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Civil War Widows – Encyclopedia Virginia


Elizabeth Ann ValentineIt is difficult to determine how many of Virginia’s Civil War soldiers who died in the conflict left widows. Still, given the estimate of 20,000–30,000 total deaths for Virginia troops and the fact that about one in five soldiers were married, there likely were somewhere between 4,000 and 6,000 Virginia women whose husbands perished in the war.
No single source documents all of Virginia’s Civil War widows. Two records, however, allow scholars to identify many, if not most, of these women. The identity of 1,297 of these widows can be determined from the death claim records produced during the war. If a soldier who died was owed back pay by the Confederate government which often was the case in the Confederate army his widow could apply to receive it. Unfortunately many of the widows never filed for these payments because the war ended before their claims could be filled. In addition to the death claim records, beginning in 1888 the wives of Virginia ....

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Prayer vigils in Virginia call for end to death penalty


Prayer vigils in Virginia call for end to death penalty
Jan 26, 2021 catholic news service
Participants take part in a Jan. 22, 2021, prayer vigil to end death penalty in Norfolk, Va. (Credit: CNS photo/courtesy Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy.)
At some of the prayer vigils for an end of the death penalty in Virginia Jan. 22 held in locations across the state, including sites where lynchings took place the names of those killed were read aloud.
WASHINGTON, D.C. For Stephanie Niedringhaus, it was all about the names.
At some of the prayer vigils for an end of the death penalty in Virginia Jan. 22 held in locations across the state, including sites where lynchings took place the names of those killed were read aloud. ....

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