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![[William R. Wilson (right) and brother Cpl. Jack Wilson (left) standing by a German 88 mm gun at Verdun, France on VE Day]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDMvd2lsbGlhbS1yLXdpbHNvbi1yaWdodC1hbmQtYnJvdGhlci1jcGwtamFjay13aWxzb24tbGVmdC1zdGFuZGluZy1ieS1hLWdlcm1hbi1kMGQ4MGUtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/211/jpg "[William R. Wilson (right) and brother Cpl. Jack Wilson (left) standing by a German 88 mm gun at Verdun, France on VE Day]")
![[Rocketts, Richmond, Virginia Battered smokestack from C.S.S. ironclad ram Virginia No. 2]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjAvMDEvMDEvcm9ja2V0dHMtcmljaG1vbmQtdmEtYmF0dGVyZWQtc21va2VzdGFjay1mcm9tLWNzcy1pcm9uY2xhZC1yYW0tdmlyZ2luaWEtbm8tMi02NDAuanBn/40/41/webp "[Rocketts, Richmond, Virginia Battered smokestack from C.S.S. ironclad ram Virginia No. 2]")
![[William R. Wilson (right) and brother Cpl. Jack Wilson (left) standing by a German 88 mm gun at Verdun, France on VE Day]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDMvd2lsbGlhbS1yLXdpbHNvbi1yaWdodC1hbmQtYnJvdGhlci1jcGwtamFjay13aWxzb24tbGVmdC1zdGFuZGluZy1ieS1hLWdlcm1hbi0zNTU0NGItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[William R. Wilson (right) and brother Cpl. Jack Wilson (left) standing by a German 88 mm gun at Verdun, France on VE Day]")
![[William Henry Jackson (right) with his mother, Harriet Jackson (left), his son Clarence S. Jackson and young son Billy (center) in a family portrait]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvd2lsbGlhbS1oZW5yeS1qYWNrc29uLXJpZ2h0LXdpdGgtaGlzLW1vdGhlci1oYXJyaWV0LWphY2tzb24tbGVmdC1oaXMtc29uLWNsYXJlbmNlLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/30/webp "[William Henry Jackson (right) with his mother, Harriet Jackson (left), his son Clarence S. Jackson and young son Billy (center) in a family portrait]")
![[Charles W. Wilson, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, wearing buckskins, with rifle]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTQvY2hhcmxlcy13LXdpbHNvbi1mdWxsLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1zdGFuZGluZy1mYWNpbmctZnJvbnQtd2VhcmluZy1idWNrc2tpbnMtZDM4NjIzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/54/webp "[Charles W. Wilson, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, wearing buckskins, with rifle]")
![[Private William H. Presgraves of Company K, 97th Militia Virginia Infantry Regiment, with rifle]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDUvcHJpdmF0ZS13aWxsaWFtLWgtcHJlc2dyYXZlcy1vZi1jb21wYW55LWstOTd0aC1taWxpdGlhLXZpcmdpbmlhLWluZmFudHJ5LXJlZ2ltZW50LWFiOWQ0NC02NDAuanBn/40/44/webp "[Private William H. Presgraves of Company K, 97th Militia Virginia Infantry Regiment, with rifle]")
