16th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- 16th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 16th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment
caption=Flag of West Virginia
dates= August 1862 to June 10, 1863
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles= None
The 16th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment
that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The 16th West Virginia was organized at Washington, D.C. between August and September 1862. It spent its entire service in the defenses of Washington, D.C.
The regiment was mustered out on June 10, 1863.
Casualties
The 16th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment suffered 7 enlisted men dead from disease for a total of 7 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unwvinf2.htm#16thinf]
Colonels
References
* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionwv.htm The Civil War Archive]
ee also
*West Virginia Units in the Civil War
*West Virginia in the Civil War
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