Powell, William H., 1825-1904
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Powell, William H.
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Powell, William Henry, 1825-1904.
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William H. Powell served as a colonel in the 2nd West Virginia Cavalry Regiment. He commanded a brigade of cavalry as part of General David Hunter's campaign through the Shenandoah Valley in pursuit of Confederate general Jubal Early.
Whaler.
Came to America from New South Wales with his parents in 1830, began working in the iron business at an early age, formed a regiment when the Civil War broke out and served as captain, major and lieutenant colonel of the 2nd Virginia Cavalry Regiment. Brevet major general in 1865. Was imprisoned in Libby Confederate Prison for a time.
Organizer and Captain of Virginia Cavalry, 2nd Regiment, Company B, brevetted Major General, wounded and held at Libby Prison for seven months, organizer, superintendent and general manager of the Western Nail Company in Belleville, Ill. and commissioned Revenue Collector of the Thirteenth District of Illinois by his friend, President William McKinley.
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Bookbinding industry
Lynchburg, Battle of, Lynchburg, Va., 1864
Prisoners of war
Shenandoah Valley Campaign, 1864 (May)
Stoneman's Raid, 1865
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Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.)
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New York (State)--Sag Harbor
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Sag Harbor (N.Y.)
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Belleville (Ill.)
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Confederate States of America
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United States
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West Virginia
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Atlantic Ocean
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United States
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New York (State)--Sag Harbor
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Virginia
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