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Listed below are various sources of information on known published books as well as websites constructed on West Virginia regiments during the War between the States. Much of the information included on this WebPages originates at the following website.. (thanks goes out to Jack Lewis for pointing this out to us).
WVGenWeb, West Virginia Civil War References. If interested in Civil War West Virginia Units, you should click here.
West Virginia in the Civil War Website
In 1998, Blue Acorn Press of Huntington, West Virginia published an enhanced reprint of Theodore Lang's classic 1895 work, Loyal West Virginia 1861-1865,. Details concerning this book's contents and availability can be found on Blue Acorn Press' website: Blue Acorn Press Website.
The 1st (West) Virginia Veteran Volunteer Infantry was formed November 9, 1864, by consolidating the re-enlisted veterans and recruits with unexpired terms belonging to the 5th and 9th Infantry. (excerpts and the following taken from Fox's).
"History
of the First West Virginia Virginia Infantry", by C.J. Rawling.
The only history of this unit which participated inthe first land battle of
the Civil War at Phillipi and later reorganized for a three year enlistment.
This edition includes new material including an index, photographs, biographical
data, and statistics. Originally published in 2002. 352 pages, costs
$ 29.95.
1st West Virginia Regiment of Volunteer Infantry: Organized and mustered in for three months as follows: Company "A" at Wheeling May 10; Company "B" at Wheeling May 11; Company "C" at Wheeling May 15; Company "D" at Steubenville, Ohio, May 15; Company "E" at Wheeling May 16; Company "F" at Wellsburg May 17; Company "G" at Wellsburg May 18; Company "H" in Marshall County May 21; Company "I" in Hancock County May 21, and Company "K" at Wheeling May 23, 1861. Left Wheeling May 27. Occupation of Grafton May 30. Action at Philippi June 3. Duty at Rowlesburg, Grafton and Philippi till July. Bowman's Place June 29. Occupation of Beverly and Sutton and guarding Baltimore & Ohio Railroad till August 19. Moved to Wheeling August 19-21. Mustered out August 27, 1861.
1st West Virginia Infantry Volunteers (3 YEARS). Organized at Wheeling, W. Va., October 30, 1861. Companies "A," "B," "D" and "E" moved from Wheeling to Little Kanawha, Wirt County, W. Va., October 13, and duty there till November 2, when rejoined Regiment at Romney. Regiment left Wheeling for Romney, W. Va., November 9, 1861, and duty there till January 10, 1862. Attached to Railroad District, West Virginia, to January, 1862. 3rd Brigade, Landers' Division, Army Potomac, to March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, Shields' Division, Banks' 5th Army Corps, and Dept. of the Shenandoah, to May, 1862. 4th Brigade, Shields' Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. 4th Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Pope's Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Whipple's Division, Military District of Washington, D. C, to October, 1862. Wheeling, W. Va., to December, 1862. Cumberland, Md., September 1862. North Mountain, Defences of Upper Potomac, 8th Army Corps, Middle Dept., to March, 1863. 4th Brigade 1st Division, 8th Army Corps, to June, 1863. Campbell's Brigade, Scammon's Division, West Virginia, to December, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, West Virginia, to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, West Virginia, to October, 1864. Cumberland, Md., to December, 1864.
