Confederate Regiments
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
- 7th Virginia Cavalry
- 8th Virginia Cavalry
- 10th Virginia Cavalry
- 11th Virginia Cavalry
- 12th Virginia Cavalry
- 14th Kentucky Cavalry
- 14th Virginia 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 Battalion, Virginia Cavalry (Mosby’s Partisan Rangers)
- 44th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry (Thurmond’s Partisan Rangers)
- McNeil’s Company, Virginia Cavalry (McNeil’s Partisan Rangers)
- Swann’s Battalion, Virginia Cavalry
Artillery
- Bryan’s Battery
- Chapman’s Battery
- Chew’s Battery
- French’s Battery
- Gauley Artillery
- Jackson’s Horse Artillery
- Kanawha Artillery
- Lowry’s Battery
- Lurty’s Battery
- McClanahan’s Battery
- Penick’s Battery
- Taylor’s Battery
- Western Artillery
- Wise Artillery
16th Virginia Cavalry
16th Virginia Cavalry was formed at Camp Zirkle, near Salem, Virginia,in January, 1863, by consolidating six companies of Ferguson’s Battalion with four companies of O. Caldwell’s Battalion. The unit was assigned to Jenkins’ and McCausland’s Brigade and fought in western Virginia, including the conflict at Droop Mountain. Later it saw action at Gettysburg, returned to western Virginia, then participated in various engagements in the Shenandoah Valley. This regiment had 265 men in action at Gettysburg, and during February, 1864, there were 163 present for duty. It disbanded in April, 1865.
The field officers were Colonel Milton J. Ferguson, Lieutenant Colonel William L. Graham, and Major James H. Hounnan.
[Source: National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System]
West Virginia counties contributing soldiers: Cabell, McDowell, Kanawha, Putnam, Wayne
16th Virginia Cavalry – National Park Service
16th Virginia Cavalry, Virginia Regimental History Series, by Jack L. Dickinson, H.E. Howard Publishing, 1989.
16th Virginia Cavalry, Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia, by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 128-129, entry #217.
16th Virginia Cavalry, A Guide to Virginia’s Military Organizations, 1861-1865, by Lee A. Wallace, Jr., pp. 58.