United States Regiments & Batteries * West Virginia
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1861
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| April | Company A organized at Pittsburgh, Pa. |
| May 9 | Company A was not accepted by Pennsylvania. Moved to Wheeling, W. Va. |
| May 20 | Company B, Grafton Guards organized |
| May 21 | Company A mustered in |
| May 25 | Company A moved with 1st West Virginia Infantry along line of Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.Company B moved to Wheeling, W. Va., and mustered in |
| May 26-28 | Guard Glover’s Gap (Company A) |
| May 27 | Action with Capt. Roberts’ Command Company (Company A) |
| May 28 | Company A moved to Grafton. Detached as Body Guard to Gen. Geo. B. McClellan on his assuming command of the Army of West Virginia. |
| June 1 | Company C organized at Wheeling and mustered in |
| June 14 | Company D organized at Pittsburg, Pa., and mustered in at Wheeling, W. Va. |
| June 16 | Company E organized at Wheeling, W. Va., mustered in, and moved to Clarksburg |
| June | Company D moved to Clarksburg, W. Va. |
| June 13 | Company G organized at Pittsburg, Pa., and mustered in at Wheeling, W. Va. |
| June 24 | Company F organized at Pittsburg, Pa., and mustered in at Wheeling, W. Va. |
| June 28 | Company B moved to Mannington. Company H organized at Ironton, Ohio, and mustered in at Wheeling, W. Va. |
| July 1 | Company B moved to Grafton. Company C moved to Beverly and joined Regiment. |
| July 4 | Company B moved to Phillippi |
| July 5 | Companies F and G left Wheeling and joined Regiment at Beverly. |
| July 5-6 | Companies C, D, E guard supply train to Rich Mountain then march to Beverly. |
| July 6-17 | Participated in the West Virginia CampaignA detachment of Company at Bealington until January 25, 1862, guarding supply trains between Webster and Beverly and scouting. |
| July 7 | Laurel Hill |
| July 9-10 | Company I organized in Washington County, Pa. Moved to Wheeling, W. Va. |
| July 10 | Company I mustered in |
| July 13 | Carrick’s Ford |
| July | Company B (Grafton Guards) moved to Beverly and transferred to 2nd West Virginia Infantry Regiment as Company B. |
| July 21 | Company K organized at Parkersburg, W. Va. and mustered in |
| July 22-27 | Company I moved to Grafton, Webster and Beverly |
| Auguat | Duty at Beverly, W. Va. attached to Army of Occupation, W. Va. |
| August 20 | Laurel Fork Creek |
| September 11 | Ordered to Elkwater and attached to Cheat Mountain, District West Virginia |
| September 11-17 | Operations on Cheat Mountain |
| September 12 | Cheat Mountain Pass |
| September 13 | Camp Allegheny |
| December 31 | Expedition to Huntersville |
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1862
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| January 3 | Huntersville |
| January-April | At Cheat Mountain Summit |
| January 8 & February 8 | Dry Fork, Cheat River (Company B) |
| January-April | At Cheat Mountain Summit |
| March | Attached to Cheat Mountain District, Dept. of the Mountains |
| April 5-May 8 | Advance on Staunton attached to Milroy’s Brigade, Dept. of the Mountains |
| April 12 | Monterey |
| May 8 |
Battle of McDowell |
| May 26 | Near Franklin |
| June 8 |
Battle of Cross Keys |
| June | Attached to Milroy’s Independent Brigade, 1st Army Corps, Pope’s Army of Virginia |
| June 20-July 5 | At Strasburg |
| 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 16-September 2 | Pope’s Campaign in Northern Virginia |
| August 21-23 | Fords of the Rappahannock |
| August 22 | Freeman’s Ford, Hazel River |
| August 23-25 | Waterloo Bridge |
| August 28 |
Gainesville |
| August 29 |
Groveton |
| August 30 |
Second Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) |
| September | Duty in the Defenses of Washington |
| September 29-October 9 | Moved to Beverly, W. Va. and attached to District of West Virginia, Dept. of Ohio |
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1863
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| January 22 | Cockletown |
| February 10-12 | Expedition into Pocahontas County (Detachment) |
| March | Attached to 4th Separate Brigade, 8th Army Corps, Middle Department |
| April 11-18 | Scout to Franklin |
| April 24 | Beverly |
| April | Regiment mounted at Grafton. |
| May 6 | West Union |
| June | Attached to Averill’s 4th Separate Brigade, West Virginia |
| August 5-31 | Averill’s Raid through Hardy, Pendleton, Highland, Bath, Greenbrier and Pocahontas Counties |
| August 25 | Jackson River |
| August 26-27 | Rocky Gap near White Sulphur Springs |
| September 25 | Seneca Trace Crossing, Cheat River (Detachment) |
| November 1-17 | Averill’s Raid on Lewisburg and the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad |
| November 5 | Mill Point |
| November 6 |
Droop Mountain |
| December 8-25 | Averill’s Raid from New Creek to Salem on Virginia & Tennessee Railroad. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, West Virginia |
| December 12 | Gatewood’s |
| December 16 | Salem |
| December 19 | Scott’s or Barber’s Creek (Detachment) |
| December 30 | Covington |
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1864
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| January | At Martinsburg |
| January 26 | Designation changed to 5th West Virginia Cavalry |