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The First Virginia (WV) Infantry and Benjamin Franklin Kelley

L to R: Colonel Benjamin Franklin Kelly (LOC) and Colonel Joseph Thoburn (LOC) commanded the First Virginia Infantry (3 month regiment) and First Virginia Infantry (3 year regiment) respectively.

This program discusses the service of the First Virginia Infantry (3 month regiment) and First Virginia Infantry (3 year regiment) The First Virginia was the first regiment raised on southern soil for the defense of the Union. The program also looks at the exploits of Benjamin Franklin Kelley of Wheeling.