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The 7th West Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. For much of the war, it was a part of the famed "Gibraltar Brigade" in the Army of the Potomac.
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 ...
Joseph Snider (February 14, 1827 – January 9, 1909) [1] was a member of the 1861 Wheeling Conventions, which declared West Virginia a new state as part of the Union. He served as a colonel in the 7th West Virginia Infantry during the Civil War. He also served as the commander in the 4th West Virginia Cavalry.
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
Toggle American Civil War units subsection. 3.1 Cavalry. 3.2 Infantry. 4 American Revolutionary War units. ... 7th Vermont Infantry; 7th West Virginia Volunteer ...
There was a 7th Infantry Regiment raised for the 1798 Quasi-War with France. It was mustered out without seeing active service. Another 7th Infantry Regiment was raised in April 1808, and saw service in the War of 1812. During the 1815 postwar reduction in force it was consolidated into the 1st Infantry Regiment. It was this regiment that ...
The 7th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment was organized from the 8th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment on January 26, 1864, which was recruited from the central and southern counties of Braxton, Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Putnam, Raleigh, Fayette, Boone, Logan and Wyoming. The 7th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment mustered out on August 1, 1865.