1st West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment

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1st West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment

Flag of West Virginia
Active July 10, 1861 to July 8, 1865
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Cavalry
Battles/wars Battle of Second Bull Run
Battle of Chantilly
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Cedar Creek

The 1st West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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[edit] Service

The 1st West Virginia Cavalry was organized at Wheeling, Clarksburg, and Morgantown in western Virginia between July 10 and November 25, 1861.

The regiment was mustered out on July 8, 1865.

[edit] Casualties

The 1st West Virginia Cavalry suffered 10 officers and 71 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded in battle and 126 enlisted men dead from disease, for a total of 207 fatalities.[1]

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