SERVICE.--Expedition to Blue's Gap January 6-7, 1862. Hanging Rock Pass, Blue's Gap, January 7. Moved to Patterson Creek January 10, and duty there till February 6. Moved to Paw Paw Tunnel February 5-13. Advance on Winchester March 1-15. Reconnoissance to Strasburg March 18-21. Battle of Winchester March 22-23. Pursuit of Jackson March 24-April 4. Edenburg March 27. Occupation of Mt. Jackson April 1. New Market April 17. Columbia Bridge May 5. March to Falmouth, Va., May 12-21, and to Port Republic May 25-June 7. Gaines' Cross Roads, near Front Royal, May 31. White Plains June 1. Front Royal June 3. Port Republic June 9. March to Cloud's Mills, near Alexandria, June 10-27. Camp there till July 24. Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Rappahannock Station August 20-23. Sulphur Springs August 26. Thoroughfare Gap August 28. Groveton August 29. Bull Run August 30. In the Defences of Washington till October 11. Moved to Wheeling, W. Va., October 11-13, and duty there to November 27. Moved to Cumberland, Md., November 27-28, thence to Romney December 8. Moved to North Mountain, and duty there till March 6, 1863. At Mechanicsville Gap till June 14. Moved to New Creek Station, thence to Cumberland, Md., June 14-20. Moved to Hancock, thence to Williamsport July 13. At Back Creek July 28. To Winchester August 3, thence to Romney and to Petersburg August 15. Operating against guerrillas and Imboden's and McNeil's forces till January 10, 1864. Moorefield September 5 and 11, 1863 (Cos. "B," "D." "E," "F" and "H"); mostly captured by McNeil. Descent on Salem December 16, 1863. Guard train from Petersburg to McDowell December 10-23. Retreat from, Petersburg to New Creek January 10-12, 1864. Operations in Hampshire and Hardy Counties against Rosser January 27-February 7. Veterans on furlough February and March. Moved to Grafton April 18, thence to Martinsburg April 19-22. Sigel's Expedition to New Market April 30-May 16. Mt. Jackson May 14. New Market May 15. At Cedar Creek May 16-June 1. Advance to Staunton June 1-6. Piedmont, Mt. Crawford June 5. Occupation of Staunton June 6. Hunter's Raid on Lynchburg June 10-July 1. Lexington June 11. Lynchburg June 17-18. Retreat to Gauley Bridge June 18-29. Moved to the Shenandoah Valley July 5-17. Snicker's Ferry July 17-18. Battle of Winchester July 23-24. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August to November. Cedar Creek August 12. Charlestown August 22-24. Halltown August 26. Berryville September 3-4. Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Ordered to Cumberland, Md., October 29, and duty there till December. Consolidated with 4th West Virginia Infantry to form 2nd West Virginia Veteran Infantry December 10, 1864.
Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 51 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 136 Enlisted men by disease. Total 192.
1st West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment Website
2nd West Virginia Regiment Volunteer Infantry: Company "A" organized at Pittsburg, Pa., April, 1861. Not accepted by Pennsylvania. Moved to Wheeling, W. Va., May 9, 1861, and mustered in May 21, 1861. Moved with 1st West Virginia Infantry May 25 along line of Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Guard Glover's Gap until May 28. Action with Capt. Roberts' Command May 27. Moved to Grafton May 28. Detached as Body Guard to Gen. Geo. B. McClellan on his assuming command of the Army of West Virginia. Participated in the West Virginia Campaign July 6-17. Assigned to 2nd Regiment as Company "A." Company "B," Grafton Guards, organized May 20, 1861. Moved to Wheeling, W. Va., and mustered in May 25. Moved to Mannington June 28, then to Grafton July 1, and to Phillippi July 4. West Virginia Campaign July 6-17. Laurel Hill July 7. Carrick's Ford July 13. Moved to Beverly and assigned to 2nd Regiment as Company "B." (A detachment of Company at Bealington until January 25, 1862, guarding supply trains between Webster and Beverly and scouting. Company "C" organized at Wheeling and mustered in June 1, 1861. Moved to Beverly, W. Va., July 1, and joined Regiment. Company "D" organized at Pittsburg, Pa., and mustered in at Wheeling, W. Va., June 14, 1861. Moved to Clarksburg, W. Va. Guard supply train to Rich Mountain (Cos. "C," "D," "E") July 5-6, then march to Beverly. Company "E" organized at Wheeling, W. Va., and mustered in June 16, 1861. Moved to Clarksburg, W. mustered in June 16, 1861. Moved to Clarksburg, W. Va. Guard supply train to Rich Mountain July 5-6, then march to Beverly. Company "F" organized at Pittsburg, Pa., and mustered in at Wheeling, W. Va., June 24, 1861. Company "G" organized at Pittsburg, Pa., and mustered in at Wheeling, W. Va., June 13, 1861. Companies "F" and "G" left Wheeling July 5, and Joined Regiment at Beverly. Company "H" organized at Ironton, Ohio, and mustered in at Wheeling, W. Va., June 28, 1861, Company "I" organized in Washington County, Pa. Moved to Wheeling, W. Va., July 9-10, and mustered in July 10. Moved to Grafton, Webster and Beverly July 22-27. Company "K" organized at Parkersburg, W. Va., and mustered in July 21, 1861. Regiment attached to Army of Occupation, W. Va., to September, 1861. Cheat Mountain, District West Virginia, to March, 1862. Cheat Mountain District, Dept. of the Mountains, to April, 1862. Milroy's Brigade, Dept. of the Mountains, to June, 1862. Milroy's Independent Brigade, 1st Army Corps, Pope's Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. Defences of Washington, D.C., to October, 1862. Beverly, W. Va., District of West Virginia, Dept. of Ohio, to March, 1863. 4th Separate Brigade, 8th Army Corps, Middle Department, to June, 1863. Averill's 4th Separate Brigade, West Virginia, to December, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, West Virginia, to January, 1864.
