West Virginia Civil War Sites

In November of 2017, Ancestry dumped 25 years of genealogy materials accumulated by the Rootsweb volunteers. Over the past 8 months we have monitored their blogs as they promised repeatedly that the data would be restored. I do not think that it will happen at this point as they now have Rootsweb directing to a generic Ancestry advertising page.

What that means for us is that hundreds of links on these pages are now bad. Please be patient as we try to recover the information. Unfortunately we do not have the resources to work on the genealogy data beyond our focus on the Civil War. Contact Us or friend ResearchOnLine on Facebook for periodic notes on our progress.


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New Links - September 2018:
Links Recovered - September 2018:
Links Checked - September 2018:
  • West Virginia FREE Digital Library
  • Links Not Found - September 2018:
    Links Not Checked - September 2018:
  • 1st West Virginia Sergeant Saves Colors, Soldier Too
  • The 7th West Virginia Company A. Re-enactors Group
  • 1883 West Virginia Pensioners Online
  • 1883 List of Union Soldiers living in Wilson County, KS [veterans from numerous states including West Virginia]
  • 1889 Civil War Veterans Reunion, Unionville, Missouri [Putnam County][ includes states of AR, CA, IA, IN, IL, KS, KY, MD, MI, MO, OH, PA, VA, WI, WV, VT and units of E.M.M., M.S.M, US Infantry, E.M.M. Mtd. Inf., MO Home Guard, U. S. V.V. Eng. and Navy.]
  • 1889 Old Soldiers Reunion, Chickasaw County, Iowa [veterans from numerous states]
  • 1889 Roster of ex-Soldiers and Soldiers Widows in Lincoln County, KS [includes states of CO, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MI, MN, MO, NE, NJ, OH, NY, PA, TN, VT, WI, WV, US Regiment, and Vet. Reserve Corp]
  • 1890 Special Schedule - Surviving Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines, and Widows, Etc. - Fayette County - Mountain Cove District
  • 1890 Veterans Census Hancock County, WV [inclues states of IA, IN, IL, MO, NC, NY, OH, PA, VA, WV, and units of USA Infantry, Surgeons with no states listed, US Light Artillery, and numerous Veterans with no unit or state listed.]
  • 1890 Special Schedule - Surviving Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines, and Widows, Etc. - Raleigh County - All Districts
  • 1890 Veterans Census for Northern Virginia - 1890 Veterans Census of Alexandria, Falls Church and Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, and Stafford Counties Listing of soldiers/sailors from US Infantry, US Artillery, Navy, and states of CA, CT, DC, IA, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MN, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV, Washington; other titles of Surgeons, Inspector General, US Inf., Chaplin Hospital; includes many names without state identification or units.
  • 1893 Nebraska Census of Civil War Veterans (listed by state)
  • Alphabetical Listing of Military Veterans of Page County, Iowa
  • Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska - Military Rosters This website is well worth looking at. It names the Veterans residence as well as their nationality and in some cases where buried. Of the first 3 pages I came up with more states and countries than I can list here. Nationalities of Canada, Prussia, Ireland, Scotland, Germany, Sweden, England, Luxemboug, Switzerland, Wales, and more.
  • Braxton County Soldiers in the Civil War
  • Brevet Union Generals of the Civil War Listed alphabetically by Soldier's name
  • Cabell County Genweb Project
  • Carlin's Battery
  • Civil War Battles by State
  • Civil War Ghosts - Maryland Battlefield Images
  • Civil War Medals of West Virginia
  • Civil War Medal of Honor Recipients A-L
  • Civil War Medal of Honor Recipients M-Z
  • Civil War Mysteries - Home of the Unknowns
  • Civil War Pension Records by State
  • Civil War - West Virginia
  • Civil War - West Virginia - Battle of Greenbrier River
  • Civil War - Offical Report - Greenbrier River
  • Civil War Photos/Illustrations by West Virginia Archives and History
  • Civil War Photos
  • Civil War Sites in West Virginia: Battle Map
  • Civil War Soldiers from Summers County, West Virginia
  • Civil War Family - Sutton and Sustare
  • Civil War Veterans Obituary Index - Cabell County
  • Confederate Parole Records
  • Confederate Soldiers of the Wheeling Area
  • Elk Water, West Virginia - 11-17 September 1861 including Point Mountain Turnpike, Cheat Summit, Cheat Mountain Pass
  • Fayetteville, WV during the Civil War
  • Federal Army Order of Battle at 2nd Manassas [The Second Battle of Bull Run]
