Union Regiments

Infantry

1st West Virginia Infantry (3 months service)
1st West Virginia Infantry
1st West Virginia Veteran Infantry
(consolidation of 5th and 9th West Virginia Infantry)
2nd West Virginia Infantry
(later 5th West Virginia Cavalry)
2nd West Virginia Veteran Infantry
(consolidation of 1st and 4th West Virginia Infantry)
3rd West Virginia Infantry
(later 6th West Virginia Cavalry)
4th West Virginia Infantry
5th West Virginia Infantry
6th West Virginia Infantry
7th West Virginia Infantry
8th West Virginia Infantry
(later 7th West Virginia Cavalry)
9th West Virginia Infantry
10th West Virginia Infantry
11th West Virginia Infantry
12th West Virginia Infantry
13th West Virginia Infantry
14th West Virginia Infantry
15th West Virginia Infantry
16th West Virginia Infantry
17th West Virginia Infantry
45th Infantry, United States Colored Troops
Independent Battalion Infantry
1st Independent Company Loyal Virginians

Cavalry

1st West Virginia Cavalry
2nd West Virginia Cavalry
3rd West Virginia Cavalry
4th West Virginia Cavalry
5th West Virginia Cavalry
(formerly 2nd West Virginia Infantry)
6th West Virginia Cavalry
(formerly 3rd West Virginia Infantry)
7th West Virginia Cavalry
(formerly 8th West Virginia Infantry)

Artillery

Other Units

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West Virginia Civil War Union Soldiers Memorial, State Capital Grounds, Charleston, West Virginia

In memory…

In 1866, the state of West Virginia authorized the minting of over 26,000 medals to honor its Union Civil War soldiers. Today, over 4,000 medals remain unclaimed. See more information here…