UNION WEST VIRGINIA VOLUNTEERS
6th Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry
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Organized from 3rd West Virginia Mounted Infantry January
26, 1864. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, Army West
Virginia. to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division,
West Virginia, to June, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division,
West Virginia, to July, 1864. Reserve Division, Harper's Ferry,
W. Va., to January, 1865. Remount Camp Pleasant Valley, Md., to
April, 1865. Dept. of Washington, D. C., 22nd Army Corps, to
June, 1865. District of the Plains, Dept. of Missouri, to May,
1866.
- Service:
- Duty at Martinsburg, W. Va., till March, 1864.
Operations in Hampshire and Hardy Counties January 27-February 7.
Springfield February 2. Moved to Beverly, March, and duty there
till May. Winchester April 8 (Detachment). Kablestown June 10
(Detachment). White Post June 13 (Detachment). Wire Bridge and
Springfield June 26 (Detachment). Frankfort July 4. Back Creek
Bridge July 26. Regiment reorganized at Cumberland, Md., July 7.
Remounted at North Bridge August 22, and ordered to New Creek.
Duty there till January 12, 1865. Expedition to Moorefield
November 6-8, 1864 (Detachment). Moorefield November 27-28. New
Creek November 28. Moved to Remount Camp, Md., January 12, 1865,
and duty there till April 4. Duty at Washington, D. C., till
June 12. Moved to Leavenworth, Kan., June 12-29, and duty there
till July 16. A detachment moved to Fort Kearney, Neb., and duty
under Major Squires. Regiment moved to Julesburg and duty
escorting Overland mails and operating against hostile Indians at
Julesburg and Cottonwood Springs till April, 1866. Moved to Fort
Leavenworth, Kan., and mustered out May 22, 1866.
Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 28 Enlisted men
killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 201 Enlisted men
by disease. Total 236.
Predecessor unit:
WEST VIRGINIA VOLUNTEERS.
3rd REGIMENT INFANTRY.
Organized at Wheeling, Clarksburg and Newburg, W. Va.,
June-July, 1861. Served unattached, Army of West Virginia, to
September, 1861. Cheat Mountain, District West Virginia, to
March, 1862. Cheat Mountain District, Dept. of the Mountains, to
April, 1862. Milroy's Independent Brigade, Dept. of the
Mountains, to June, 1862. Milroy's Independent Brigade, 1st Army
Corps, Pope's Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. Defences of
Washington, D. C., to October, 1862. Unattached, District of
West Virginia, Dept. of the Ohio, to March, 1863, Averill's 4th
Separate Brigade, 8th Army Corps, Middle Department, to June,
1863. Averill's 4th Separate Brigade, Dept. of West Virginia, to
December, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, Army of West
Virginia, to January, 1864.
- Service:
- Protecting border counties against guerrillas from
Phillippi to Suttonville, W. Va., till September, 1861. Rowell's
Run September 6. Moved to Beverly September 10, thence to
Elkwater, and duty there till April, 1862. Romney, Hanging Rock,
September 23, 1861. Romney September 23-25. Mill Creek Mills
October 26. Skirmishes in Clay, Braxton and Webster Counties
December 29-31. Elk Mountain March 19, 1862. Advance on
Staunton April 5-May 8. Cow Pasture May 7. Battle of McDowell May 8. Bull Pasture
Mountain May 8. Reconnoissance to Franklin May 9-11. Franklin
May 11-13. Strasburg and Staunton Road June 1-2. Battle of Cross Keys June 8. At
Strasburg June 20-July 5. Advance to Luray July 5-11. Moved to
Sperryville July 11, thence to Woodville July 22, and duty there
till August 9. Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9.
Crooked Creek August 12. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia
August 16-September 2. Fords of the Rappahannock August 21-23.
Freeman's Ford and Hazel Run August 22. Waterloo Bridge August
23-25. Gainesville
August 28. Groveton August 29. Bull Run August 30. Duty in the
Defences of Washington till Sepiember 30. Moved to Clarksburg,
W. Va., September 30-October 1. Duty at Clarksburg, Mt.
Pleasant, and outpost duty at Buckhannon, Centreville, Bulltown,
Sutton and Glenville till April, 1863. Regiment mounted,
Janelew, May 5. Huttonsville July 4. Near Hedgeville and
Martinsburg July 18-19. Averill's Raid through Hardy, Pendleton,
Highland, Bath, Greenbrier and Pocahontas Counties August 5-31.
Huntersville August 22 (Detachment). Jackson River August 25.
Rocky Gap near White Sulphur Springs August 26-27. Averill's
Raid against Lewisburg and the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad
November 1-11. Cockletown November 4. Mill Point November 5.
Droop Mountain November
6. Averill's Raid to Salem on Virginia & Tennessee Railroad
December 8-25. Gatewood's December 12. Salem December 16.
Scott's or Barber's Creek December 19. Moorefield December 28.
Designation changed to 6th West Virginia Cavalry January 26, 1864
(which see).
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