14th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment

14th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment

Flag of West Virginia
Active August 25, 1862, to June 28, 1865
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Infantry
Engagements Battle of Cloyd's Mountain
Battle of Opequon
Battle of Cedar Creek

The 14th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 14th West Virginia was organized at Wheeling in western Virginia on August 25, 1862. Most of its men came from neighboring areas in Ohio and Pennsylvania.

The regiment was mustered out on June 28, 1865.

Casualties

The 14th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment suffered 7 officers and 81 enlisted men killed in battle or died from wounds, and 1 officer and 157 enlisted men dead from disease for a total of 170 fatalities.

Colonels

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