201st Infantry/Field Artillery
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wvhunter
N 39° 39.369 W 079° 57.185
17S E 589812 N 4390118
Willowdale Road, near junction with WV 705
Waymark Code: WMQPB
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 09/17/2006
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This National Guard unit traces its origins to Capt. Morgan Morgan, who formed the company Feb. 17, 1735. It served with Washington's militia in Braddock's 1755 campaign. At the outset of the Revolution he called upon these fighting men to "drive the invaders from our land." One of the oldest and still active military units, the 201st has fought or trained men for every conflict involving the U. S.