To Va-Hist List servers:

Re: Virginia Troops fighting outside of Virginia, the Botetourt
Artillery served at Vicksburg.  It was the only Virginia unit at
Vicksburg, according to the NPS.  We found the marker/monument to it on
a visit to Vicksburg several years ago.

Janet J.Perkins
Collections Research Assistant
Museum of the Confederacy
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Richmond, VA  23219
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Date:    Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:08:38 -0400
From:    David Kiracofe <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Virginia Confederate troops serving outside of Virginia

Hello Va-Hist Listers:

A student asked me this question and a quick scan of my little Civil War
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library did not turn up an easy answer.   Did Virginia forces fight =
anywhere outside of the Old Dominion during the Civil War?  I'm not =
referring to the forces that invaded Maryland and Pennsylvania or served
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in the Confederate navy, but rather to whether or not men were sent out
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the west or to the deep south.  Our class was discussing soldier
motivation=
s and it was noted that Virginians were highly engaged because they were
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encountering the enemy on their own soil -- hence th question: would
they =
(did they?) fight show the same engagement outside of their home state.

Thanks,

David Kiracofe

David Kiracofe
History
Tidewater Community College
Chesapeake Campus
1428 Cedar Road
Chesapeake, Virginia 23322
757-822-5136

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