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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 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]]. It mustered out August 1, 1865.<ref name="fhlc">Ronald R. Turner, "7th West Virginia Cavalry", (Manassas, Virginia : R.R. Turner, c1989), {{ | 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]]. It mustered out August 1, 1865.<ref name="fhlc">Ronald R. Turner, "7th West Virginia Cavalry", (Manassas, Virginia : R.R. Turner, c1989), {{FSC|433287|item|disp=FS Library 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, [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm 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> | ||
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