West Virginia 6th Cavalry Regiment

HISTORICAL NOTES:
For service up until January 26, 1864, this unit was known as the West Virginia 3rd Infantry Regiment.

The National Archives Index contain 34 names for the 3rd Infantry Regiment. The majority of the men are on the roster of the West Virginia 6th Cavalry Regiment.

The 6th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment was formed specifically from the 3rd West Virginia Mounted Infantry on January 26, 1864. They initially served with the Army of West Virginia, later transitioning to the 2nd Cavalry Division, West Virginia. The regiment absorbed the remaining battalion of the 5th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment on December 14, 1864. After the war, they were mustered out at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, on May 22, 1866.

The 6th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment suffered 5 officers and 28 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded in battle and 2 officers and 201 enlisted men dead from disease for a total of 236 fatalities. OFFICERS:

Colonel David T. Hewes (Dismissed February 15, 1864)

Lt. Colonel Frank W. Thompson

ASSIGNMENTS:
Attached to 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, Army West Virginia. to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, West Virginia, to June, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, West Virginia, to July, 1864. Reserve Division, Harper's Ferry, W. Va., to January, 1865. Remount Camp Pleasant Valley, Md., to April, 1865. Dept. of Washington, D. C., 22nd Army Corps, to June, 1865. District of the Plains, Dept. of Missouri, to May, 1866. SERVICE:
Duty at Martinsburg, W. Va., till March, 1864. Operations in Hampshire and Hardy Counties January 27-February 7. Springfield February 2. Moved to Beverly, March, and duty there till May. Winchester April 8 (Detachment). Kablestown June 10 (Detachment). White Post June 13 (Detachment). Wire Bridge and Springfield June 26 (Detachment). Frankfort July 4. Back Creek Bridge July 26. Regiment reorganized at Cumberland, Md., July 7. Remounted at North Bridge August 22, and ordered to New Creek. Duty there till January 12, 1865. Expedition to Moorefield November 6-8, 1864 (Detachment). Moorefield November 27-28. New Creek November 28. Moved to Remount Camp, Md., January 12, 1865, and duty there till April 4. Duty at Washington, D. C., till June 12. Moved to Leavenworth, Kan., June 12-29, and duty there till July 16. A detachment moved to Fort Kearney, Neb., and duty under Major Squires. Regiment moved to Julesburg and duty escorting Overland mails and operating against hostile Indians at Julesburg and Cottonwood Springs till April, 1866. Moved to Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and mustered out May 22, 1866. ROSTERS:
The roster of this unit contains the names of 2671 men.

Co. A, Monongalia County

Co. B, Harrison County

Co. C, Preston County

Co. D, Preston County

Co. E, Upshur County

Co. F, Taylor and Harrison Counties

Co. G, Harrison County

Co. H, Monongalia County, and border of Pennsylvania

Co. I, Marshall County

Co. K, Ritchie County.

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REFERENCES:

Dyer, Frederick H. - Compendium of the War of the Rebellion

Lang Theodore F. - Loyal West Virginia