Wheeling, WV

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Record Data

Place Unit Type

City or Town

Containing Unit

Ohio County, WV

Events

Date		Type
03/30/1865	In western Maryland, Confederate raiders capture and burn the Baltimore to Wheeling mail train	Battles/Soldiers
07/06/1865	In Wheeling, West Virginia, a prominent citizen loses his life while on duty as a provost guard	Crime/Disasters
06/20/1863	In Wheeling, West Virginia, Arthur Boreman is inaugurated as the first governor of the new state	Campaigns/Elections
12/03/1861	The Wheeling Convention votes to drop the provisional name "Kanawha" in favor of "West Virginia"	Lawmaking/Litigating

People

Burial Place of

Clarke, Asbury Jones

Hubbard, Chester Dorman

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