The following is a list of West Virginia Confederate Units which were composed mostly or notably by citizens of the 50 counties of western Virginia which eventually became West Virginia. These units, with the exception of the Kentucky units, are designated "Virginia", as were the Union regiments from western Virginia. After the admittance of West Virginia as a state in 1863, those Union units from western Virginia changed their designation to "West Virginia", while the Confederate units remained "Virginia". Following the names of the units are the names of the counties, in parentheses, which contributed to those units, and does not include neighboring counties of Kentucky or Virginia. The

list of West Virginia Civil War Union units West Virginia, which seceded from Virginia to join the Union, provided the following units to the Union Army during the American Civil War. Units raised in the western counties prior to the creation of the state of West Virginia were often known ...

is shown separately.

Infantry

* 2nd Virginia Infantry (Berkeley, Jefferson) *

7th Virginia Infantry The 7th Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia. The 7th Virginia was organized in May, ...

Co. D (Mercer, Monroe) * 13th Virginia Infantry (Hampshire) * 22nd Virginia Infantry (Boone, Clay, Fayette, Greenbrier, Jackson, Kanawha, Monroe, Nicholas, Putnam, Wyoming) * 23rd Virginia Infantry Battalion (Mercer, Raleigh, Wyoming) Also known as Derrick's Battalion. * 24th Virginia Infantry (Mercer) * 25th Virginia Infantry (Braxton, Hardy, Pendleton, Pocahontas, Ritchie, Taylor, Upshur, Webster) * 26th Virginia Infantry Battalion (Greenbrier, Kanawha, Mercer, Monroe) Also known as Edgar's Battalion. * 27th Virginia Infantry (Brooke, Greenbrier, Monroe, Ohio, Wetzel) * 29th Virginia Infantry (McDowell) * 30th Virginia Infantry Battalion (Jackson, Mercer, Monroe, Raleigh, Roane, Wirt) Also known as Clarke's Sharpshooters. *

31st Virginia Infantry The 31st Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly as part of the Army of Northern Virginia. The 31st Virginia was organized ...

(Barbour, Braxton, Gilmer, Harrison, Kanawha, Lewis, Monongalia, Pocahontas, Randolph, Taylor) *

33rd Virginia Infantry The 33rd Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in the Commonwealth of Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It was a part of the famed "Stonewall Brigade," named for General Sto ...

(Hampshire, Hardy) * 36th Virginia Infantry (Boone, Clay, Jackson, Logan, Nicholas, Putnam, Raleigh, Roane, Wayne, Wood) * 45th Virginia Infantry Battalion (Boone, Cabell, Logan, McDowell, Wayne, Wyoming) * 59th Virginia Infantry (Greenbrier, Mercer) *

60th Virginia Infantry The 60th Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia and in Tennessee. The 60th Virginia (als ...

(Braxton, Fayette, Gilmer, Greenbrier, Jackson, Mercer, Monroe, Roane) *

62nd Virginia Mounted Infantry The 62nd Virginia Mounted Infantry Regiment, raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, served in many capacities including the war, including as an infantry regiment, a cavalry regiment, a mounte ...

(Barbour, Braxton, Hampshire, Hardy, Pendleton, Pocahontas, Randolph, Tucker, Upshur, Webster)

Cavalry

* 1st Virginia Cavalry (Jefferson, Berkeley) * 2nd Battalion Kentucky Mounted Rifles (Wayne, Logan) *

7th Virginia Cavalry The 7th Virginia Cavalry Regiment also known as Ashby's Cavalry was a Confederate cavalry regiment raised in the spring of 1861 by Colonel Angus William McDonald The regiment was composed primarily of men from the counties of the Shenandoah Va ...

(Berkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson) *

8th Virginia Cavalry The 8th Virginia Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly as part of the Army of Northern Virginia. Virginia's 8th Cavalry Regiment was ...

