Hello, Everyone: I  am writing to announce my latest (and LAST) comprehensive  Civil War page, The First West Virginia Cavalry. Soldiers of this regiment were recruited from western  PENNSYLVANIA, eastern OHIO and WEST VIRGINIA.  This regiment is of importance to me because my husband's gr-gr-grandfather , ALEXANDER HOBACK of WAYNE COUNTY, was killed in battle while serving. Alexander Hoback was also the great-grandfather of pilot, CHUCK YEAGER, a native of Lincoln County. There are about 350 UNCLAIMED Civil War medals in the West Virginia State Archives that were issued for 1st WV Cavalry soldiers.  This is incredible and I am thinking it is possibly  because descendants may not know to look for their Ohio & Pennsylvania  ancestors'  Civil War service in West Virginia. I have chosen to put the files in the Wheeling Area Genealogical Society space but they will be linked from my other pages (Marshall, Calhoun & Pleasants County WVGenWeb) , as well.  I invite all of you to add a link from your own homepage or county GenWeb page.      http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvwags/1wvc/1wvc-frm.htm << <<A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvwags/1wvc/1wvc-frm.htm"><First WV Cavalry</A> The "cover" is an original drawing by a descendant of a 1st Cav soldier.  In addition to the roster, histories, pension files, etc.,  contents will include photos and information from the vast Civil War collection of Dave Aeberli of Pittsburgh,  also  a descendant of a 1st WV Cavalry soldier.   And,  in the same format as my 12th WV Infantry page, there will eventually be a page for each of the 1000+ soldiers.   I have info on quite a few already and I invite you all to submit pension files, photos, bios, etc. The ROSTER  contains the links to the individual soldiers' pages - - This is a very large file and if it is too slow, I may have to consider splitting it up. Also,  I have become a collector of WV Civil War items,  so please contact me if you have anything you would like to sell.  Thanks very much! Linda Cunningham Fluharty http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvmarsha/lindapages.htm < <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvmarsha/lindapages.htm"><The Pages of Linda Cunningham Fluharty</A>