Military Units Formed in West Virginia

CONFEDERATE

These units were comprised wholly or partly of soldiers who were recruited from counties that are part of what is now West Virginia.

Infantry

2nd Virginia Infantry
7th Virginia Infantry
13th Virginia Infantry
22nd Virginia Infantry
23rd Virginia Infantry Battalion
24th Virginia Infantry
25th Virginia Infantry
26th Virginia Infantry Battalion
27th Virginia Infantry
29th Virginia Infantry
30th Virginia Infantry Battalion (Sharpshooters)
31st Virginia Infantry
33rd Virginia Infantry
36th Virginia Infantry
45th Virginia Infantry Battalion
59th Virginia Infantry
60th Virginia Infantry
62nd Virginia Mounted Infantry

Cavalry

1st Virginia Cavalry
2nd Battalion Kentucky Mounted Rifles
6th Virginia Cavalry
7th Virginia Cavalry
8th Virginia Cavalry
10th Virginia Cavalry
11th Virginia Cavalry
12th Virginia Cavalry
14th Virginia Cavalry
14th Kentucky Cavalry
16th Virginia Cavalry
17th Virginia Cavalry
18th Virginia Cavalry
19th Virginia Cavalry
20th Virginia Cavalry
21st Virginia Cavalry
23rd Virginia Cavalry
26th Virginia Cavalry
34th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry
36th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry
37th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry
43rd Virginia Cavalry (Mosby's Partisan Rangers)
44th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry Partisan Rangers
McNeil's Company of Virginia Cavalry, Partisan Rangers (McNeil's Rangers)
Swann's Battalion of Virginia Cavalry

Artillery

Bryan's Battery
Chapman's Battery, Virginia Light Artillery
Chew's Battery, Virginia Horse Artillery
French's Battery, Virginia Light Artillery
Kanawha Artillery
Lowry's Battery, Virginia Light Artillery
Lurty's Company, Virginia Horse Artillery
McClanahan's Battery
Penick's Company, Virginia Light Artillery
Taylor's Company, Virginia Light Artillery
Western Artillery
Wise Artillery

Other Units

151st Regiment Virginia Militia
190th Regiment Virginia Militia - Wyoming County

UNION

1st Regiment, West Virginia Light Artillery
1st Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry
1st Regiment, West Virginia Infantry
1st Regiment, West Virginia Veteran Infantry
2nd Regiment, West Virginia Veteran Infantry
2nd Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry
2nd Regiment, West Virginia Infantry
3rd Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry
3rd Regiment, West Virginia Infantry
4th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry
4th Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry
5th Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry
5th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry
6th Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry
6th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry
7th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry
7th Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry
8th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry
9th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry
Independent Company B, West Virginia Infantry
10th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry
11th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry
12th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry
13th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry
14th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry
15th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry
17th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry
Independent Exempts, West Virginia Infantry
Independent Company of Scouts, Raleigh County,
Unassigned

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