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
- Battery A, 1st West Virginia Light Artillery
- Battery B, 1st West Virginia Light Artillery
- Battery C, 1st West Virginia Light Artillery
- Battery D, 1st West Virginia Light Artillery
- Battery E, 1st West Virginia Light Artillery
- Battery F, 1st West Virginia Light Artillery
- Battery G, 1st West Virginia Light Artillery
- Battery H, 1st West Virginia Light Artillery
Other Units
1st West Virginia Veteran Infantry
(Consolidation of the 5th West Virginia Infantry and 9th West Virginia Infantry)
The First Regiment West Virginia Veteran Infantry was formed by the consolidation of the Fifth and Ninth West Virginia Infantry Regiments, November 9, 1864, Col. Isaac H. Duval, of the Ninth, becoming colonel of the consolidated regiments. Colonel Duval was soon after promoted to brigadier-general, when, on the 19th of December, 1864, Lieut.-Col. William H Enochs succeeded to the colonelcy. The regiment was assigned to the First Brigade, commanded by Col. Rutherford B. Hayes; Second Division, General I. H. Duval commanding; and in the Department of West Virginia, Gen’l Geo. H. Crook, commander. The regiment was on duty the principal portion of its term of service in the Shenandoah Valley, and at Staunton, Virginia. Its losses were: died of wounds and disease, 40 men. It was mustered out of service July 21, 1865.
[Source: Loyal West Virginia 1861-1865, by Theodore Lang]
Organized November 9, 1864, by consolidation of 5th West Virginia Infantry and 9th West Virginia Infantry. Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, West Virginia, to January, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, West Virginia, to April, 1865. 1st Brigade, 4th Provisional Division, West Virginia, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.–Duty at Beverly, W. Va., Cumberland, Md., and other points in the Dept. of West Virginia till July, 1865. Mustered out July 21, 1865.
[Source: Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, by Frederick Dyer]
The regiment’s losses were: died of wounds and disease, 40 men.
[Source: Loyal West Virginia 1861-1865, by Theodore Lang]
1st West Virginia Veteran Infantry from Wikipedia
1st West Virginia Veteran Infantry from National Park Service
1st West Virginia Veteran Infantry from The Civil War in the East
1st West Virginia Veteran Infantry – West Virginia Adjutant General Papers at West Virginia State Archives
State Regimental Flag of the 1st West Virginia Veteran Infantry from West Virginia State Museum