United States Regiments & Batteries * West Virginia
The 14th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment lost 7 officers and 81 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 157 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1862
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| August 25 | Organized at Wheeling, W. Va. under Colonel Andrew S. Core and Major Daniel D. Johnson. Attached to Railroad Division, West Virginia |
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1863
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| January | Ordered to Clarksburg, W. Va., and guard duty on the Upper Potomac, Headquarters at New Creek, W. Va., attached to Defenses Upper Potomac, 8th Army Corps, Middle Dept. |
| March | Attached to 5th Brigade, 1st Division, 8th Army Corps |
| April 4-5 | Colonel Core was discharged, having been found “grossly incompetent” by a board of examiners. Major Johnson was promoted to colonel and command of the regiment. |
| April 13-22 | Expedition to Greenland Gap |
| April 25 | Action at Greenland Gap (Company A) |
| May-March | Duty at New Creek, Petersburg and Romney |
| June | Attached to Mulligan’s Brigade, Scammon’s Division, West Virginia |
| November 16 | Skirmish near Burlington |
| November 19 | Burlington and Petersburg Turnpike |
| December | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, West Virginia |
| December 16 | Salem |
| December 19 | Jackson River, near Covington |
| December 31-January 5 | Operations in Hampshire and Hardy Counties |
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1864
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| January 27-February 7 | Operations in Hampshire and Hardy Counties against Rosser |
| January 30 | Evacuation of Petersburg |
| April | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, West Virginia |
| May 2-19 | Crook’s Expedition against Virginia & Tennessee Railroad |
| May 9 |
Battle of Cloyd’s Mountain |
| May 10 | New River Bridge and Cove Mountain or Grassy Lick, near Wytheville |
| May 12-13 | Salt Pond Mountain and Gap Mountain |
| May 26-July 1 | Hunter’s Expedition against Lynchburg |
| June 17 | Diamond Hill |
| June 17-18 | Lynchburg |
| June 18-July 1 | Retreat to Charleston |
| June 20 | Buford’s Gap |
| June 21 | About Salem |
| July 12-15 | Moved to the Shenandoah Valley |
| July 17-18 | Snicker’s Ferry |
| July 20 | Stephenson’s Depot |
| July 23-24 |
Battle of Kernstown |
| July 25 | Martinsburg |
| August 6- November 28 |
Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign |
| August 15 | Strasburg |
| August 24 & 26 | Halltown |
| September 3 | Berryville |
| September 19 |
Battle of Opequan (Third Battle of Winchester) |
| September 22 |
Fisher’s Hill |
| October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
| October-December | Duty at Camp Russell and in Shenandoah Valley |
| November 28 | Myerstown |
| December | Duty at Martinsburg, Cumberland, Md., and Winchester, Va. |
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1865
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| January | Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, West Virginia |
| March 22 | Near Patterson Creek Station (Company H) |
| June 28 | Mustered out |