World War I and Jefferson County, West Virginia (Military) - download pdf or read online

By James Francis Horn

Fifty years after Jefferson County stumbled on itself wedged among the Union and the Confederacy, President Woodrow Wilson declared conflict on Germany and the crucial Powers. unexpectedly cities like Shepherdstown, Charles city and Harpers Ferry once more ready for warfare, this time an ocean away. Civilians supported the reason via donating to the pink move, and the county�s huge agricultural group produced foodstuff in the course of rationing. greater than Jefferson County natives enlisted, whereas greater than 300 extra infantrymen got here from collage associations in the county. Historian James Francis Horn recounts the struggles and triumphs of neighborhood groups throughout the nice War.

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