  • The Second Battle of Bull Run [2nd Manassas] Offical Records and Battle Description
  • Finding Great-Granddad in the Civil War
  • Genealogy Pit Stop Online Resources - Brooke & Hancock County, WV [includes Veteran Census and much more]
  • Genealogy Pit Stop Online Resources - Columbiana County, OH [includes 1890 Veteran Census of numerous Columbiana County Townships]
  • The General Lyon Disaster
  • The Burning of the General Lyon
  • The Passenger List of the Steamer General Lyon [numerous states listed, to include list of many Illinois soldiers]
  • Sources for the Steamer General Lyon Disaster - The New York Times - April, 1865 and The Times of London, April 27, 1865
  • Gettysburg Confederate Order of Battle
  • Gettysburg Union Order of Battle
  • Grand Army of the Republic Death Rolls Books [advertisement] includes states of AR Territory, AR, CA, CO Territory, CT, Dakota Territory, DE, District of Columbia, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MS, MO, NE Territory, NE, NH, NJ, NM Territory, NY, NC, OH, OR, PA, RH, TN, VT, VA, WV, WI, US Army, USCT, US Navy, Veterans Reserve Corp.
  • Great Locomotive Chase (Andrews Raiders) by Find-A-Grave. [includes the states of CA, GA, IA, IL, KS, MO, NY, OH, TN, TX, WV]
  • Greenwood County, Kansas Civil War Veteran's Reunion 1887
  • Hardesty's History of Wirt County - Wirt County in the Civil War [scroll to bottom of page and use right arrow to continue for Eleventh West Virginia Infantry, Companies Mustered in Wirt County, Company B and Company E, State Troops and Military Operations in Wirt County]
  • Kanawha County In The Civil War
  • List of Unclaimed Union Civil War Medals at the West Virginia State Archives
  • Marshall County West Virginia Military Page
  • Mineral County West Virginia Military Participants Includes WV & VA Civil War Soldiers plus other wars and Interment of Veterans
  • Mineral County West Virginia Civil War
  • 2nd Corps Headquarters Presentations "STONEWALL" A Living History Presentation depicting General Thomas Jonathan Jackson and his Headquarters Encampment
  • Mineral County West Virginia Military Participants Includes WV & VA Civil War Soldiers plus other wars and Interment of Veterans
  • October 26, 1861 - Action at Romney, West Virginia.
  • The Official Homepage of "The Upshur Battery" - Battery E, 1st West Virginia Light Artillery. 1862 - 1865
  • Official Reports Blue's Gap
  • Online Civil War Indexes, Records and Rosters
  • ON THE WAY HOME ... West Virginia Soldiers on the Sultana
  • Original Members of the Kanawha Artillery
  • Otterbein Civil War Soldiers Biographies Website - List of Soldiers from numerous states.
  • Platte County, Nebraska Civil War Veterans - Veterans listed by date of death. Includes the following states: California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusettes, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Captain Pawnee Scouts, U.S. Infantry.
  • Raleigh County Military and Police - page of links
  • Raleigh County Scouts, West Virginia State Troops
  • Regimental Nicknames
  • Report of Col. Nathan Kimball, Fourteenth Indiana Infantry, commanding First Brigade, of the Battle of Kernstown, March 23, 1862
  • The Shriver Grays, Confederate Civil War Soldiers, Wheeling, WV [Co. G, 27th Virginia Infantry, CSA]
  • Union Union Forces in the 1861 Rich Mountain Campaign [numerous states listed]
  • Union Regimental Histories Index
  • Union Regimental Histories - Light Artillery
  • Union Soldiers Executed
  • Union Units at Second Manassas by State
  • USIGS Books OnLine Index [Military Links State Index]
  • Veterans of West Virginia Veteran Reserve Corps, Civil War
  • West Virginia Archives and History Civil War Photos and Illustrations
  • West Virginia Census Records Online [also includes other useful records as well]
  • West Virginia Counties
  • West Virginia Genealogy [numerous links of great information including Military]
  • West Virginia Civil War Medals
  • West Virginia in the Civil War: Kanawha Valley Civil War Roundtable
  • West Virginia in the Civil War
  • West Virginia In the Civil War Confederate Regiments
  • West Virginia In the Civil War Union Regiments
  • West Virginia Independent Exempts Infantry
  • West Virginia Medal of Honor Recipients
  • West Virginia Military Research, WV Genweb
  • West Virginia State Archives: War Letters
  • West Virginia In the Civil War Medal Of Honor Recipients
  • West Virginia Union Militia 1860-1865
  • West Virginia Statehood Images
  • West Virginia Veterans Memorial
  • Women in the Civil War
  • Wyoming, Raleigh and McDowell Militia, USA

