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The 1st West Virginia Cavalry Regiment remained in the 2nd Brigade of Powell's Second Division. Powell positioned his division near Front Royal to prevent Confederate cavalry under General Lunsford L. Lomax from flanking the Union force. [81] The 1st West Virginia Cavalry had a total of 3 casualties in this battle. [82]
The First Virginia Cavalry, not to be confused with the Confederate 1st Virginia Cavalry, and later renamed the 1st West Virginia Cavalry Regiment, was formed during the summer and fall of 1861 to fight for the Union in the American Civil War. Although it started slowly, it became one of the most effective of all West Virginia regiments.
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.
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 2nd West Virginia Cavalry became part of the 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division Cavalry Corps. The brigade consisted of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd West Virginia Cavalry regiments, and was commanded by Colonel Henry Capehart. [128] The divisions spent about six weeks in winter quarters, where they rested and were given fresh clothing.
Thomas A. Anderson (July 12, 1841 – September 8, 1912) was a United States soldier and native of Pennsylvania who fought with the Union Army as a corporal in Company I of the 1st West Virginia Cavalry during the American Civil War.
1st West Virginia: Ltc Jacob Weddle; 4th West Virginia: Cpt Benjamin D. Boswell; 12th West Virginia: Ltc Robert S. Northcott; 3rd Brigade Col Thomas M. Harris Col Milton Wells (w) 23rd Illinois: [4] Cpt Samuel A. Simison; 54th Pennsylvania: Cpt John Suter; 10th West Virginia: Ltc Moses S. Hall (w), Maj Henry H. Withers; 11th West Virginia: Ltc ...
The 3rd West Virginia Cavalry Regiment was organized in western Virginia in December, 1861, with the first company of the regiment organized and recruited in Morgantown. It was the first cavalry regiment raised by West Virginia under the Union government in Wheeling. David H. Strother was the regiment's original commander. He began as ...