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The Virginia Army National Guard is the land militia of the American State of Virginia. It is composed of approximately 7,200 soldiers and maintains 46 armories in communities throughout the State of Virginia.
The Virginia Military Advisory Council is the Defense Force's link to a higher authority and the staff of the Adjutant General of Virginia. For 2011, the budget passed by the Virginia Legislature allocated to the Virginia Defense Force about $240,000.
(The Virginia State Defense Force is the third military unit of the Virginia Department of Military Affairs, part of the state government of Virginia). The National Guard may be called into federal service in response to a call by the President of the United States in accordance with Title 10 of the United States Code .
The entire army was soundly defeated at the Second Battle of Bull Run by Jackson, Longstreet, and Lee, and withdrew to the defensive lines of Washington, D.C. On September 12, 1862, the units of the Army of Virginia were merged into the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Virginia was never reconstituted.
Fort Barfoot, formerly Fort Pickett, is a Virginia Army National Guard installation, located near the town of Blackstone, Virginia. Home of the Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center, Fort Barfoot was originally named for the United States Army officer and Confederate General George Pickett. It was one of the U.S. Army installations named ...
Fort Belvoir (/ ˈ b ɛ l v w ɑːr / BEL-vwar) is a United States Army installation and a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.It was developed on the site of the former Belvoir plantation, seat of the prominent Fairfax family for whom Fairfax County was named.
The Army of Northern Virginia's wool battle flag from 1862. The Army of Northern Virginia was established on March 14, 1862, again under Johnston. Though the military department stayed existent its role changed into an administrative division for most of the war.
During the Civil War, the Virginia militia was the main recruiting body for first the Provisional Army of Virginia and later the Virginia state regiments of the Confederate Army. After the Civil War, Reconstruction governments forced upon Virginia an all-volunteer militia system in opposition to Virginia's Bill of Rights. The militia became ...