Statistics for occurrence #1 of “western Virginia” in alphabetic letter H, entry group 4, entry hayes-rutherford-birchard of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:

...lege, O., in 1842, and at the Cambridge Law School in 1845; practised law in Cincinnati until 1861, when he became first major, and then colonel, of the 23d Regiment Ohio Volunteers, first serving in western Virginia . He was wounded in the battle of South Mountain, Md.; and from December, 1862, to September, 1864, commanded the 1st Brigade, Kanawha division. He was appointed brigadier-general in October, 1864...
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