Category: 3rd Regiment, West Virginia Infantry, United States Civil War

Categories: Battle of Droop Mountain | West Virginia, United States Civil War

"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit. See: National Park Service Soldiers and Sailors Database 3rd Infantry

Organized at Wheeling, Clarksburg and Newburg, W. Va., June-July, 1861. Served unattached, Army of West Virginia, to September, 1861. Protecting border counties against guerrillas from Phillippi to Suttonville, W. Va., till September, 1861. Designation changed to 6th West Virginia Cavalry January 26, 1864.

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Person Profiles (6)

15 Feb 1842 Howesville, Preston, West Virginia, United States - 25 Jul 1922 photo
1841 Greene, Virginia, United States - Apr 1863
1839 Greene, Virginia, United States - 1888
abt 1841 Bath County, Virginia - 28 Oct 1864
1838 Marshall, Virginia, United States - 14 Jan 1887
02 May 1842 Harrison, Clay, Virginia, United States - 08 Nov 1912




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