(Boone, Cabell, Calhoun, Doddridge, Kanawha, Lewis, Mason, Putnam, Wayne, Wood) * 10th Virginia Cavalry (Jackson, Kanawha, Raleigh, Roane) * 11th Virginia Cavalry (Berkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan, Pocahontas) * 12th Virginia Cavalry (Berkeley, Jefferson) * 14th Virginia Cavalry (Boone, Calhoun, Greenbrier, Pocahontas, Roane) * 14th Kentucky Cavalry (McDowell) * 16th Virginia Cavalry (Cabell, McDowell, Kanawha, Putnam, Wayne) * 17th Virginia Cavalry (Braxton, Clay, Harrison, Jackson, Kanawha, Lewis, Mercer, Nicholas, Roane, Wirt, Wood) * 18th Virginia Cavalry (Hampshire, Hardy, Lewis, Pendleton, Randolph, Tucker) * 19th Virginia Cavalry (Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Greenbrier, Harrison, Jackson, Kanawha, Lewis, Marion, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Preston, Randolph, Ritchie, Roane, Taylor, Webster, Wetzel, Wirt) * 20th Virginia Cavalry (Barbour, Calhoun, Harrison, Lewis, Marion, Monongalia, Ohio, Pleasants, Preston, Ritchie, Taylor, Wetzel, Wood) * 21st Virginia Cavalry (Monroe) *

23rd Virginia Cavalry The 23rd Virginia Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was recruited primarily in the counties of Hampshire, Hardy, Morgan, Berkeley, F ...

(Hampshire, Hardy, Mercer) * 26th Virginia Cavalry (Calhoun, Doddridge, Jackson, Lewis, Monroe, Pleasants, Pocahontas, Roane, Ritchie, Taylor, Tyler, Upshur, Webster, Wetzel, Wirt) * 34th Virginia Cavalry (Cabell, Logan, McDowell, Mercer, Raleigh, Wayne, Wyoming) * 36th Virginia Cavalry (Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Clay, Greenbrier, Jackson, Kanawha, Logan, Monroe, Nicholas, Ohio, Putnam, Roane, Wayne, Wood) * 37th Virginia Cavalry (Jackson) * 43rd Virginia Cavalry, Mosby's Partisan Rangers (Jefferson) * 44th Battalion Virginia Partisan Rangers, formerly Amick's Rangers (Fayette, Greenbrier, Kanawha, Monroe, Nicholas, Raleigh, Wyoming) * Swann's Battalion of Virginia Cavalry (Boone, Cabell, Logan, McDowell, Mercer, Putnam, Wayne, Wyoming) *

McNeill's Rangers McNeill's Rangers was an independent Confederate military force commissioned under the Partisan Ranger Act (1862) by the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War. The 210 man unit (equivalent to a small or under-strength battalion) w ...

(

McNeill McNeill may refer to: * McNeill (surname) * McNeill, Mississippi, United States; an unincorporated community * McNeill, West Virginia, United States; an unincorporated community * Port McNeill, British Columbia, Canada; a town * McNeill Bay ( ...

's Company, Virginia Partisan Rangers)) (Hampshire, Hardy, Pendleton) * Thurmond's Rangers (Fayette, Greenbrier) * Ashby Horse Artillery (Jefferson)

Artillery

* Bryan's Battery, Monroe Artillery (Monroe, Greenbrier) * Chapman's Artillery, (Monroe-Dixie Artillery, Virginia Light Artillery) (Monroe) * Chew's Battery, Virginia Horse Artillery (Jefferson, Berkeley) * French's Battery, Virginia Light Artillery (Mercer) *

Gauley Artillery The Gauley Artillery, also known as Adams`s Battery, was a unit of the Confederate States Army that operated in western Virginia and Tennessee during the early years of the American Civil War. It was organized by Cpt. Stephen Adams, who was the ...

, Capt. Stephen Adam's Battery (Raleigh) * Capt. Thomas E. Jackson's Co., Virginia Horse Artillery (Kanawha, Mason, Wayne) * Kanawha Artillery (Kanawha, Mason, Wayne) * Lowry's Artillery, Virginia Light Artillery (Monroe) * Lurty's Company, Virginia Horse Artillery (Calhoun, Gilmer, Greenbrier, Harrison, Lewis, Marion, Upshur, Webster) * McClanahan's Battery (Randolph) * Penick's Company, Virginia Light Artillery (Greenbrier) * Taylor's Company, Virginia Light Artillery (Berkeley) * Western Artillery (Monroe) * Wise Artillery (Berkeley, Jefferson)

