1st West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment (3 Year)
- 1st West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment (3 Year)
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 1st West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment
caption=Flag of West Virginia
dates= October 30, 1861 to October 10, 1864
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles= Battle of Cedar Mountain
Battle of Second Bull Run
Battle of Cedar Creek
The 1st West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice record
The second incarnation of the 1st West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was mustered in for three year's service on October 30 at Wheeling, Virginia. It was known as the 1st Virginia until West Virginia became a state. Among the more notable members was the chaplain, James McCook, a member of the famed Fighting McCooks. Most of the early recruits were from neighboring Ohio.
Following the expiration of the original three-year term of enlistment, veterans of the regiment who chose to re-enlist were amalgamated with the 5th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment on October 10, 1864, to form the 2nd West Virginia Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
Casualties
The 1st West Virginia suffered 3 officers and 51 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded in battle and 2 officers and 136 enlisted men dead from disease for a total of 192 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unwvinf1.htm#1stinf]
Colonels
* Benjamin Franklin Kelley
References
* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionwv.htm The Civil War Archive]
ee also
*West Virginia Units in the Civil war
*1st West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment (3 Month)
*1st West Virginia Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment
*West Virginia in the Civil War
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