confederate.

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J. Richard Toren Grafton UPI Thornbury Bailey Brown Daniel Knight Grafton Area Brown Virginia Baltimore St. Louis Bailey Brown West Virginia James H. Weekly Knight Preston County Taylor County Fort Sumter Grafton Guards George R. Latham Bailey Fairview George A. Porterfield Richmond Porterfield Fetterman Marion Harrison Taylor Daniel Wilson Pruntytown Wheeling West Virginia Argus Brown, Reates
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Woman Wins Battle Alamo To Be Modernized

Seguin housewife Mrs J T Schuessler spearheaded a modernization of the Alamo choosing air conditioning hidden from visitors. The system by General Electric will heat in winter without altering the shrine’s historic appearance. A San Antonio ceremony will mark the switch to cooled air flowing for the first time.

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