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- ↑ Affairs, Virginia Dept of Military (1913). The Report of the Adjutant General of the Commonwealth of Virginia for the Period... Commonwealth of Virginia, Division of Purchase and Printing.
- ↑ "Governor Youngkin appoints Brig. Gen. James W. Ring as 29th Adjutant General of Virginia". Virginia National Guard. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
