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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 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. After the admittance of ...
Because the list of units was compiled over thirty years after the war, from very fragmentary records collected by the United States War Department, some units are misidentified, some being listed as regiments that may in fact have only been a company, such as Brandenburch's Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, [99] which in fact was actually composed of ...
This is a list of American Civil War units, consisting of those established as federally organized units as well as units raised by individual states and territories. Many states had soldiers and units fighting for both the United States and the Confederate States (Confederate States Army).
Brothers in Arms: Civil War Exhibition. Old State House Museum Online Collections. Brothers in Arms Collection (accessed May 18, 2011). Buxton, Virginia. Clayton's Militia in Sevier and Howard Counties. Arkansas Historical Quarterly 20 (Winter 1961): 344–350. Christ, Mark K. Civil War Arkansas, 1863: The Battle for a State. Norman: University ...
3rd Confederate Infantry (Marmaduke's 18th Arkansas Infantry Regiment, and additional Tennessee units) [2] 4th Confederate Infantry (1st Regiment, Alabama, Tennessee, and Mississippi Infantry) 9th Confederate Infantry (5th Confederate Infantry; 5th Confederate Regiment, Tennessee Infantry) 23rd Confederate Infantry (Alabama Volunteers)
Pages in category "Units and formations of the Union army from West Virginia" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The 3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment, commonly known as the "Third Arkansas", was a line infantry formation of the Confederate States Army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. Mustered into Confederate service in 1861 under Colonel Albert Rust , and later falling under the command of Colonel Van. H. Manning , the Arkansas regiment ...