1st West Virginia Cavalry

> Posted 26 Jan 08 in Civil War, Monument Project

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

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