United States Regiments & Batteries * West Virginia
The 1st West Virginia Cavalry Regiment lost 10 officers and 71 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 126 enlisted men to disease. It is honored by a monument on the Gettysburg battlefield.
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1861
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| July 10 – November 25 |
Organized under Colonel Henry Anisansel at Wheeling, Clarksburg and Morgantown and attached to Cheat Mountain District, W. Va. |
| September 10 | Action at Carnifex Ferry, W. Va. (Detachment) |
| October 26 | Romney, W. Va. (Co. A) |
| November 10 | Guyandotte, W. Va. (Detachment) |
| November 19 | Wirt Court House |
| November 29 | Capture of Suttonville, Braxton Court House |
| December 23 – January 30 |
In support of Garfield’s operations in Eastern Kentucky against Humphrey Marshall (Detachment) |
| December 29-31 | Skirmishes in Clay, Braxton and Webster Counties |
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1862
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| January 7 | Jennies Creek, Ky. (Detachment) |
| January | Attached to Landers’ Division, Army of the Potomac. Regiment engaged in scouting, picket and outpost duty and guarding Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in West Virginia |
| January 6-7 | Expedition to Blue’s Gap |
| January 7 | Hanging Rock Pass, Romney |
| February 13 | Bloomery Gap |
| February 15 | Bloomen |
| March | Eight companies attached to Hatch’s Cavalry Command, Banks’ 5th Corps. Four companies attached to Milroy’s Brigade, Cheat Mountain District. |
| March 5-12 | Advance on Winchester, Va. (Cos. “C,” “E” and “L”) |
| March 20 | Phillippi (4 Cos.) |
| March 23 |
Battle of Winchester |
| April 4 | Hatch’s Cavalry Command transferred to Department of the Shenandoah. |
| April 12 | Monterey (Cos. C, E and L) |
| May 3 | Buffalo Gap (Cos. “C, E and L) |
| May | Attached to Milroy’s Cheat Mountain District, W. Va. (4 Cos.) |
| May 7 |
Battle of McDowell(Cos. C, E and L) |
| May 8-21 | Scouts to Roane and Clay Counties |
| May 10 | Giles Court House (Detachment) |
| June 1 | Strasburg. Attached to Shields’ Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock (8 Cos.) and Milroy’s Independent Brigade, 1st Army Corps, Army of Virginia (4 Cos.) |
| June 8 |
Cross Keys |
| June 9 |
Port Republic |
| June 10 | White Plains |
| June 26 | Attached to Buford’s Cavalry Brigade, 2nd Army Corps, Army of Virginia |
| July 12-17 | Expedition to Madison Court House, Culpeper Court House and Orange Court House |
| July 12 | Near Culpeper |
| August 9 |
Cedar Mountain(Cos. C, E and L) |
| August 13 | Orange Court House |
| August 16-September 2 |
Pope’s Campaign in Northern Virginia |
| August 18 | Rapidan |
| August 22 | Freeman’s Ford, Hazel River (Cos. C, E and L) |
| August 22 | Kelly’s Ford |
| August 23 | Sulphur Springs |
| August 23-25 | Waterloo Bridge |
| August 28 | Buckland Bridge, near Gainesville (Cos. C, E and L) |
| August 29 | Groveton (Cos. C, E and L) |
| August 30 |
Second Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)(Cos. C, E and L) |
| August 30 | Lewis Ford |
| September 1 |
Battle of Chantilly |
| September | Attached to Defenses of Washington, D. C. |
| September 6 | Nathaniel P. Richmond promoted to colonel |
| September 16-17 | Antietam, Md. (2 Cos.) |
| September 22 | Ashby’s Gap |
| October 17-18 | Expedition to Thoroughfare Gap |
| October 18 | Gainesville |
| November 4 | Near Warrenton |
| November 28-30 | Reconnaissance to Snicker’s Ferry and Berryville |
| November 30 | Snicker’s Ferry |
| December 3 | Moorefield, W. Va. (1 Co.) |
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1863
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| January 5 | Near Moorefield, W. Va. |
| January 22 | Cockletown, Pocahontas County, W. Va. |
| February | Attached to Price’s Cavalry Brigade, Defenses of Washington, D. C., and 22nd Army Corps |
| February 27-28 | Scout from Centreville to Falmouth |
| March | Company A attached to Averill’s 4th Separate Brigade, 8th Army Corps, Middle Department |
| April | Attached to 3rd Brigade, Stahel’s Cavalry Division, 22nd Army Corps |
| April 24 | Beverly (Co. A) |
| May 3 |
Warrenton JunctionA detachment of 100 men were ambushed by Mosby’s raiders. |
| June | Regiment attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac. Company A attached to Averill’s 4th Separate Brigade, W. Va. |
| June 13-15 |
Second Battle of Winchester(Cos. C and K) |
| June 30 |
Hanover, Pennsylvania |
| July 1-3 | Battle of Gettysburg The regiment was commanded at Gettysburg by Col. Nathaniel P. Richmond. It brought 436 men to the field in ten companies; companies A and I were not present. The 1st suffered four killed, four wounded and four missing.Colonel Richmond took over the brigade after the death of Brigadier General Elon Farnsworth and his brother, Major Charles E. Capehart, took command of the regiment. |
| July 2 | Hunterstown |
| July 4 |
Monterey GapMajor Capehart was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in the battle. His citation reads, “For The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Major Charles E. Capehart, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 4 July 1863, while serving with 1st West Virginia Cavalry, in action at Monterey Mountain, Pennsylvania. While commanding the regiment, Major Capehart charged down the mountain side at midnight, in a heavy rain, upon the enemy’s fleeing wagon train. Many wagons were captured and destroyed and many prisoners taken.” |
