1st West Virginia Cavalry
Posted to the Project on 26 Jan 08
The modest monument to the 1st West Virginia Cavalry is located along the Taneytown Road, near it’s intersection with Pleasanton Avenue.
The regiment was recruited from Mason and Wayne counties in West Virginia; Wirt and Wood counties in Ohio also contributed men. It was organized at Wheeling and Clarksburg in the summer and fall of 1861. There were ten companies at Gettysburg; companies A & I were not with the regiment. At Gettysburg, the 1st W.V.C. was commanded by Col. Nathaniel P. Richmond (1833-1919), a farmer and lawyer from Kokomo, Indiana. After the War, he returned to Indiana and was mayor of Kokomo.
1st West Virginia Cavalry
Cavalry Corps, 3rd Division, 1st Brigade
Engaged: 436; 4 killed, 4 wounded, 4 missing
Monument: Taneytown Road
January 26th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
West Virginia was formed illegally by traitors, and made up of stolen counties. Reincarnation is theological nonsense, but, were it true, Rich Rodriguez would have commanded the Yankee troops in West Virginia. By the way, there is NO record of anyone from my home county [Mercer] serving with the yankees.