The 29th ID’s First Brigade (now called the 116th Infantry Brigade, Virginia Army National Guard) is still called the Stonewall Brigade, tracing its lineage back through the 116th Infantry Regiment (of Omaha Beach fame) to at least some of the Virginia infantry regiments of the original Stonewall Brigade. They used to have a shoulder patch of Jackson on his horse but now they wear the 29th’s blue-and-gray yin-yang. I don’t know when they last wore the Jackson insignia, I had a friend join the National Guard way back in the mid-80s and he was in the 116th, and they wore the 29th ID patch.
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Yes, after I posted I caught my mistake concerning the 116th and the 29th.
My memory isn’t what it used to be.
The old Jackson insignia for the 116th was beautiful.
I was at the dedication for the D Day memorial in Bedford, VA.
I was able to speak with an old vet from the 116th.
Very humble man who was very proud of the Brigade.
Did your friend know the history of the 116th?
Had I been able to serve, I would have been ecstatic to have been in his shoes.