Copies of official statement of lineage and battle honors of the 116th Infantry Regiment "Stonewall Brigade" 1861-1948 and of the 176th Infantry Regiment 1652-1948 [manuscript].

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Copies of official statement of lineage and battle honors of the 116th Infantry Regiment "Stonewall Brigade" 1861-1948 and of the 176th Infantry Regiment 1652-1948 [manuscript].

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SNAC Resource ID: 7931702

University of Virginia. Library

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On March 9, 1916, Pancho Villa and a band of Mexican bandits raided the town of Columbus, New Mexico, killing seventeen Americans. President Woodrow Wilson ordered Maj. Gen. John J. Pershing and a 15,000-man force on a "Punitive Expedition" into Mexico. The War Department telegraphed the governor of Virginia to mobilize the Virginia National Guard to protect the Mexican Border while the Regular Army units carried out the expedition. Two regiments of infantry (the 1st and 2nd Regiments), four bat...

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