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Luray, Virginia

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Luray is a town in and the county seat of Page County, Virginia, United States, in the Shenandoah Valley in the northern part of the state. [1]

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Abram and Sallie Printz Farm

Abram and Sallie Printz Farm, also known as Mountain View Farm, is a historic home and farm located near Luray, Page County, Virginia.

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Alfred Thomas Archimedes Torbert

Alfred Thomas Archimedes Torbert (July 1, 1833 – August 29, 1880) was a career United States Army officer, a Union Army General commanding both infantry and cavalry forces in the American Civil War, and a U.S. diplomat.

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Andrew Russell Barbee Jr.

Andrew Russell Barbee Jr.

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Archaeological site

An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology and represents a part of the archaeological record.

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Archeological Site No. AU-154

Site AU-154 (in full, 44-AU-154) is an archaeological site in Shenandoah National Park, in Augusta County, Virginia, United States.

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Area code 540

North American telephone area code 540 serves the northwestern and southwestern portions of the Commonwealth of Virginia, including the communities of Buchanan, Buena Vista, Cave Spring, Eagle Rock, Fincastle, Floyd County, Fredericksburg, Franklin County, Giles County, Greenville, Harrisonburg, King George, Lexington, Madison, Montgomery County, Pulaski County, Radford, Roanoke County, Salem, Springwood, Staunton, Warren, Waynesboro, and Winchester, as well as most of Augusta, Caroline, Culpeper, Stafford, Spotsylvania, Rockbridge, Orange, Louisa, Fauquier, Rappahannock, Rockingham, Clarke County and Shenandoah counties.

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Autoethnography

Autoethnography, is a form of qualitative research in which an author uses self-reflection and writing to explore their personal experience and connect this autobiographical story to wider cultural, political, and social meanings and understandings.

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Aventine Hall

Aventine Hall is a historic home located at Luray, Page County, Virginia.

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Battle of Fisher's Hill

The Battle of Fisher's Hill was fought September 21–22, 1864, near Strasburg, Virginia, as part of the Valley Campaigns of 1864 during the American Civil War.

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Blackrock Springs Site

The Blackrock Springs Site (44-AU-167) is an archaeological site in Shenandoah National Park, in Augusta County, Virginia, United States.

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Carolyn Ellis

Carolyn Ellis is an interdisciplinary scholar and qualitative researcher, widely regarded as an originator and developer of autoethnography, a reflexive approach to research, writing, and storytelling that connects the autobiographical and personal to the cultural, social, and political.

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Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population.

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Charles Frederick Crisp

Charles Frederick Crisp (January 29, 1845 – October 23, 1896) was a United States political figure.

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Charles Lindbergh

Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974), nicknamed Lucky Lindy, The Lone Eagle, and Slim was an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, explorer, and environmental activist.

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Confederate States of America

The Confederate States of America (CSA or C.S.), commonly referred to as the Confederacy, was an unrecognized country in North America that existed from 1861 to 1865.

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County seat

A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish.

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Donald Keyhoe

Donald Edward Keyhoe (June 20, 1897 – November 29, 1988) was an American Marine Corps naval aviator, Donald E(dward) Keyhoe.

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Eastern Time Zone

The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing 17 U.S. states in the eastern part of the contiguous United States, parts of eastern Canada, the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico, Panama in Central America, and the Caribbean Islands.

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Edward Almond

Edward Mallory "Ned" Almond (December 12, 1892 – June 11, 1979) was a senior United States Army officer who fought in both World War I and World War II, where he commanded the 92nd Infantry Division.

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Eleanor Roosevelt

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (October 11, 1884 – November 7, 1962) was an American political figure, diplomat and activist.

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Fairview, Page County, Virginia

Fairview, Page County is an unincorporated community in Page County, in the U.S. state of Virginia.

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Federal Information Processing Standards

Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the United States federal government for use in computer systems by non-military government agencies and government contractors.

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Flags of the Confederate States of America

Three successive designs served as the official national flag of the Confederate States of America (the "Confederate States" or the "Confederacy") during its existence from 1861 to 1865.

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Floyd Baker

Floyd Wilson Baker (October 10, 1916 – November 17, 2004) was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Browns (1943–1944), Chicago White Sox (1945–1951), Washington Senators (1952–1953), Boston Red Sox (1953–1954) and Philadelphia Phillies (1954–1955).

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Forest Hills, Virginia

Forest Hills is an unincorporated community in Page County, in the U.S. state of Virginia.

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Geographic Names Information System

The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout the United States of America and its territories.

