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=== Brief History === | === Brief History === | ||
National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed | The 4th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry organized at Macon City, Point Pleasant and Grafton, West Virginia, June 17 to August 22, 1861. It consolidated with the [[1st_Regiment,_West_Virginia_Infantry|1st Regiment, West Virginia Infantry]] December 21, 1864, to form the [[2nd_Regiment,_West_Virginia_Veteran_Infantry|2nd Regiment, West Virginia Veteran Infantry]].<ref name="cwss">National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 1 December 2010).</ref> | ||
=== Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | === Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | ||
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=== Other Sources === | === Other Sources === | ||
*[[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> | |||
=== References === | *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> | ||
*[[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. | |||
*[[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865|United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865]] describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc. | |||
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[[Category:West_Virginia_-_Military_-_Civil_War,_1861-1865]] | [[Category:West_Virginia_-_Military_-_Civil_War,_1861-1865]] | ||