| July 5 | Smithburg |
| July 6 | Hagerstown |
| July 8 | Boonsboro |
| July 11-13 | Hagerstown |
| July 14 | Falling Water |
| July 13-15 | Expedition from Fayetteville, W. Va., to Wytheville (2 Companies) |
| July 16 | Shanghai (Company A) |
| July 18-19 | Wytheville (Company A) |
| July 18-19 | Near Hedgesville and Martinsburg (Company A) |
| July 23 | Near Gaines’ Cross Roads |
| July 30 | McConnellsburg, Pa. |
| August 25-31 | Averill’s Raid through Hardy, Pendleton, Highland, Bath, Greenfield and Pocahontas Counties, W. Va. (Company A) |
| August 26-27 | Rocky Gap, near White Sulphur Springs (Company A) |
| September 1-3 | Expedition to Port Conway |
| September 13 | Culpeper Court House |
| September 14-16 | Raccoon Ford |
| September 16 | Robertson’s Station |
| September 17-18 | Raccoon Ford |
| September 22-23 | White’s Ford |
| October 9-22 | Bristoe Campaign |
| October 10 | James City and Bethesda Church |
| October 11 | Near Culpeper, Brandy Station and Griffinsburg |
| October 14 | Gainesville |
| October 17-18 | Groveton |
| October 19 | Gainesville, New Baltimore, Buckland’s Mill and Haymarket |
| November 7 | Catlett’s Station |
| November 26- December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
| November 26-27 | Raccoon Ford |
| November 1-17 | Averill’s Raid from Lewisburg to Virginia & Tennessee Railroad (Company A) |
| November 6 | Droop Mountain (Company A) |
| November 11 | Colonel Richmond discharged on surgeon’s certificate. Colonel Henry Capehart takes over command of the regiment |
| December | Regiment on duty at various points in Dept. of West Virginia. Company A attached to 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, W. Va. |
| December 8-25 | Averill’s Raid from New Creek to Salem (Company A) |
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1864
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| March | Regiment attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, W. Va. |
| April | Company A attached to Kelly’s Command, Reserve Division, W. Va. |
| May | Regiment attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, W. Va. |
| May 5-19 | Averill’s Raid on Virginia & Tennessee Railroad |
| May 5 | Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, between Bloomfield and Piedmont |
| May 8 | Abb’s Valley, Jeffersonville |
| May 10 | Grassy Lick, Cove Mountain, near Wytheville |
| May 12 | Doublin Station |
| May 14 | Rude’s Hill and New Market |
| May 20 | Lewisburg (Detachment) |
| May 26-July 1 | Hunter’s Raid on Lynchburg |
| June | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, W. Va. |
| June 8 | Staunton |
| June 10 | White Sulphur Springs |
| June 11 | Lexington |
| June 13-15 | Scout around Lynchburg |
| June 13 | Near Buchanan |
| June 16 | New London |
| June 17 | Diamond Hill |
| June 17-18 | Lynchburg |
| June 18 | Snicker’s Ford |
| June 19 | Liberty |
| June 20 | Buford’s Gap |
| June 21 | Catawba Mountains and about Salem |
| July 17-18 | Snicker’s Ferry, Va. |
| July 20 | Carter’s Farm, near Stephenson’s Depot |
| July 22 | Newtown |
| July 24 | Kernstown, Winchester |
| July 24 | Falling Waters |
| July 25 | Martinsburg |
| July 29 | Hagerstown |
| July 31 | Hancock |
| August 5 | Williamsport and Hagerstown |
| August 7 | Near Moorefield |
| August 26 | Williamsport |
| August 31 | Martinsburg |
| September 3-4 | Bunker Hill |
| September 5 | Stephenson’s Depot |
| September 10 | Darkesville |
| September 13 | Bunker Hill |
| September 14 | Berryville and near Brentsville |
| September 14 | Centreville |
| September 17 | Charlestown |
| September 19 | Battle of Opequan (Third Battle of Winchester) |
| September 22 | Battle of Fisher’s Hill |
| September 23-24 | Mt. Jackson |
| September 24 | Forest Hill or Timberville |
| September 26 | Brown’s Gap |
| September 26-27 | Weyer’s Cave |
| October 19 | Battle of Cedar Creek |
| October 23 | Dry Run (Detachment) |
| October 25 | Milford (Detachment) |
| November 12 | Nineveh/ Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Middle Military Division |
| November 22 | Rude’s Hill, near Mt. Jackson |
| December 19-28 | Expedition to Gordonsville |
| December 23 | Gordonsville |
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1865
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| February 25- March 25 |
Sheridan’s Raid from Winchester |
| February | Attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| February 28 | Mt. Crawford |
| March 2 | Waynesboro |
| March 3 | Charlottesville |
| March 10 | Augusta Court House |
| March 12 | Haydensville |
| March 13 | Colonel Henry Capehart promoted to brigadier general |
| March 15 | Beaver Dam Station |
| March 26 | White House |
| March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
| March 29-31 |
Dinwiddie Court House |
| April | Company A arttached to 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, W. Va. |
| April 1 | Battle of Five Forks |
| April 2 | Namozine Church and Scott’s Corners |
| April 4 | Jettersville |
| April 5 |
Amelia Court House |
| April 6 |
Sailor’s Creek |
| April 7 | Stony Point |
| April 8 |
Appomattox Station |
| April 9 |
Appomattox Court HouseSurrender of Lee and his army. |
| April 23-29 | Expedition to Danville |
| May | March to Washington, D.C. |
| May 23 | Grand Review |
| July 8 | Mustered out |