West Virginia Civil War Union Cavalry Units

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


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


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


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


 * 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.


 * 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.


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