Virginia State Line & Other Units

*67th Regiment Virginia Militia (Berkeley) *89th Regiment Virginia Militia (Morgan) *151st Regiment Virginia Militia (Mercer) *167th Regiment Virginia Militia (Wayne. Changed to Union in 1862 by Restored Govt of VA) *190th Regiment Virginia Militia (Wyoming) *1st VSL, Capt. Daniel Elkins Co, Co. B (Boone) *1st VSL. Capt. Greene W. Taylor's Co., Co. A (Logan) *1st VSL, Capt. Wm. Dempsey's Co., Co. E (Logan) *1st VSL, Capt. Benj. Justice's Co., Co. H (Logan) *1st VSL, Capt. John Buchanan's Co., Co. I (Logan) *1st VSL, Capt. Robert Lawson's Co., Co. K (Logan) *1st VSL, Capt. Geo. Hackworth's Co., Co. F (Cabell) *2nd VSL, Capt. Mathias Harrison's Co., Co. H (Cabell, Logan, Wayne) *2nd VSL, Capt. William S. Chandler's Co., Co. K (Boone) *3rd VSL, Capt. Joseph R. Kessler's Cavalry Co., Co. D (Roane) *4th VSL, Capt. William Hensley's Co., Co. G (Cabell) *4th VSL, Capt. John E. Love's Co., Co. E (Kanawha) *5th VSL, Capt. Lorenzo D. Chambers' Co., Co. A (Logan) *5th VSL, Capt. Melvin B. Lawson's Co., Co. E, later part of Rebel Bill Smith's Battn. (Logan) *5th VSL, Capt. P.K. McComas Co., Co. I (Logan)

Guerrilla Units

These units were often called "Moccasin Rangers" in the North, but were designated "Partisan Rangers" or "Confederate States Rangers". They operated as such from 1861 to 1862, and were later recruited into the Virginia State Line in the latter half of 1862, and then into the regular Confederate Army in March 1863. The counties from which they were mainly originated are in parentheses at the end of each name. *Capt. John W. "Big John" Amick's Co., Amick's Rangers (Nicholas) *Black Striped Company (Logan) *Capt. P.M. Carpenter's Co. (Logan) *Capt. Perry Connolly's Co., formerly Capt. George W. Silcott's Co., 186th Regt. Va. Militia (Calhoun) *Capt. James S.A. Crawford's Co., The Night Hawks (Wood, Jackson & Wirt) *Capt. George Downs' Co., Co. No. 1 Va. State Rangers, formerly 186th Regt. Va. Militia (Calhoun) *Capt. Daniel Dusky's Co., formerly Co. C, 186th Regt. Va. Militia (Calhoun, Roane, Wirt, & Jackson) *Capt. Sampson Elza's Co., Dixie Boys (Randolph & Pendleton) *Capt. Richard B. Foley's Co., Flat Top Copperheads, also known as Foley's Independent Co. of Infantry, formerly Co. F, 151st Regt. Va. Militia (Mercer) *Capt. Ezekiel "Zeke" Harper's Co. (Tucker & Randolph) *Capt. William Harris' Co., Co. No. 7, Va. State Rangers (Wood) *Capt. W.A. "Devil Anse" Hatfield's Co., formed from the 129th Regt. Va Militia (Logan) *Capt. Benjamin W. Haymond's Co., Co. No. 8 Va. State Rangers (Braxton) *Capt. Jonathan Haymond's Co., Co. No. 10 Va. State Rangers (Marion) *Capt. John E. Hays' Co., Co. No. 6 Va. State Rangers (Gilmer) *Capt. Absolom Knotts' Co., Knott's Rangers, formerly 186th Regt. Va. Militia (Calhoun) *Capt. James McCray's Co., Mountain Rangers, Co. No. 5, Va. State Rangers, formed from the 199th Regt. Va. Militia (Webster) *Capt. Duncan McLaughlin's Co., Webster Dare Devils, formed from the 199th Regt. Va. Militia (Webster) *Capt. William T. Meador's Co., Co. No. 9 Va. State Rangers (Mercer, Summers, Wyoming) *Capt. (Rev.) John Elam Mitchell's Co., formerly 165th Regt. Va. Militia (Gilmer) *Capt. William Franklin Pierson's Co. (Braxton) *Capt. John Righter's Co., Co. No. 4, Va. State Rangers (Marion, Harrison, Taylor) *Capt. Peter Sauerbourne's Co., formerly 186th Regt. Va. Militia (Calhoun) *Capt. James E. Smith's Co., formerly 141st Regt. Va. Militia (Jackson) *Capt. James W. Smith's Co. (Jackson) *Capt. William "Rebel Bill" Smith's Co., elements of 167th Regt. Va. Militia, later became Co. D 2nd Battalion Kentucky Mounted Rifles, finally became Smith's Battalion (Wayne) *Capt. John L. Sprigg's Co., Braxton Co. Rangers, Co. No. 2 Va. State Rangers (Braxton) *Capt. Philip James Thurmond's Co., Thurmond's Rangers (Monroe, Greenbrier, Fayette, Raleigh, Kanawha) *Capt. William D. Thurmond's Co., Thurmond's Rangers (Fayette) *Capt. Marshall Triplett's Co., Co. No. 3 Va. State Rangers (Clay, Nicholas, Webster) *Capt. Jack Tuning's Co. (Braxton, Webster)

