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Civil War - West Virginia 12th Infantry.

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Aten Family Civil War Letters

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3126
Overview The Aten Family Civil War letters chronicle the Union Army service of James, John, and Henry Aten. James Aten returned to his native Hancock County from Illinois in February 1861 and enlisted in the First WV Volunteer Infantry for a three-month tour in May 1861. He reenlisted in the Twelfth WV Volunteer Infantry and saw service along the B & O Railroad, the Shenandoah Valley, along the James River and at one point he was a prisoner of war. John and Henry Aten served in the 85th Illinois...
Dates: 1861-1865

Union Volunteers of West Virginia Regiments, Civil War Service Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3059
Scope and Contents The compiled service records of soldiers belonging to units from the State of West Virginia are arranged according to an organizational breakdown ending with the regiment or the independent company. Under each unit the service records are arranged alphabetically by soldiers' surnames. Preceding the jacket-envelopes for the individual soldiers in each organizational unit are envelopes containing record-of-events cards giving the stations of the unit and sometimes information relating to the...
Dates: 1861-1865

West Virginia, Union, Civil War Military Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3138
Overview West Virginia Union Civil War records compiled by unit for cavalry, infantry, and artillery regiments, and also for the veteran reserve corps, independent infantry exempts, the Independent Loudo(u)n Rangers, the Mountain Howitzers, scouts, militia, and home guard units. The records include name, age, residency, rank, dates and places of muster and discharge, and details of service. They also include summaries of the organization, re-organization, and dissolution of companies; and military...
Dates: 1861-1865