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Surnames/tags: US_Civil_War West_Virginia
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Surnames/tags: US_Civil_War West_Virginia
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- The 1st Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Light Artillery was a Union unit organized at Wheeling, West Virginia. They mustered out on 28 Jun 1861 and were attached to the various units described below:
- June 1861 to September 1861: attached to the Army of Occupation, West Virginia.
- September 1861 to January 1862: attached to Cheat Mountain District, West Virginia
- January 1862 to March 1862: Landers' Division, Army Potomac
- March 1862 to May 1862: attached to Shield's 2nd Division, Banks' 5th Army Corps and Department of Shenandoah
- May 1862 to June 1862: attached to Shield's 2nd Division, Banks' 5th Army Corps and Department of the Rappahannock
- June 1862 to February 1863: Slough's Command, Defences of Washington D.C.
- February 1863 to July 1863: Camp Barry, Defenses of Washington, 22nd Army Corps
- July 1863 to December 1863: Maryland Heights, 2nd Division, Department of West Virginia
- December 1863 to April 1864: 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Army of West Virginia
- April 1864 to October 1864: Reserve Division, Harper's Ferry, West Virginia
- October 1864 to July 1865: 1st Separate Brigade, Department of West Virginia
This Regiment was comprised of:
- BATTERY "A" LIGHT ARTILLERY (DAUMS
- BATTERY "B" LIGHT ARTILLERY ("KEEPER'S")
- BATTERY "C" LIGHT ARTILLERY ("PIERPONT'S BATTERY")
- BATTERY "D" LIGHT ARTILLERY
- BATTERY "E" LIGHT ARTILLERY
- BATTERY "F" LIGHT ARTILLERY
- BATTERY "G" LIGHT ARTILLERY
- BATTERY "H" LIGHT ARTILLERY
National Park Service record lists service by battery.[1]
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