SERVICE--Duty at Beverly, W. Va., until September 11, 1861. Laurel Fork Creek August 20. Ordered to Elkwater September 11. Operations on Cheat Mountain September 11-17. Cheat Mountain Pass September 12. Camp Allegheny September 13. Expedition to Huntersville December 31, 1861, to January 6, 1862. Huntersville January 3, 1862. At Cheat Mountain Summit until April 5. Dry Fork, Cheat River, January 8 (Co. "B"), and February 8. Advance on Staunton April 5-May 8. Monterey April 12. Battle of McDowell May 8. Near Franklin May 26. Battle of Cross Keys June 8. At Strasburg June 20-July 5. Advance to Luray July 5-11. Moved to Sperryville July 11, then to Woodville July 22, and duty there until August 9. Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Fords of the
Rappahannock August 21-23. Freeman's Ford, Hazel River, August 22. Waterloo Bridge August 23-25. Gainesville August 28. Groveton August 29. Bull Run August 30. Duty in the Defences of Washington until September 29. Moved to Beverly, W. Va., September 29-October 9. Duty there until April 24, 1863. Cockletown January 22, 1863. Expedition into Pocahontas County February 10-12 (Detachment). Scout to Franklin April 11-18. Beverly April 24. Regiment mounted at Grafton. West Union May 6. Averill's Raid through Hardy, Pendleton, Highland, Bath, Greenbrier and Pocahontas Counties August 5-31. Jackson River August 25. Rocky Gap near White Sulphur Springs August 26-27. Seneca Trace Crossing, Cheat River, September 25 (Detachment). Averill's Raid on Lewisburg and the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad November 1-17. Mill Point November 5. Droop Mountain November 6. Averill's Raid from New Creek to Salem on Virginia & Tennessee Railroad December 8-25. Gatewood's December 12. Salem December 16. Scott's or Barber's Creek December 19 (Detachment). Covington December 30. At Martinsburg until January 26, 1864. Designation changed to 5th West Virginia Cavalry January 26, 1864 (which see).
2nd Regiment West Virginia Infantry Volunteers: Organized December 10, 1864, by consolidation of 1st and 4th West Virginia Infantry. Attached to Reserve Division, Dept. of West Virginia, to April, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, West Virginia, to July, 1865. On duty at Cumberland, Md., and at Bulltown, Braxton County, W. Va. Mustered out July 16, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 1 Enlisted man killed and 16 Enlisted men by disease. Total 17.
The 2nd (West) Virginia Regiment Volunteer Infantry was changed to mounted infantry in November, 1863, and in January, 1864, to the 6th West Virginia Cavalry.
The 2nd (West) Virginia Veteran Volunteer Infantry was formed December 21, 1864, by consolidating the veterans and recruits of the 1st and 4th Infantry.
The 3rd (West) Virginia Regiment Volunteer Infantry was changed to mounted infantry in June, 1863, and in January, 1864, to the 5th West Virginia Cavalry.
The 4th (West) Virginia Regiment Volunteer Infantry served in Blair's Division of the Fifteenth US Army Corps, and in the assault on Vicksburg, May 19th and 22nd, 1863, lost 156 killed and wounded.
7th (West) Virginia Regiment Volunteer Infantry....fact...."This distinguished regiment is included as one of William F. Fox's (circa 1889) top 300 Union Fighting Regiments."
7th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Website
7th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Roster Website
7th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Website - it has what the other site does not
The 8th (West) Virginia Regiment Volunteer Infantry was changed to the 7th West Virginia Cavalry in January, 1864. (excerpt from Fox's)
The 9th (West) Virginia Regiment Volunteer Infantry was composed largely of refugees, and was prominently engaged at Cloyd's Mountain. where it led a successful assault, but with a loss of 45 killed and 144 wounded. In this action its color-guard entered the enemy's works in advance of the line, every one of them falling, killed or wounded, and after the fight, 21 men lay dead around the flags, 12 of whom were Confederate.
