United States Regiments & Batteries * West Virginia
1861
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June-July | Organized at Wheeling, Clarksburg and Newburg, W. Va. Protecting border counties against guerrillas from Phillippi to Suttonville, W. Va. attached to Army of West Virginia. |
September 6 | Rowell’s Run |
September 10 | Moved to Beverly then to Elkwater, and duty there attached to Cheat Mountain District, West Virginia |
September 23 | Romney, Hanging Rock |
September 23-25 | Romney |
October 26 | Mill Creek Mills |
December 29-31 | Skirmishes in Clay, Braxton and Webster Counties |
1862
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March | Attached to Cheat Mountain District, Dept. of the Mountains |
March 19 | Elk Mountain |
April 5-May 8 | Advance on Staunton. Attached to Milroy’s Independent Brigade, Dept. of the Mountains |
May 7 | Cow Pasture |
May 8 |
Battle of McDowell |
May 8 | Bull Pasture Mountain |
May 9-11 | Reconnaissance to Franklin |
May 11-13 | Franklin |
June 1-2 | Strasburg and Staunton Road |
June 8 |
Battle of Cross Keys |
June 20-July 5 | At Strasburg. Attached to Milroy’s Independent Brigade, 1st Army Corps, Pope’s Army of Virginia |
July 5-11 | Advance to Luray |
July 11 | Moved to Sperryville |
July 22 | To Woodville, and duty there |
August 9 | Battle of Cedar Mountain |
August 12 | Crooked Creek |
August 16-September 2 | Pope’s Campaign In Northern Virginia |
August 21-23 | Fords of the Rappahannock |
August 22 | Freeman’s Ford and Hazel Run |
August 23-25 | Waterloo Bridge |
August 28 | Gainesville |
August 29 | Groveton |
August 30 | Sexcond Battle of Bull Run |
September | Duty in the Defenses of Washington |
September 30-October 1 | Moved to Clarksburg, W. Va. and attached to District of West Virginia, Dept. of the Ohio |
October-April | Duty at Clarksburg, Mt. Pleasant, and outpost duty at Buckhannon, Centreville, Bulltown, Sutton and Glenville |
1863
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March | Attached to Averill’s 4th Separate Brigade, 8th Army Corps, Middle Department |
May 5 | Regiment mounted, Janelew |
July 4 | Huttonsville |
July 18-19 | Near Hedgeville and . Attached to Averill’s 4th Separate Brigade, Dept. of West Virginia |
August 5-31 | Averill’s Raid through Hardy, Pendleton, Highland, Bath, Greenbrier and Pocahontas Counties |
August 22 | Huntersville (Detachment) |
August 25 | Jackson River |
August 26-27 | Rocky Gap near White Sulphur Springs |
November 1-11 | Averill’s Raid against Lewisburg and the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad |
November 4 | Cockletown |
November 5 | Mill Point |
November 6 | Droop Mountain |
December 8-25 | Averill’s Paid to Salem on Virginia & Tennessee Railroad. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, Army of West Virginia |
December 12 | Gatewood’s |
December 16 | Salem |
December 19 | Scott’s or Barber’s Creek |
December 28 | Moorefield |
1864
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January 26 | Designation changed to 6th West Virginia Cavalry |