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The 1st West Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry unit that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. During its period of service, the regiment was known as the 1st Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment , but often referred to with, "Union," "Loyal" or "West" in front to distinguish it from Confederate Army regiments.
The 1st West Virginia Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment was mustered into Federal service on November 9, 1864, composed of re-enlisting veterans from the 5th and the 9th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiments. The regiment was mustered out of Federal service on July 21, 1865.
West Virginia, which seceded from Virginia to join the Union, provided the following units to the Union Army during the American Civil War.Units raised in the western counties prior to the creation of the state of West Virginia were often known as, "loyal Virginians," who formed the Restored government of Virginia in Wheeling, West Virginia in 1861, unanimously electing Francis H. Pierpont as ...
The 1st and 2nd Regiments were consolidated on 29 April 1898 to form the 1st West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, which was mustered into federal service from 7–14 May 1898 at Charleston and mustered out of federal service 4 February 1899 at Columbus, Georgia. The former 1st Regiment was reorganized in 1899.
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.
0–9. 1st Independent Company Loyal Virginians; 1st West Virginia Cavalry Regiment; 1st West Virginia Infantry Regiment; 1st West Virginia Veteran Infantry Regiment
After becoming a separate state in 1863, West Virginia reorganized its militia, including the 5th and 9th Regiments, which were consolidated and reorganized on 9 November 1864, as the 1st West Virginia Veteran Infantry Regiment, part of the 2nd Division, West Virginia Militia. The regiment was mustered out on 21 July 1865 after the end of the war.
Averell was repelled by Patton. The following army units were involved in the Battle of White Sulphur Springs on August 26 and 27, 1863, in the American Civil War.Although the battle took place near White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, it has also been called the Battle of Rocky Gap, the Battle of Dry Creek, the Battle of Howard's Creek, and the Battle of the Lawbooks.