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Great Britain

Great Britain, also known as Britain, is a large island in the north Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe.

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Heiston–Strickler House

Heiston–Strickler House, also known as the Old Stone House, is a historic home located near Luray, Page County, Virginia.

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Herbert Barbee

Herbert Barbee (October 8, 1848 – March 22, 1936) was an American sculptor from Luray, Virginia.

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Hilldale, Virginia

Hilldale is an unincorporated community in Page County, in the U.S. state of Virginia.

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Humid subtropical climate

A humid subtropical climate is a zone of climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and mild to cool winters.

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Isaac Spitler House

Isaac Spitler House is a historic home and farm complex located near Luray, Page County, Virginia.

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Jeremey's Run Site

The Jeremey's Run Site is an archaeological site on the National Register of Historic Places near Luray, Virginia.

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John Taylor & Co

John Taylor & Co, commonly known as Taylor's Bell Foundry, Taylor's of Loughborough, or simply Taylor's, is the world's largest working bell foundry.

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Jubal Early

Jubal Anderson Early (November 3, 1816 – March 2, 1894) was a Virginia lawyer and politician who became a Confederate general during the American Civil War.

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Kanawha (Luray, Virginia)

Kanawha, also known as Tuckahoe, is a historic home located at Luray, Page County, Virginia.

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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Keith McHenry

Keith McHenry is the co-founder of Food Not Bombs.

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Korean War

The Korean War (in South Korean, "Korean War"; in North Korean, "Fatherland: Liberation War"; 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was a war between North Korea (with the support of China and the Soviet Union) and South Korea (with the principal support of the United States).

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List of cities and counties in Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia is divided into 95 counties, along with 38 independent cities that are considered county-equivalents for census purposes.

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List of sovereign states

This list of sovereign states provides an overview of sovereign states around the world, with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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Lord Fairfax Community College

Located in the Shenandoah Valley and Piedmont regions of Virginia, Lord Fairfax Community College operates four locations — the Fauquier and Middletown Campuses, the Luray-Page County Center and a site at Vint Hill in eastern Fauquier County — that serve seven counties and one city in the area, enrolling 9,400 students.

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Loughborough

Loughborough is a town in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England, seat of Charnwood Borough Council, and home to Loughborough University.

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Luray Caverns

Luray Caverns, originally called Luray Cave, is a commercial cave just west of Luray, Virginia, United States, which has drawn many visitors since its discovery in 1878.

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Luray Downtown Historic District

Luray Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located at Luray, Page County, Virginia.

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Luray High School

Luray High School is a public high school located in Luray, Virginia.

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Luray Norfolk and Western Passenger Station

The Luray Norfolk and Western Passenger Station is a historic train station located in Luray, Virginia, United States.

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Luray, Eure-et-Loir

Luray is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France.

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Mark Warner

Mark Robert Warner (born December 15, 1954) is an American businessman and politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Virginia, a seat he was first elected to in 2008.

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Marriage

Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a socially or ritually recognised union between spouses that establishes rights and obligations between those spouses, as well as between them and any resulting biological or adopted children and affinity (in-laws and other family through marriage).

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Massanutton Heights

Massanutton Heights is a historic home located near Luray, Page County, Virginia.

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Medal of Honor

The Medal of Honor is the United States of America's highest and most prestigious personal military decoration that may be awarded to recognize U.S. military service members who distinguished themselves by acts of valor.

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Mount Calvary Lutheran Church

Mount Calvary Lutheran Church is an historic Lutheran church located near the town of Luray, Virginia, United States.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance.

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New Market Gap

New Market Gap is a wind gap in the Massanutten Mountain in Virginia.

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Page County Courthouse (Virginia)

Page County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at Luray, Page County, Virginia.

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Page County, Virginia

Page County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Paine Run Rockshelter

The Paine Run Rockshelter (44-AU-158) is an archaeological site in Shenandoah National Park, in Augusta County, Virginia, United States.

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Per capita income

Per capita income or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year.

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Peter Bouck Borst

Peter Bouck Borst (23 June 1826 – 24 April 1882) was an active participant in the mid-19th century development of Page County, Virginia, serving as a lawyer, county delegate to Virginia's Secession Convention of 1861, and president of the Shenandoah Valley Railroad.

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Philip Baybutt

Philip James Baybutt (November 22, 1844 – April 17, 1907) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War.

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Philip Sheridan

Philip Henry Sheridan (March 6, 1831 – August 5, 1888) was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War.