10th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry: "Roster of the Tenth West Virginia Volunteer Infantry," by Henry E. Matheny, originally published in 1963 by the McClain Printing Company, Parson, WV. (Copy available at the Virginia State Library, Richmond, VA)
11th Regiment West Virginia Infantry -- Organized at Wheeling, Elizabeth, Burning Springs, Parkersburg, Ravenswood, Kanawha Station and Point Pleasant, W. Va., October 29, 1861, to October 8, 1862. At Ceredo and Parkersburg, W. Va., till October, 1862. Attached to Railroad District, West Virginia, Dept. of the Mountains and Middle Department, to January, 1863. Parkersburg, W. Va., to March, 1863. 6th Brigade, 1st Division, 8th Army Corps, Middle Department, to June, 1863. Wilkinson's Brigade, Scammon's Division, Dept. West Virginia, to December, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, West Virginia, to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, West Virginia, to July, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, West Virginia, July, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, West Virginia, to December, 1864. 3rd Brigade, Independent Division, 24th Army Corps, Army of the James, to June, 1865.
SERVICE--Duty at
Parkersburg and guarding Baltimore & Ohio Railroad through counties south of
line from Jackson County to Lewis County till June, 1863. Skirmishes at Arnoldsburg
and Camp McDonald, W. Va., May 6, 1862. Scout to Roane and Clay Counties May
8-21. Big Bend June 4. Mouth West Fork June 10. Glenville September 1. Spencer
Roane Court House September 2. Operations against Jones' Raid on Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad April 21-May 21, 1863. Duty on the Upper Potomac till August.
West Union May 6, 1863 (1 Co.). Elizabeth Court House May 16. At Parkersburg,
Clarksburg, Grafton, Sutton, Bulltown and Beverly guarding Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad till April, 1864.
Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 63 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 148 Enlisted men by disease. Total 215.
11th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Website
12th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry: "History of the Twelfth West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, and the part it took in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865," by William Hewitt, published in 1892, by the Twelfth West Virginia Infantry Association. (Copy at the Virginia State Library, Richmond, VA)
14th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Muster Roll Website
15th West Virginia Infantry: "The Flying, Gray-Haired Yank: or, The Adventures of a Volunteer of the 15th West Virginia Infantry," by Michael Egan. Originally issued 1888, Michael Egan started his military service as a contractor and carried dispatches through guerilla infested central West Virginia from Clarksburg to Gauley Bridge. He later became an officer in the 15th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, U.S.A., being captured and imprisoned, escaping twice. Reprinted in 1992 by the Gauley Mount Press, Leesburg, Virginia, 424 pages, cost $ 30.00.
15th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Website
1st West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Website
2nd West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry: "History of the Second Regiment of West Virginia Cavalry Volunteers during the War of the Rebellion," by Joseph J. Sutton, published at Portsmouth, Ohio, in 1892.(copy in the Virginia State Library, Richmond, VA, New York Public Library (New York, NY), and Library of Congress, Washington, DC) This regimental history, first published in 1892, of this unit saw dangerous and strenuous duty in western Virginia under Generals Crook and Averell and later in the Shenandoah Valley under Sheridan in the battles of Winchester, Fisher's Hill, and Cedar Creek. The unit finished the war under Custer's command and was in action at Five Forks, Sayler's Creek, and Appomattox Court-House. A reprint of the original edition with 55 added wartime photographs. Originally republished in 2001, this copy is 363 pages, costs $ 35.00.
2nd West Virginia Regiment of Volunteer Cavalry:. Organized at Parkersburg, W. Va., September to November, 1861. Attached to District of the Kanawha, W. Va., to March, 1862. Unattached, Kanawha Division, W. Va., to September, 1862. Unattached, District of the Kanawha. Dept. of the Ohio, to January, 1863. Unattached, 3rd Division, 8th Army Corps, Middle Department, to June, 1863. Scammon's Division, W. Va., to December, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of West Virginia, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, Army of West Virginia, to June, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, Army of West Virginia, to July, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, W. Va., to November, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Middle Military Division, to February, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1865.
SERVICE--Ordered
to Guyandotte, W. Va., December 15, 1861, and duty there until April, 1862.
