The West Virginia Campaign

The West Virginia Campaign was a series of military engagements in the Eastern Theater of the War. It was the first foray by Union troops into what was still the western portion of Virginia. The campaign continued from July 6-17, 1861.

• Note: There is not yet a full register of counties and locations for this campaign
• This campaign may have begun in Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia

Sub-Operations

• July 7-12, 1861 - Skirmish at Belington, West Virginia

Union Troops

• Barker's Dragoons
• Sturgis Rifles
• (I) 8th Indiana Infantry
• (I) 10th Indiana Infantry
• 13th Indiana Infantry
• 14th Indiana Infantry
• 15th Indiana Infantry
• 1st Kentucky Infantry (U)
• 2nd Kentucky Infantry (U)
• 1st Michigan Light Artillery / Battery A
• (II) 3rd Ohio Infantry
• (II) 4th Ohio Infantry
• (II) 8th Ohio Infantry
• (II) 9th Ohio Infantry
• (II) 12th Ohio Infantry
• (II) 13th Ohio Infantry
• (I) 14th Ohio Infantry
• (I) 15th Ohio Infantry
• (I) 16th Ohio Infantry
• (I) 17th Ohio Infantry
• (I) 18th Ohio Infantry
• (I) 19th Ohio Infantry
• (I) 20th Ohio Infantry
• (I) 22nd Ohio Infantry
• Barnett's 1st Light Artillery
• Burdsell's (Independent) Cavalry Company
• Ringgold Cavalry Company
• (I) 1st West Virginia Infantry
• 2nd West Virginia Infantry
• 4th United States Artillery / Battery G
• 4th United States Artillery / Battery I

Confederate Troops

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Casualties

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Sources

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 656, 970)
• Wikipedia - Western Virginia Campaign