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List of West Virginia Civil War Union units

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estimates West Virginia's to be around 20,000, and others at around 25,000, with an unknown number serving in the regiments of surrounding states. The remaining soldiers consisted of Pennsylvania and Ohio volunteers, and with re-enlistments credited as new soldiers.
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West Virginia, which seceded from Virginia to join the Union, provided the following units to the Union Army during the
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as the most highly-decorated single regiment), and was credited with 32,000 Union soldiers, including 10
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also played a large role in directly cutting off the Confederate retreat
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as the new state governor. The state produced the most highly-decorated
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Lists of military units and formations of the American Civil War
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Units and formations of the Union Army from West Virginia
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were often known as, "loyal Virginians," who formed the
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1st West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment (3 Month)
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1st West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment (3 Year)
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2nd West Virginia Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment
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1st West Virginia Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment
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Index

West Virginia Units in the Civil War


American Civil War
West Virginia
Restored government of Virginia
Wheeling
Francis H. Pierpont
cavalry
47th Ohio
Brigadier
Major Generals
George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War
Northern
Pickett's Charge
Battle of Gettysburg
1st
2nd
3rd West Virginia Cavalry
at Appomattox Station
Robert E. Lee
at Appomattox Court House
Ulysses S. Grant
1st West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment (3 Month)
1st West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment (3 Year)
1st West Virginia Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment
2nd West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment
2nd West Virginia Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment
3rd West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment
4th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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