  • 1st West Virginia Cavalry
  • Battery A, West Virginia Light Artillery - "Daum's Battery" - History
  • 1st West Virginia Light Artillery Battery E "The Upshur Battery"
  • Muster In Rolls of the West Virginia First Cavalry
  • 1st Regiment WV Infantry Volunteers
  • 1st Regiment WV Infantry Volunteers Hancock County
  • 1st West Virginia Infantry
  • 1st West Virginia Company F & G Volunteers, Hancock County, WV
  • 2nd West Virginia Infantry
  • 2nd Regiment West Virginia Veteran Infantry, CO C
  • 3rd/6th West Virginia
  • 3rdWest Virginia Cavalry Co. G
  • 4th West Virginia Cavalry CO. E Hancock County
  • 4th West Virginia Infantry
  • 5th West Virginia Cavalry
  • 5th West Virginia Cavalry CO. A(formerly 2nd VA Infantry) "The Washington Rifle Guard"
  • 5th West Virginia Cavalry CO. D(formerly 2nd VA Infantry)
  • 5th West Virginia Cavalry CO. F(formerly 2nd VA Infantry)
  • 5th West Virginia Cavalry CO. G(formerly 2nd VA Infantry) "Plummer Guards"
  • 5th West Virginia Cavalry CO. I(formerly 2nd VA Infantry)"The McKennan Infantry" or "The Boatmaen"
  • 6th West Virginia Infantry [History]
  • 6th West Virginia Infantry CO. D
  • 6th West Virginia Infantry CO. E
  • 6th Regiment West Virginia Cavalry Volunteers CO. K
  • 6th West Virginia Cavalry CO. K
  • 7thWest Virginia Cavalry
  • 7thWest Virginia Cavalry
  • 7thWest Virginia Cavalry, Raleigh County
  • 7th West Virginia Infantry
  • 7th West Virginia Muster Roll (Union Army)
  • 10th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry
  • 10th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry CO. E
  • 10th West Virginia Infantry Volunteers CO. K
  • 10th WV Volunteer Infantry Regiment
  • 11th West Virginia Infantry
  • 12th West Virginia Regiment, CO. I
  • 13th Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Infantry
  • 14th West Virginia Infantry CO. D
  • 15th West Virginia Infantry
  • 25thMilitia CO. C
  • 30th Battalion Co. A, Regiment of Sharpshooters
  • 36th Infantry Regiment, Company E, Raleigh Rangers, CSA [Company E became Company C, 36th VA Infantry May 12, 1862.
  • 151st Virginia Militia, Flat Top Copperheads; organized in Mercer Co., WV


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