UNION WEST VIRGINIA VOLUNTEERS
14th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry
- Overview:
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Organized at Wheeling, Va., August 25, 1862. Attached to
Railroad Division, West Virginia, to January, 1863. New Creek,
W. Va., Defences Upper Potomac, 8th Army Corps, Middle Dept., to
March, 1863. 5th Brigade, 1st Division. 8th Army Corps, to June,
1863. Mulligan's Brigade, Scammon's Division, West Virginia, to
December, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, West Virginia, to
April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, West Virginia,
to January, 1865. 1st Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, West
Virginia, to June, 1865.
- Service:
- Ordered to Clarksburg, W. Va., and guard duty on the
Upper Potomac, Headquarters at New Creek, till June, 1863.
Expedition to Greenland Gap April 13-22, 1863. Action at
Greenland Gap April 25 (Co. "A"). Duty at New Creek, Petersburg
and Romney till April, 1864. Skirmish near Burlington November
16, 1863. Burlington and Petersburg Turnpike November 19. Salem
December 16. Jackson River, near Covington, December 19.
Operations in Hampshire and Hardy Counties December 31,
1863-January 5, 1864. Operations in Hampshire and Hardy Counties
against Rosser January 27-February 7, 1864. Evacuation of
Petersburg January 30. Crook's Expedition against Virginia &
Tennessee Railroad May 2-19. Battle of Cloyd's Mountain May 9. New
River Bridge May 10. Cove Mountain or Grassy Lick, near
Wytheville, May 10. Salt Pond Mountain and Gap Mountain May
12-13. Hunter's Expedition against Lynchburg May 26-July 1.
Diamond Hill June 17. Lynchburg June 17-18. Retreat
to Charleston June 18-July 1. Buford's Gap June 20. About Salem
June 21. Moved to the Shenandoah Valley July 12-15. Snicker's
Ferry July 17-18. Stephenson's Depot July 20. Battle of Kernstown-Winchester July
23-24. Martinsburg July 25. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley
Campaign August 6-November 28. Strasburg August 15. Halltown
August 24 and 26. Berryville September 3. Battle
of Opequan,
Winchester, September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22.
Battle of Cedar Creek
October 19. Duty at Camp Russell and in Shenandoah Valley till
December. Myerstown November 28. Duty at Martinsburg,
Cumberland, Md., and Winchester, Va., till June, 1865. Near
Patterson Creek Station March 22, 1865 (Co. "H"). Mustered out
June 28, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 81 Enlisted men
killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 157 Enlisted men by
disease. Total 246.
- Soldiers:
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