Civil War  West Virginia

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Barbour	Berkeley	Boone	Braxton	Brooke	Cabell	Calhoun
Clay	Doddridge	Fayette	Gilmer	Grant	Greenbrier	Hampshire
Hancock	Hardy	Harrison	Jackson	Jefferson	Kanawha	Lewis
Lincoln	Logan	Marion	Marshall	Mason	McDowell	Mercer
Mineral	Mingo	Monongalia	Monroe	Morgan	Nicholas	Ohio
Pendleton	Pleasants	Pocahontas	Preston	Putnam	Raleigh	Randolph
Ritchie	Roane	Summers	Taylor	Tucker	Tyler	Upshur
Wayne	Webster	Wetzel		Wirt	Wood	Wyoming

To add information (correct name, add soldier information, etc.) to these pages, please contact by email the webmaster of that unit page. Email addresses should be found on each unit page. Thanks.

1. 1st West Virginia Sergeant Saves Colors, Soldier Too
2. The 7th West Virginia Company A. Re-enactors Group
3. 1883 West Virginia Pensioners Online
4. 1883 List of Union Soldiers living in Wilson County, KS [veterans from numerous states including West Virginia]
5. 1889 Civil War Veterans Reunion, Unionville, Missouri [Putnam County][ includes states of AR, CA, IA, IN, IL, KS, KY, MD, MI, MO, OH, PA, VA, WI, WV, VT and units of E.M.M., M.S.M, US Infantry, E.M.M. Mtd. Inf., MO Home Guard, U. S. V.V. Eng. and Navy.]
6. 1889 Old Soldiers Reunion, Chickasaw County, Iowa [veterans from numerous states]
7. 1889 Roster of ex-Soldiers and Soldiers Widows in Lincoln County, KS [includes states of CO, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MI, MN, MO, NE, NJ, OH, NY, PA, TN, VT, WI, WV, US Regiment, and Vet. Reserve Corp]
8. 1890 Special Schedule - Surviving Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines, and Widows, Etc. - Fayette County - Mountain Cove District
9. 1890 Veterans Census Hancock County, WV [inclues states of IA, IN, IL, MO, NC, NY, OH, PA, VA, WV, and units of USA Infantry, Surgeons with no states listed, US Light Artillery, and numerous Veterans with no unit or state listed.]
10. 1890 Special Schedule - Surviving Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines, and Widows, Etc. - Raleigh County - All Districts
11. 1890 Veterans Census for Northern Virginia - 1890 Veterans Census of Alexandria, Falls Church and Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, and Stafford Counties Listing of soldiers/sailors from US Infantry, US Artillery, Navy, and states of CA, CT, DC, IA, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MN, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV, Washington; other titles of Surgeons, Inspector General, US Inf., Chaplin Hospital; includes many names without state identification or units.
12. 1893 Nebraska Census of Civil War Veterans (listed by state)
13. Alphabetical Listing of Military Veterans of Page County, Iowa
14. Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska - Military Rosters This website is well worth looking at. It names the Veterans residence as well as their nationality and in some cases where buried. Of the first 3 pages I came up with more states and countries than I can list here. Nationalities of Canada, Prussia, Ireland, Scotland, Germany, Sweden, England, Luxemboug, Switzerland, Wales, and more.
15. Braxton County Soldiers in the Civil War
16. Brevet Union Generals of the Civil War Listed alphabetically by Soldier's name
17. Cabell County Genweb Project
18. Carlin's Battery
19. Civil War Battles by State
20. Civil War Ghosts - Maryland Battlefield Images
21. Civil War Medals of West Virginia
22. Civil War Medal of Honor Recipients A-L
23. Civil War Medal of Honor Recipients M-Z
24. Civil War Mysteries - Home of the Unknowns
25. Civil War Pension Records by State
26. Civil War - West Virginia
27. Civil War - West Virginia - Battle of Greenbrier River
28. Civil War - Offical Report - Greenbrier River
29. Civil War Photos/Illustrations by West Virginia Archives and History
30. Civil War Photos
31. Civil War Sites in West Virginia: Battle Map
32. Civil War Soldiers from Summers County, West Virginia
33. Civil War Family - Sutton and Sustare
34. Civil War Veterans Obituary Index - Cabell County
35. Confederate Parole Records
36. Confederate Soldiers of the Wheeling Area
37. Elk Water, West Virginia - 11-17 September 1861 including Point Mountain Turnpike, Cheat Summit, Cheat Mountain Pass
38. Fayetteville, WV during the Civil War
39. Federal Army Order of Battle at 2nd Manassas [The Second Battle of Bull Run]
40. The Second Battle of Bull Run [2nd Manassas] Offical Records and Battle Description
