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
2nd West Virginia Veteran Infantry
Consolidation of 1st West Virginia Infantry and 4th West Virginia Infantry
The Second Regiment, West Virginia Veteran Infantry was formed by the consolidation, on the 10th day of December, 1864, of the First and Fourth West Virginia Infantry Regiments, Lieut.-Col. Jacob Weddle, of the First Regiment becoming the commanding officer. The regiment served in General Kelley’s command until the close of the war. The regiment’s losses from wounds and disease, were 17. It was mustered out July 16, 1865.
[Source: Loyal West Virginia 1861-1865, by Theodore Lang]
Organized December 10, 1864, by consolidation of 1st West Virginia Infantry and 4th West Virginia Infantry. Attached to Reserve Division, Dept. of West Virginia, to April, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, West Virginia, to July, 1865. On duty at Cumberland, Md., and at Bulltown, Braxton County, W. Va. Mustered out July 16, 1865.
[Source: Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, by Frederick Dyer]
Regiment lost during service 1 Enlisted man killed and 16 Enlisted men by disease. Total 17.
[Source: Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, by Frederick Dyer]
2nd West Virginia Veteran Infantry – West Virginia Adjutant General papers at West Virginia State Archives
2nd West Virginia Veteran Infantry from National Park Service
2nd West Virginia Veteran Infantry from The Civil War in the East