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2 unusual facts about Samuel Wallace


Rockbridge County, Virginia

The first court session in Rockbridge County was held at the home of Samuel Wallace on April 7, 1778.

Samuel Wallace

On 20 November 1917 at Gonnelieu, France, when the personnel of Lieutenant Wallace's battery were reduced to five, having lost their commander and five sergeants, and were surrounded by enemy infantry, he maintained the firing of the guns by swinging the trails close together, the men running and loading from gun to gun.



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