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1st West Virginia Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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Country
  
United States

Branch
  
Infantry

Allegiance
  
Union

Engagements
  
None

Active
  
November 9, 1864 to July 21, 1865

The 1st West Virginia Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the last year of the American Civil War. It consisted primarily of veterans of older regiments whose terms of enlistment had expired.

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Service

The 1st West Virginia Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment was mustered into Federal service on November 9, 1864, composed of re-enlisting veterans from the 5th and the 9th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiments

The regiment was mustered out of Federal service on July 21, 1865.

Commanders

  • Colonel William Henry Enochs
  • References

    1st West Virginia Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment Wikipedia