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=== Brief History === | === Brief History === | ||
The 8th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry organized in the Kanawha Valley in the fall of 1861 with volunteers from Boone, Clay, Fayette, Jackson, Kanawha, Raleigh, Wyoming Putnam, Mason, Logan and Braxton Counties. On January 26, 1864, the unit designation was changed to 7th West Virginia | The 8th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry organized in the Kanawha Valley in the fall of 1861 with volunteers from Boone, Clay, Fayette, Jackson, Kanawha, Raleigh, Wyoming Putnam, Mason, Logan and Braxton Counties. On January 26, 1864, the unit designation was changed to [[7th_Regiment,_West_Virginia_Cavalry|7th Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry]]. It mustered out August 1, 1865.<ref name="fhlc">Ronald R. Turner, "7th West Virginia Cavalry", (Manassas, Virginia : R.R. Turner, c1989), {{FHL|433287|item|disp=FHL US/CAN 975.4 M2t}}</ref> | ||
"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.<ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref> | "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.<ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref> | ||
=== Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | === Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | ||