In 1856, just six years prior to the outbreak of the American Civil War, a transplanted Richmond lawyer by the name of George S. Patton organized a militia in the Kanawha Valley of western Virginia. Originally known as the Kanawha Minutemen, they later became the Kanawha Riflemen. The company was comprised of the Kanawha Valley's social elite. They performed at public functions throughout the state, earning a reputation that they could perhaps...
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