Cooperate with Garfield against Humphrey Marshall January 7-8, 1862. Dry Fork,
Cheat River, February 8. 1st Battalion (Cos. "B," "C," "F," "H" and "I") moved
to Meadow Bluff April, 1862. 2nd Battalion (Cos. "A," "D," "E," "G" and "K")
moved to Raleigh with General Cox engaged in scouting and operating against
bushwhackers in Raleigh, Fayette and Wyoming Counties until August, then rejoined
Regiment. Demonstration on Virginia & Tennessee Railroad May 10-18. Lewisburg
May 12. Princeton May 15-17. Retreat to Flat Top Mountain May 18. Jackson River
Depot May 20. Lewisburg May 23. Raid to Shaver River May 30. Lewisburg May 30.
Middle Creek June 8. Alderson's Ferry June 9. Wolf Creek July 10. Lamb's Mill
July 15. Blue Sulphur Springs July 20. Alderson's Ferry July 23. Williamsport
July 28. At Meadow Bluff until August. Ordered to Kanawha Falls August 14. Shady
Springs August 28 (Detachment). Campaign in Kanawha Valley September 6-16. Barboursville
September 8. Fayetteville September 10. Cotton Hill September 11. Loop Creek
September 11. Hurricane Bridge September 12. Charlestown September 13. At Point
Pleasant to October 20. Moved to Charlestown October 20, then to Camp Piatt.
Expedition from Summerville to Cold Knob Mountain November 24-30. Lewis Mill
on Sinking Creek November 26. Peters Mountain Raid January 5-20, 1863. Scout
into Wyoming County February 5-8. Expedition into Pocahontas County February
10-12. Scout through Boone, Wyoming and Logan Counties March 12-16. Expedition
through Logan and Cabell Counties April 3-6. Mud River April 5. Lewisburg May
2. West Union May 6. Summerville May 12 Fayetteville May 18-20. Scout on Big
and Little Coal Rivers June 18-19. Loup Creek June 26 (Cos. "B" and "I"). Raleigh
July 4. Expedition from Fayetteville to Wytheville July 13-25. Shady Springs
July 14. Wytheville July 18-19. Fayetteville July 28. Cold Springs Gap August
5 (Detachment). Scouts from Camp Piatt September 11-13. Smythe County September
14. Scout to Boone Court House October 21-22. Expedition from Charlestown to
Lewisburg November 3-13. Little Sewell Mountain November 6. Capture of Lewisburg
November 7. Muddy Creek November 7. Near Union November 8. Scammon's Demonstration
from the Kanawha Valley December 8-25. Meadow Bluff December 11. Lewisburg and
Greenbrier River December 12. Scout in Cabell and Wayne Counties March 16-18,
1864. Averill's Raid on Virginia & Tennessee Railroad May 5-19. Princeton, Grassy
Lick Cove, near Wytheville, Wytheville, Ingle and Cove Gap May 10. Salt Pond
and Pond Mountain Gap May 13. Hunter's Raid on Lynchburg, Va., May 26-July 1.
Staunton June 8. Newport June 10. Lexington June 11. Near Buchanan June 13.
New London June 16. Otter Creek June 16. Diamond Hill June 17. Lynchburg June
17-18. Liberty June 19. Buford's Gap June 20. Catawba Mountains and near Salem
June 21. Cove Gap June 23. Snicker's Ferry July 17-18. Carter's Farm July 20.
Newtown July 22. Kernstown, Winchester, July 24. Martinsburg July 25. Hagerstown
July 29. McConnellsburg, Pa., July 30. Hancock, Md., July 31. Near Moorefield
August 7. Williamsport August 26. Martinsburg August 31. Bunker Hill September
2-3. Near Bunker Hill September 5. Near Stephenson's Depot September 5. Darkesville
September 10. Bunker Hill September 13. Near Berryville September 14. Battle
of Winchester September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Mt. Jackson September
23-24. Forest Hill or Timberville September 24. Piedmont September 25. Brown's
Gap September 26. Weyer's Cave September 26-27. Battle of Cedar Creek October
19. Dry Run October 23. Nineveh November 12. Rude's Hill, Front Royal, November
22. Expedition to Gordonsville December 19-28. Liberty Mills December 22. Jack's
Shop, near Gordonsville, December 23. Near Ashby's Gap December 27. Sheridan's
Raid from Winchester February 25-March 25, 1865. Mt. Crawford February 28. Waynesboro
March 2. Charlottesville March 3. Augusta Court House March 10. Haydensville
March 12. Beaver Dam Station
Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 77 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 115 Enlisted men by disease. Total 196.
