Robert U. DeLaughter, Jr. writes in his paper, 62nd Virginia Infantry: "The men of the 62nd Virginia Mounted Infantry were primarily residents of the war created state of West Virginia. With her sister units of the Northwestern Brigade, the 62nd Virginia was tasked for most of its career with guarding the Shenandoah Valley. Always greatly outnumbered and virtually forgotten by the Richmond authorities the Northwestern Brigade spent the final two desperate years of the war as the guardians of the Valley of Virginia." For more information, see Robert H. Moore, II.'s 62nd Virginia Infantry page.

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