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The regiment fought in the Kanawha Valley Campaign of 1862 as part of a brigade commanded by Colonel Samuel A. Gilbert. Toward the end of the war, the regiment's re-enlisting veterans were consolidated with the 1st West Virginia Infantry Regiment (3 Year) on December 21, 1864, to form the 2nd West Virginia Veteran Infantry Regiment.
Sergeant William Bumgarner (July 12, 1837 – December 24, 1911) was an American soldier who fought in the American Civil War.Bumgarner received the country's highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor, for his action at Vicksburg, Mississippi on 22 May 1863. [1]
0–9. 1st Independent Company Loyal Virginians; 1st West Virginia Cavalry Regiment; 1st West Virginia Infantry Regiment; 1st West Virginia Veteran Infantry Regiment
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 ...
67th Regiment Virginia Militia (Berkeley) 89th Regiment Virginia Militia (Morgan) 151st Regiment Virginia Militia (Mercer) 167th Regiment Virginia Militia (Wayne. Changed to Union in 1862 by Restored Govt of VA) 190th Regiment Virginia Militia (Wyoming) 1st VSL, Capt. Daniel Elkins Co, Co. B (Boone) 1st VSL. Capt. Greene W. Taylor's Co., Co. A ...
When the Civil War began Lightburn was appointed colonel of the 4th (West) Virginia Infantry Regiment on August 14, 1861. [3] Two of his brothers, Martin Van Buren Lightburn and Calvin Luther Lightburn, also joined this regiment and served with their older brother throughout the war.
Summers enlisted in the Army on 18 August 1861 at Point Pleasant, West Virginia.He was assigned to Company H of the 4th West Virginia Infantry.On 22 May 1863, at the Siege of Vicksburg, he volunteered to join a storming party of 150 men whose mission it was to build a temporary bridge over a Confederate moat east of Vicksburg, Mississippi in anticipation of a Union offensive later that day.
Spring Hill Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Huntington, West Virginia. Established in 1874, Spring Hill Cemetery's oldest grave is dated 1838, with the first official burial being 1873. Established in 1874, Spring Hill Cemetery's oldest grave is dated 1838, with the first official burial being 1873.