2nd West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Website
3rd West Virginia Regiment Union Volunteer Cavalry: Organized December, 1861. Attached to Railroad District, West Virginia, to March, 1862. Railroad District, Mountain Department, to May, 1862. Unattached, Mountain Department, to June, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862 (Cos. "A" and "C"). District of West Virginia, Dept. of the Ohio and Dept. of West Virginia. Unassigned, to March, 1864 (Regiment). Milroy's Command, Winchester, Va., 8th Army Corps, Middle Department, to February, 1863 (Cos. "D" and "E"). 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 8th Army Corps, to June, 1863 (Cos. "D" and "E"). 4th Separate Brigade, 8th Army Corps, to June, 1864 (Cos. "F," "H" and "I"). 4th Separate Brigade, Dept. of West Virginia, to December, 1863 (Cos. "F," "H" and "I"). Bloody Run, Pa., Dept. of the Susquehanna, and Scammon's Division, Dept. of West Virginia, to July, 1863 (Cos. "D" and "E"). Mc-Reynolds' Command, Martinsburg, W. Va., Dept. of West Virginia, to December, 1863 (Cos. "D" and "E"). 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, West Virginia (1 Co.). 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, West Virginia (3 Cos.). 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, West Virginia (2 Cos.), to March, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, West Virginia, to May, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, West Virginia, to November, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Corps, Middle Military Division, to February, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1865. Companies "A" and "C" attached to Headquarters, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, September, 1862, to December, 1862. Headquarters, Grand Reserve Division, Army of the Potomac, to February, 1863. 3rd Brigade, Cavalry Division, 22nd Army Corps, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, to November, 1863. Ordered to Dept. of West Virginia November, 1863.
SERVICE--Duty in Railroad District, Mountain Department, to May, 1862. Monterey April 12. Skirmish at Grass Lick, W. Va., April 23. Franklin May 5. Raid to Shaver River May 30 (Detachment). Strasburg and Staunton Road June 1-2. Harrisonburg June 6. Cross Keys June 8. Near Mt. Jackson June 13. Pope's Virginia Campaign August 16-September 2. Groveton August 29. Bull Run August 30. Aldie October 9. Near Bristoe Station October 24. Chester Gap November 16. Dumfries December 12. Wardensville December 22 and 25. Petersburg, W. Va., January 3, 1863 (Detachment). Williamsport, Md.. February 9. Truce Fork, Mud River, W. Va., February 20. Winchester March 19. Reconnoissance toward Wardensville and Strasburg April 20. Fisher's Hill, Strasburg Road, April 22. Lambert's Run April 22. Near Simpson's Creek April 30. Grove Church May 4. Janelew May 5 (Co. "E"). Strasburg May 6. Operations about Front Royal, Road Ford and Buck's Ford, May 12-16. Piedmont Station May 16. Brandy Station and Beverly Ford June 9. Winchester June 13-15 (Cos. "D" and "E"). Upperville June 21. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Boonesborough, Md., July 8. Benevola or Beaver Creek July 9. Funkstown July 10-13. Falling Waters July 14. Shanghai, W. Va., July 16. Near Hedgesville and Martinsburg July 18-19 (Co. "C"). Hagerstown July 29. Hancock July 31. Kelly's Ford July 31-August 1. Brandy Station August 1. Averill's Raid through Hardy, Pendleton, Highland, Greenbrier, Bath and Pocahontas Counties, W. Va., August 5-25 (Cos. "E," "H" and "I"). Affair near Franklin August 19. Jackson River August 25. Williamsport, Md., August 26. Expedition to Leesburg August 30-September 2. Advance to the Rapidan September 13-17 (Cos. "A".and "C"). Culpeper Court House September 13 (Cos. "A" and "C"). Fisher's Hill September 21. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22 (Cos. "A" and "C"). Morton's Ford October 10 (Cos. "A" and "C"). Stevensburg and near Kelly's Ford October 11 (Cos. "A" and "C"). Brandy Station October 11 (Cos. "A" and "C"). Brandy Station and Fleetwood October 12 (Cos. "A" and "C"). Auburn and Bristoe October 14 (Cos. "A" and "C"). Oak Hill October 15 (Cos. "A" and "C"). Averill's Raid against Lewisburg and the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad November 1-17 (Cos. "E," "H" and "I"). Cackletown November 4 (Cos. "E," "H" and "I"). Droop Mountain November 6 (Cos. "E," "H" and "I"). Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8 (Cos. "A" and "C"). Near Little Boston November 24 (Detachment). Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2 (Cos. "A" and "C"). Averill's Raid from New Creek to Salem and Virginia & Tennessee Railroad December 8-25 (Cos. "E," "F" and "H"). Scammon's Demonstration from Kanawha Valley December 8-25 (Detachment). Near Wayne Court House, W. Va., January 27, 1864 (Co. "G"). Near Hurricane Bridge February 20. Averill's Raid on Virginia & Tennessee Railroad May 5-19. Grassy Lick, Cove Mountain, near Wytheville, May 10. Wytheville May 10. Hunter's Raid to Lynchburg May 26-July 1. Hamlin May 29. Lexington June 11. Near Buchanan June 13. Otter Creek, near Liberty, June 16. Diamond Hill June 17. Lynchburg June 17-18. Liberty June 19. Buford's Gap June 20. Catawba Mountains and about Salem June 21. Snicker's Ferry July 17-18. Bunker Hill July 19. Stephenson's Depot July 21. Winchester July 21-22. Newtown July 22. Kernstown, Winchester, July 24. Martinsburg July 26. McConnellsburg, Pa., July 30. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Near Moorefield August 7. Franklin August 19. Martinsburg August 25. Williamsport August 26. Big Springs August 29. Martinsburg August 31. Bunker Hill September 2-3. Martinsburg September 4. Stephenson's Depot September 5. Darkesville September 10. Bunker Hill September 13. Near Berryville September 14. Battle of Winchester September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Mt. Jackson September 23-24. Forest Hill or Timberville September 24. Browns Gap and Mt. Sidney September 26. Weyer's Cave September 26-27. Charlestown September 27. Mt. Jackson September 28. Nineveh November 12. Rude's Hill November 20. Near Mt. Jackson November 22. Raid to Gordonsville December 19-28. Liberty Mills December 22. Jack's Shop, near Gordonsville, December 23. Sheridan's Expedition from Winchester February 25-March 25, 1865. Mt. Crawford March 1. Occupation of Staunton March 2. Waynesboro March 2. Charlottesville March 3. Augusta Court House March 10. Haydensville March 12. Beaver Dam Station March 15. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Dinwiddie Court House March 29-31. Five Forks April 1. Namozine Church April 3. Sailor's Creek April 6. Appomattox Station April 8. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Expedition to Danville April 23-29. March to Washington, D. C, May. Grand Review May 23. Mustered out June 23, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 40 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 136 Enlisted men by disease. Total 182.
3rd West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Website
4th West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Website
5th West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry: "History of the Fifth West Virginia Cavalry, formed from the Second Virginia Infantry and of Battery G, First West Virginia Light artillery," by Frank S. Reader, published by the author at New Brighton, Pennsylvania, in 1890. (copy in the Virginia State Library, Richmond, VA.) (all see the 2nd WV Infantry above). 304 page reprint, with illustrations, costs $ 37.50.
5th West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Website
6th West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry (See info. on the 3rd WV Infantry above).
6th West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Website
6th Regiment of West
Virginia Volunteer Infantry. Organized at Grafton, Mannington, Cairo,
Parkersburg and Wheeling, W. Va., August 13 to December 26, 1861. Attached to
Railroad District, West Virginia, to March, 1862. Railroad District, Mountain
Department, to July, 1862. Railroad District, 8th Army Corps, Middle Department,
to September, 1862. Railroad District, West Virginia, to January, 1863. Clarksburg,
W. Va., 8th Army Corps, to March, 1863. 6th Brigade, 1st Division, 8th Army
Corps, to June, 1863. Wilkinson's Brigade, Scammon's Division, Dept. of West
Virginia, to December, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, West Virginia, to April,
1864. Kelly's Command, Reserve Division, West Virginia, to April, 1865. 1st
Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, West Virginia, to June, 1865.
