The 16th West Virginia Infantry Regiment was an
infantry
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regiment
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that served in the
Union Army
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during the
American Civil War
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.
Service
The 16th West Virginia Infantry Regiment was organized at
Washington, D.C.
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between August and September 1862. It spent its entire service in the defenses of Washington, D.C., and was mustered out on June 10, 1863.
Casualties
The 16th West Virginia Infantry Regiment suffered 7 enlisted men dead from disease for a total of 7 fatalities.
References
The Civil War Archive
See also
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West Virginia Units in the Civil War
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Etymology
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West Virginia in the Civil War
The U.S. state of West Virginia was formed out of western Virginia and added to the Union as a direct result of the American Civil War (see History of West Virginia), in which it became the only modern state to have declared its independence ...
Units and formations of the Union Army from West Virginia
1862 establishments in Washington, D.C.
Military units and formations established in 1862
Military units and formations disestablished in 1863
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