West Virginia in the Civil War

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West Virginia Military Units
Most units were numbered, however, some were named. See the table below for lists of the regiments, battalions, batteries, and unassigned companies.

The information in the lists of West Virginia Military Units comes from the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors web site. This web site can also be searched by the name of a soldier.

West Virginia Units by Number or by Name Union Units 1st-17th A to Z West Virginia Units by Type of Unit Union Units Infantry Cavalry Artillery Other

Regiments:

 * 1st Regiment, West Virginia Light Artillery


 * 1st Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry Organized at Wheeling, Clarksburg and Morgantown, West Virginia, July 10 to November 25, 1861. Mustered out July 8, 1865.


 * 1st Regiment, West Virginia Infantry Organized and mustered in for three months as follows:

Company "A" at Wheeling May 10, 1861

Company "B" at Wheeling May 11, 1861

Company "C" at Wheeling May 15, 1861

Company "D" at Steubenville, Ohio, May 15, 1861

Company "E" at Wheeling May 16, 1861

Company "F" at Wellsburg May, 17, 1861

Company "G" at Wellsburg May 18, 1861

Company "H" in Marshall County May 21, 1861

Company "I" in Hancock County May 21, 1861

Company "K" at Wheeling May 23, 1861, 1861

All companies mustered out August 27, 1861


 * 1st Regiment, West Virginia Veteran Infantry Organized November 9, 1864, by consolidation of 5th and 9th West Virginia Infantry. Mustered out July 21, 1865.


 * 2nd Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry Organized at Parkersburg, West Virginia, September to November, 1861 Mustered out June 30, 1865.


 * 2nd Regiment, West Virginia Infantry "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * 2nd Regiment, West Virginia Veteran Infantry Organized December 10, 1864, by consolidation of 1st and 4th West Virginia Infantry. Mustered out July 16, 1865.


 * 3rd Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry Organized December, 1861. Mustered out June 23, 1865.


 * 3rd Regiment, West Virginia Infantry "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * 4th Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry Organized at Parkersburg and Wheeling, W. Va., July and August, 1863, for one year. Mustered out June 23, 1864.


 * 4th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry Organized at Macon City, Point Pleasant and Grafton, W. Va., June 17 to August 22, 1861. Consolidated with 1st West Virginia Infantry December 21, 1864, to form 2nd West Virginia Veteran Infantry.


 * 5th Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry Organized from 2nd Regiment West Virginia Mounted Infantry January 26, 1864. Designation changed to 5th West Virginia Cavalry January 26, 1864.


 * 5th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry Organized at Ceredo, W. Va., September 2, 1861, and mustered in October 18, 1861. Consolidated with 9th West Virginia Infantry November 9, 1864, to form 1st West Virginia Veteran Infantry.


 * 6th Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry Organized from 3rd West Virginia Mounted Infantry January 26, 1864. Moved to Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and mustered out May 22, 1866.


 * 6th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry Organized at Grafton, Mannington, Cairo, Parkersburg and Wheeling, W. Va., August 13 to December 26, 1861.


 * 7th Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry Organized from 8th West Virginia Mounted Infantry January 26, 1864. Mustered out August 1, 1865.


 * 7th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry Organized at Portland, Cameron, Grafton, Wheeling, Morgantown and Greenland, West Virginia, July 16 to December 3, 1861. Mustered out July 1, 1865.


 * 8th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit. Organized in the Kanawha Valley in the fall of 1861 with volunters from Boone, Clay, Fayette, Jackson, Kanawha, Raleigh, Wyoming Putnam, Mason, Logan and Braxton Counties. ("7th West Virginia Calvery"; FHL US/CAN 975.4 M2t). January 26, 1864, the unit designation was changed to 7th West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry ("7th West Virginia Calvery"; FHL US/CAN 975.4 M2t). August 1, 1865 the 7th West Virginia Cavalry was mustered out. ("7th West Virginia Calvery"; FHL US/CAN 975.4 M2t)


 * 9th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry Organized at Guyandotte November 28, 1861, to April 30, 1862. Consolidated with 5th West Virginia Infantry November 9, 1864, to form 1st West Virginia Veteran Infantry.


 * 10th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry Organized at Camp Pickens, Canaan, Glenville, Clarksville, Sutton, Phillippi and Piedmont March 12 to May 18, 1862. Duty near Richmond till August. Mustered out August 9, 1865.


 * 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. Duty near Richmond till June, 1865. Mustered out June 17, 1865.


 * 12th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry Organized at Wheeling, W. Va., August 30, 1862. Duty near Richmond till June. Mustered out June 16, 1865.


 * 13th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry Organized at Mt. Pleasant and Barboursville October, 1862. At Winchester and Staunton till June. Mustered out June 22, 1865.


 * 14th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry Organized at Wheeling, Va., August 25, 1862. Mustered out June 28, 1865


 * 15th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry Organized at Wheeling, W. Va., August-October, 1862. Duty near Richmond till June. Mustered out June 14, 1865.


 * 17th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry Organized at Wheeling, W. Va., September 26, 1864, to February 25, 1865. Mustered out June 30, 1865 at Clarksburg, West Virginia.


 * Independent Exempts, West Virginia Infantry "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * Independent Company of Scouts, Raleigh County, West Virginia "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * Independent Company B, West Virginia Infantry "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * Unassigned West Virginia "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.