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The following is a list of West Virginia Confederate Units which were composed mostly or notably by citizens of the 50 counties of western Virginia which eventually became West Virginia. These units, with the exception of the Kentucky units, are designated "Virginia", as were the Union regiments from western Virginia.
The soldier count by the George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War estimates West Virginia's to be around 20,000, [2] and others at around 25,000, [3] with an unknown number serving in the regiments of surrounding states. The remaining soldiers consisted of Pennsylvania and Ohio volunteers, and with re-enlistments credited as new ...
The 7th West Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. For much of the war, it was a part of the famed " Gibraltar Brigade " in the Army of the Potomac .
The official number of Union soldiers from West Virginia is 31,884 as stated by the Provost Marshal General of the United States. [68] These numbers include, however, re-enlistment figures [69] as well as out-of-state soldiers who enlisted in West Virginia regiments. In 1905 Charles H. Ambler estimated the number of native Union soldiers to be ...
The 12th West Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.The regiment was particularly distinguished for its successful attack on Fort Gregg during the 1864 to 1865 Siege of Petersburg, receiving a golden eagle for its flagstaff as a token of appreciation from corps commander John Gibbon.
The 8th West Virginia Infantry Regiment was organized in Buffalo, West Virginia in November 1861 and attached to the District of the Kanawha, with men recruited from the central and southern counties of Braxton, Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Putnam, Raleigh, Fayette, Boone, Logan and Wyoming.