Generals-Confederate & Virginia Militia

The following Generals were either born in, raised in, or living in western Virginia at the time of the war. *

Alfred Beckley Alfred Beckley (May 26, 1802 – May 26, 1888) was the founder of Beckley, West Virginia, and a brigadier general in the Virginia militia during the American Civil War. He named the city of Beckley in honor of his father, John James Beckl ...

Brig. Gen. of Virginia Militia * James Boggs Brig. Gen. of Virginia Militia *

Augustus A. Chapman Augustus Alexandria Chapman (March 9, 1805 – June 7, 1876) was a 19th-century politician and lawyer from Virginia. Chapman served several terms in the Virginia House of Delegates, as well as one term in the United States House of Representat ...

Brig. Gen. of Virginia Militia *

Raleigh E. Colston Raleigh Edward Colston (October 1, 1825 – July 29, 1896) was a France, French-born United States, American professor, soldier, cartographer, and writer. He was a controversial Brigadier General (CSA), brigadier general in the Confederate S ...

John Echols John Echols (March 20, 1823 – May 24, 1896) was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Early and family life John Echols was born in Lynchburg, Virginia. He joined the Virginia Military Institute in 1840 ...

* Birkett D. Fry *

Walter Gwynn Walter Gwynn (February 22, 1802 – February 6, 1882 ) was an American civil engineer and soldier who became a Virginia Provisional Army general and North Carolina militia brigadier general in the early days of the American Civil War in 186 ...

* Stonewall Jackson *

William Lowther Jackson William Lowther Jackson Jr. (February 3, 1825 – March 26, 1890) was an American lawyer, Democratic politician, slaveholder and jurist who became the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia prior to the American Civil War, and later fought in the Confe ...

* Albert G. Jenkins * Alexander C. Jones *

Edwin Gray Lee Edwin Gray Lee (May 27, 1836 – August 24, 1870) was an American soldier from Virginia and a Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War. He was a member of the Lee family and first cousin once removed of Robert E. Lee. Bio ...

John McCausland John McCausland, Jr. (September 13, 1836 – January 22, 1927) was a brigadier general in the Confederate army, famous for the ransom of Hagerstown, Maryland, and the razing of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, during the American Civil War. Ear ...

* Alexander W. Reynolds *

M. Jeff Thompson Brigadier-General M. Jeff Thompson (January 22, 1826 – September 5, 1876), nicknamed "Swamp Fox," was a senior officer of the Missouri State Guard who commanded cavalry in the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War. The () ...

* Reuben Lindsay Walker

References

{{Reflist * Allardice, Bruce S. ''More Generals in Gray'', Louisiana State Univ. Press * Dickinson, Jack L. ''Tattered Uniforms and Bright Bayonets: West Virginia's Confederate Soldiers''. Marshall University, Huntington, WV, 1995. * Linger, James Carter ''Confederate Military Units of West Virginia''. Privately Published, 8th printing, 2002. * Warner, Ezra J. ''Generals in Gray'', Louisiana State Univ. Press * White, Robert, Col. ''Confederate Military History, Extended Edition, Vol. III, West Virginia'', Broadfoot Publishing Co., Wilmington, NC, 1987. West Virginia in the American Civil War Virginia in the American Civil War

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