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 The 8th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry organized in the Kanawha Valley in the fall of 1861 with volunteers from [[Boone County, West Virginia|Boone]], [[Clay County, West Virginia|Clay]], [[Fayette County, West Virginia|Fayette]], [[Jackson County, West Virginia|Jackson]], [[Kanawha County, West Virginia|Kanawha]], [[Raleigh County, West Virginia|Raleigh]], [[Wyoming County, West Virginia|Wyoming]], [[Putnam County, West Virginia|Putnam]], [[Mason County, West Virginia|Mason]], [[Logan County, West Virginia|Logan]] and [[Braxton County, West Virginia|Braxton]] Counties. On January 26, 1864, the unit designation was changed to [[7th Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry|7th Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry]].&nbsp; 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, [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref>
 === Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin  ===
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 *[[Beginning United States Civil War Research|Beginning United States Civil War Research]] gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier or sailor. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in 'West Virginia in the Civil War' and 'United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865' (see below). <br>
-*National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information. <br>
+*National Park Service, [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information. <br>
 *[[West Virginia in the Civil War|West Virginia in the Civil War]] describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for West Virginia, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.