Bassett Historical Center

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    • Law and Order for Hire in Virginia

    Bassett Historical Center 3964 Fairystone Park Hwy, Bassett, VA, United States

    Violence and lawlessness plagued late nineteenth-and early twentieth-century Virginia, and with no bureau of investigation or state police force, the Old Dominion relied on the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency to solve a multitude of crimes. Formed by William G. Baldwin and Thomas L. Felts, the agency, headquartered in Roanoke, was charged with investigating some of the […]

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    The Henry Guard: Company H and the 24th Virginia Infantry in the Civil War

    The Henry Guard: Company H and the 24th Virginia Infantry in the Civil War

    Bassett Historical Center 3964 Fairystone Park Hwy, Bassett, VA, United States

    Raised from the farms, villages, and crossroads of Henry County, Virginia, Company H, known as the Henry Guard, answered the call to arms in 1861 and became part of the 24th Virginia Infantry. Throughout four years of war, these local soldiers marched across some of the Civil War's most famous battlefields, including First Manassas, Williamsburg, […]

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