SERVICE--Regiment organized for railroad guard duty and served on line of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad by detachments, at various points west of Sleepy Hollow entire term. Raid from Fairmont to Valley River and Bootheville April 12, 1862 (Co. "A"). Skirmish at Valley River April 12 (Co. "A"). Skirmish at Big Bend June 7. Skirmish at Weston August 31 (2 Cos.). Skirmish at Weston September 3 (Detachment). Skirmish at Standing Stone September 28. Capture of St. George November 9 (Co. "B"). Skirmish at Johnstown April 18, 1863 (Detachment). Skirmish at Rowlesburg April 23. Rowlesburg and Portland April 26. Oakland, Md., April 26 (1 Co.). Skirmish at Bridgeport April 29 (Detachment). Fairmont April 29 (Detachment). Bridgeport April 30. Sutton August 26 (Cos. "G" and "I"). Ball's Mills and on Elk River August 27 (Detachment). Bulltown, Braxton County, October 13, 1863 (Detachment). Bulltown May 3, 1864 (Detachment). South Branch Bridge July 4 (Detachment). Patterson's Creek Bridge July 4 (Detachment). Back Creek Bridge July 27 (Detachment). Cumberland, Md., August 1 (1 Co.). New Creek August 4 (2 Cos.). Bulltown August 20 (Detachment). Sutton August 24 (Detachment). Nutter Hill August 27 (Detachment). New Creek November 28 (Detachment). Mustered out June 10, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 8 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 167 Enlisted men by disease. Total 177.
7th West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry (See info. on the 8th WV Infantry above).
7th Regiment West Virginia Cavalry: Organized from 8th West Virginia Mounted Infantry January 26, 1864. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, West Virginia, to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, West Virginia, to June, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, West Virginia, to July, 1864. 1st Separate Brigade, Kanawha Valley, W. Va., to August, 1865.
SERVICE--Duty at Martinsburg and Charleston, W. Va., to April, 1864. Crook's Raid on Virginia & Tennessee Railroad May 2-19. Rocky Gap May 6. Cloyd's Mountain May 9. New River Bridge May 10. Cove Gap May 10. Blacksburg May 11. Union and Pond Mountain Gap May 12. Meadow Bluff May 24. Hunter's Raid to Lynchburg May 26-July 1. Buffalo Gap June 6. Lexington June 11. Buchanan June 13. New London June 16. Diamond Hill June 17. Lynchburg June 17-18. Liberty June 19. Buford's Gap June 20. About Salem June 21. At Loup Creek June 29. Ordered to the Kanawha Valley and duty at Charleston, Coalsmouth, Winfield, Point Pleasant and Guyandotte until August, 1865. Coalsmouth September 30, 1864. Skirmish at Winfield October 26, 1864 (1 Co.). Operations in the Kanawha Valley November 5-12. Mustered out August 1, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 28 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 201 Enlisted men by disease. Total 236.
7th West Virginia Cavalry Website
7th West Virginia Regiment Cavalry Roster Website
11th West Virginia Infantry Volunteer Regiment:. Organized at Wheeling, Elizabeth, Burning Springs, Parkersburg, Ravenswood, Kanawha Station and Point Pleasant, W. Va., October 29, 1861, to October 8, 1862. At Ceredo and Parkersburg, W. Va., until October, 1862. Attached to Railroad District, West Virginia, Dept. of the Mountains and Middle Department, to January, 1863. Parkersburg, W. Va., to March, 1863. 6th Brigade, 1st Division, 8th Army Corps, Middle Department, to June, 1863. Wilkinson's Brigade, Scammon's Division, Dept. West Virginia, to December, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, West Virginia, to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, West Virginia, to July, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, West Virginia, July, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, West Virginia, to December, 1864. 3rd Brigade, Independent Division, 24th Army Corps, Army of the James, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty
at Parkersburg and guarding Baltimore & Ohio Railroad through counties south
of line from Jackson County to Lewis County until June, 1863. Skirmishes at
Arnoldsburg and Camp McDonald, W. Va., May 6, 1862. Scout to Roane and Clay
Counties May 8-21. Big Bend June 4. Mouth West Fork June 10. Glenville September
1. Spencer Roane Court House September 2. Operations against Jones' Raid on
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad April 21-May 21, 1863. Duty on the Upper Potomac
until August. West Union May 6, 1863 (1 Co.). Elizabeth Court House May 16.
At Parkersburg, Clarksburg, Grafton, Sutton, Bulltown and Beverly guarding Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad until April, 1864.
Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 63 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 148 Enlisted men by disease. Total 215.
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