Civil War - West Virginia 15th Infantry.

Overview Records of Captain Sidney F. Shaw regarding his service in the Union army during the Civil War in the 15th West Virginia Infantry as "Acting Chief Engineer and AAA General" in the Department of West Virginia. Includes a transcription of his diary regarding his fighting retreat to save supplies and wagons from Jubal Early's army in July, 1864 during Early's northern invasion. This was an episode within Early's campaign to demonstrate against Washington, D.C. that led to the battle of...

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...

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...