41. Finding Great-Granddad in the Civil War
42. Genealogy Pit Stop Online Resources - Brooke & Hancock County, WV [includes Veteran Census and much more]
43. Genealogy Pit Stop Online Resources - Columbiana County, OH [includes 1890 Veteran Census of numerous Columbiana County Townships]
44. The General Lyon Disaster
45. The Burning of the General Lyon
46. The Passenger List of the Steamer General Lyon [numerous states listed, to include list of many Illinois soldiers]
47. Sources for the Steamer General Lyon Disaster - The New York Times - April, 1865 and The Times of London, April 27, 1865
48. Gettysburg Confederate Order of Battle
49. Gettysburg Union Order of Battle
50. Grand Army of the Republic Death Rolls Books [advertisement] includes states of AR Territory, AR, CA, CO Territory, CT, Dakota Territory, DE, District of Columbia, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MS, MO, NE Territory, NE, NH, NJ, NM Territory, NY, NC, OH, OR, PA, RH, TN, VT, VA, WV, WI, US Army, USCT, US Navy, Veterans Reserve Corp.
51. Great Locomotive Chase (Andrews Raiders) by Find-A-Grave. [includes the states of CA, GA, IA, IL, KS, MO, NY, OH, TN, TX, WV]
52. Greenwood County, Kansas Civil War Veteran's Reunion 1887
53. Hardesty's History of Wirt County - Wirt County in the Civil War [scroll to bottom of page and use right arrow to continue for Eleventh West Virginia Infantry, Companies Mustered in Wirt County, Company B and Company E, State Troops and Military Operations in Wirt County]
54. Kanawha County In The Civil War
55. List of Unclaimed Union Civil War Medals at the West Virginia State Archives
56. Marshall County West Virginia Military Page
57. Mineral County West Virginia Military Participants Includes WV & VA Civil War Soldiers plus other wars and Interment of Veterans
58. Mineral County West Virginia Civil War
59. 2nd Corps Headquarters Presentations "STONEWALL" A Living History Presentation depicting General Thomas Jonathan Jackson and his Headquarters Encampment
60. Mineral County West Virginia Military Participants Includes WV & VA Civil War Soldiers plus other wars and Interment of Veterans
61. October 26, 1861 - Action at Romney, West Virginia.
62. The Official Homepage of "The Upshur Battery" - Battery E, 1st West Virginia Light Artillery. 1862 - 1865
63. Official Reports Blue's Gap
64. Online Civil War Indexes, Records and Rosters
65. ON THE WAY HOME ... West Virginia Soldiers on the Sultana
66. Original Members of the Kanawha Artillery
67. Otterbein Civil War Soldiers Biographies Website - List of Soldiers from numerous states.
68. Platte County, Nebraska Civil War Veterans - Veterans listed by date of death. Includes the following states: California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusettes, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Captain Pawnee Scouts, U.S. Infantry.
69. Raleigh County Military and Police - page of links
70. Raleigh County Scouts, West Virginia State Troops
71. Regimental Nicknames
72. Report of Col. Nathan Kimball, Fourteenth Indiana Infantry, commanding First Brigade, of the Battle of Kernstown, March 23, 1862
73. The Shriver Grays, Confederate Civil War Soldiers, Wheeling, WV [Co. G, 27th Virginia Infantry, CSA]
74. Union Union Forces in the 1861 Rich Mountain Campaign [numerous states listed]
75. Union Regimental Histories Index
76. Union Regimental Histories - Light Artillery
77. Union Soldiers Executed
78. Union Units at Second Manassas by State
79. Veterans of West Virginia Veteran Reserve Corps, Civil War
80. West Virginia Archives and History Civil War Photos and Illustrations
81. West Virginia Census Records Online [also includes other useful records as well]
82. West Virginia Counties
83. West Virginia Genealogy [numerous links of great information including Military]
84. West Virginia Civil War Medals
85. West Virginia in the Civil War: Kanawha Valley Civil War Roundtable
86. West Virginia in the Civil War
87. West Virginia In the Civil War Confederate Regiments
88. West Virginia In the Civil War Union Regiments
89. West Virginia Independent Exempts Infantry
90. West Virginia Medal of Honor Recipients
91. West Virginia Military Research, WV Genweb
92. West Virginia State Archives: War Letters
93. West Virginia In the Civil War Medal Of Honor Recipients
94. West Virginia Union Militia 1860-1865
95. West Virginia Statehood Images
96. West Virginia Veterans Memorial
97. Women in the Civil War
98. Wyoming, Raleigh and McDowell Militia, USA
    