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Population density

Population density (in agriculture: standing stock and standing crop) is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume; it is a quantity of type number density.

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Poverty threshold

The poverty threshold, poverty limit or poverty line is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country.

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Purcellville Cannons

The Purcellville Cannons are a collegiate summer baseball team in Purcellville, Virginia.

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Race and ethnicity in the United States Census

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, defined by the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin (the only categories for ethnicity).

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Redwell–Isabella Furnace Historic District

Redwell–Isabella Furnace Historic District is a historic iron furnace complex and national historic district located near Luray, Page County, Virginia.

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Robert Franklin Leedy

Robert Franklin Leedy (28 July 1863 – 12 January 1924) was a lawyer, soldier, and Virginia state legislator.

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Ruffner House

The Ruffner House, also known as Luray Tannery Farm, is a historic home and farm complex located at Luray, Page County, Virginia.

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Shenandoah National Park

Shenandoah National Park (often) is a national park that encompasses part of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the U.S. state of Virginia.

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Shenandoah River

The Shenandoah River is a tributary of the Potomac River, long with two forks approximately long each,U.S. Geological Survey.

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Shenandoah Valley

The Shenandoah Valley is a geographic valley and cultural region of western Virginia and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia in the United States.

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Shenandoah Valley Railroad (1867–90)

Shenandoah Valley Railroad was a line completed on June 19, 1882, extending down the Shenandoah Valley from Hagerstown, Maryland through the West Virginia panhandle into Virginia to reach Roanoke, Virginia and to connect with the Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W).

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Skyline Drive

Skyline Drive is a road that runs the entire length of the National Park Service's Shenandoah National Park in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, generally along the ridge of the mountains.

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Spring View, Virginia

Spring View is an unincorporated community in Page County, in the U.S. state of Virginia.

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Stover House

Stover House, also known as Fort Stover, is a historic home located near Luray, Page County, Virginia.

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The Page News and Courier

The Page News and Courier is Page County, Virginia’s largest general circulation newspaper and provides coverage of local and regional news, events, issues, people, and industries.

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Thomas Jordan (general)

Thomas Jordan (September 30, 1819 – November 27, 1895) was a Confederate general and major operative in the network of Confederate spies during the American Civil War.

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Thornton Gap

Thornton Gap is a wind gap located in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia separating the Shenandoah Valley from the Piedmont region of the state.

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Town

A town is a human settlement.

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U.S. state

A state is a constituent political entity of the United States.

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Union (American Civil War)

During the American Civil War (1861–1865), the Union, also known as the North, referred to the United States of America and specifically to the national government of President Abraham Lincoln and the 20 free states, as well as 4 border and slave states (some with split governments and troops sent both north and south) that supported it.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau (USCB; officially the Bureau of the Census, as defined in Title) is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy.

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United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey (USGS, formerly simply Geological Survey) is a scientific agency of the United States government.

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Valley Baseball League

The Valley Baseball League is an NCAA and MLB-sanctioned collegiate summer baseball league in the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia.

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Valley Campaigns of 1864

The Valley Campaigns of 1864 were American Civil War operations and battles that took place in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia from May to October 1864.

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Virginia

Virginia (officially the Commonwealth of Virginia) is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States located between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

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Virginia Secession Convention of 1861

The Virginia Secession Convention of 1861 was called in Richmond to determine secession from the United States, to govern the state during a state of emergency, and to write a new Constitution for Virginia, which was subsequently voted down in referendum under the Confederate regime.

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Wall Brook Farm

Wall Brook Farm is a historic home and farm complex located near Luray, Page County, Virginia.

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Westlu, Virginia

Westlu is an unincorporated community in Page County in the U.S. state of Virginia.

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William Randolph Barbee

William Randolph Barbee (January 17, 1818 – June 16, 1868) was an American sculptor recognized for creating idealized, sentimental classical figures.

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Williams Carter Wickham

Williams Carter Wickham (September 21, 1820 – July 23, 1888) was a Virginia lawyer, plantation owner and politician.

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Woodland Park, Page County, Virginia

Woodland Park, Page County is an unincorporated community in Page County, in the U.S. state of Virginia.

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ZIP Code

ZIP Codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS) since 1963.

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2010 United States Census

The 2010 United States Census (commonly referred to as the 2010 Census) is the twenty-third and most recent United States national census.

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2nd Regiment of Cavalry, Massachusetts Volunteers

The 2nd Regiment of Cavalry, Massachusetts Volunteers was a regiment of cavalry troops in the Union army during the American Civil War.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luray,_Virginia

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