United States Regiments & Batteries * West Virginia
The 15th West Virginia Infantry Regiment lost 3 officers and 50 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 officer and 99 enlisted men by disease during the Civil War.
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1862
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| August-October | Organized at Wheeling, W. Va. Attached to Railroad Division, West Virginia |
| October 18-December 22 | At New Creek Station |
| December 22 | Moved to Sir John’s Run, and duty there guarding Baltimore & Ohio Railroad |
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1863
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| January | Assigned to Sir John’s Run, Defenses Upper Potomac, 8th Army Corps, Middle Dept |
| March | Assigned to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 8th Army Corps |
| June 16 | Moved to New Creek., Dept. of West Virginia |
| July 4 | To Cumberland, Md., and to Hancock, Md. |
| July 11 | To Fairview |
| July 14 | To Williamsport, Md. |
| July 15-28 | Operations against Lee |
| August 5 | At Mechanicsburg Gap, near Romney. Attached to Campbell’s Brigade, Scammon’s Division, Dept. West Virginia |
| November 5 | At Alpine |
| December | Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, West Virginia |
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1864
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| March 19 | Bath |
| April | Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, West Virginia, then 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, West Virginia |
| May 9 | Crook’s Expedition against Virginia & Tennessee Railroad May 2-19. 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 19 | Meadow Bluff |
| May 26-July 1 | Hunter’s Expedition to Lynchburg |
| June 10 | Middlebrook and Brownsville |
| June 11-12 | Lexington |
| June 16 | Otter Creek, near Liberty |
| 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 Shenandoah Valley and attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, West Virginia |
| July 17-18 | Snicker’s Ferry or Gap |
| July 23-24 |
Battle of Kernstown |
| August 6-November 28 |
Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign |
| September 3 | Berryville |
| September 19 | Third Battle of Winchester (Battle of Opequan) |
| September 22 |
Battle of Fisher’s Hill |
| October 13 | Skirmish at Cedar Creek |
| October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek
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| October | Duty at Camp Russell and in the Shenandoah Valley |
| December 19-23 | Moved to Washington, D.C., thence to Bermuda Hundred, Va. |
| December | Duty in the trenches before Richmond, Va. attached to 3rd Brigade, Independent Division, 24th Army Corps, Army of the James |
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1865
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| March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
| March 28-29 | Moved to front of Petersburg |
| March 30-31 & April 1 | Hatcher’s Run |
| April 2 | Fall of Petersburg |
| April 3-9 | Pursuit of Lee |
| April 6 | Rice’s Station |
| April 9 |
Appomattox Court HouseSurrender of Lee and his army. |
| April 12-15 | March to Lynchburg |
| April 15-19 | To Farmville and Burkesville Junction |
| April 22-25 | To Richmond, Va. |
| May | Duty near Richmond |
| June 14 | Mustered out |