    
99. 1st West Virginia Cavalry
100. Battery A, West Virginia Light Artillery - "Daum's Battery" - History
101. 1^st West Virginia Light Artillery Battery E "The Upshur Battery"
102. Muster In Rolls of the West Virginia First Cavalry
103. 1^st Regiment WV Infantry Volunteers
104. 1^st Regiment WV Infantry Volunteers Hancock County
105. 1^st West Virginia Infantry
106. 1^st West Virginia Company F & G Volunteers, Hancock County, WV
107. 2^nd West Virginia Infantry
108. 2^nd Regiment West Virginia Veteran Infantry, CO C
109. 3^rd/6^th West Virginia
110. 3^rdWest Virginia Cavalry Co. G
111. 4^th West Virginia Cavalry CO. E Hancock County
112. 4^th West Virginia Infantry
113. 5^th West Virginia Cavalry
114. 5^th West Virginia Cavalry CO. A(formerly 2nd VA Infantry) "The Washington Rifle Guard"
115. 5^th West Virginia Cavalry CO. D(formerly 2nd VA Infantry)
116. 5^th West Virginia Cavalry CO. F(formerly 2nd VA Infantry)
117. 5^th West Virginia Cavalry CO. G(formerly 2nd VA Infantry) "Plummer Guards"
118. 5^th West Virginia Cavalry CO. I(formerly 2nd VA Infantry)"The McKennan Infantry" or "The Boatmaen"
119. 6^th West Virginia Infantry [History]
120. 6^th West Virginia Infantry CO. D
121. 6^th West Virginia Infantry CO. E
122. 6^th Regiment West Virginia Cavalry Volunteers CO. K
123. 6^th West Virginia Cavalry CO. K
124. 7^thWest Virginia Cavalry
125. 7^thWest Virginia Cavalry
126. 7^thWest Virginia Cavalry, Raleigh County
127. 7^th West Virginia Infantry
128. 7^th West Virginia Muster Roll (Union Army)
129. 10^th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry
130. 10^th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry CO. E
131. 10^th West Virginia Infantry Volunteers CO. K
132. 10^th WV Volunteer Infantry Regiment
133. 11^th West Virginia Infantry
134. 12^th West Virginia Regiment, CO. I
135. 13^th Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Infantry
136. 14^th West Virginia Infantry CO. D
137. 15^th West Virginia Infantry
138. 25^thMilitia CO. C
139. 30^th Battalion Co. A, Regiment of Sharpshooters
140. 36^th Infantry Regiment, Company E, Raleigh Rangers, CSA [Company E became Company C, 36th VA Infantry May 12, 1862.
141. 151^st Virginia Militia, Flat Top Copperheads; organized in Mercer Co., WV

 

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