West Virginia
Official Army Register
of the Volunteer Force
of the United States Army
for the Years 1861, ’62, ’63, ’64, ’65.
Multi-Volume
Published by Order of
the Secretary of War,
in Compliance with the
Joint Resolution of the Senate
and House of
Representatives, approved March 2,
1865.
Adjutant General’s
Office, Washington, August 31, 1865, pp. 1-2.
First West Virginia Veteran Infantry Regiment
(This
regiment was organized by the consolidation of the 5th and 9th
regiments
of West Virginia Infantry November 9, 1864. It was mustered out of service
July 21, 1865, in accordance with orders from the War Department.)
(The official list of battles in which this
regiment
bore an honorable part is not yet published in
orders.)
Colonel.
William H. Enochs
23 Dec., 64
(Brevet
Brig. Gen. 13 March, 1865.)
Lieutenant Colonel.
John S. P. Carroll
7 Jan., 65
Major.
James P. Waymer
7 Jan., 65
Captains.
Mark Poore
10 Sept., 63
Hamilton Willis
29 Sept.,
Oliver Phelps
2 Feb., 64
Jacob May
14 Nov.,
John W. Johnson
14 Nov.,
Robert Laughlin
14 Nov.,
William T. Elswick
7 Jan., 65
Henry C. Duncan
12 Jan.,
William A. Zeigler
3 Apr.,
Cornelius M. Conley
3 Apr.,
First Lieutenants.
Francis L. Hersey, Adj’t.
30 May, 64
Alfred O. Enochs
18 Oct.,
John C. Bishop,
R. Q. M.
14 Nov.,
John Q. Hagerman
14 Nov.,
Silman Andre
14 Nov.,
Hardin Kuhn
14 Nov.,
Cyrus Partridge
16 Dec.,
Andrew J. Johnston
7 Jan., 65
Charles O. Phelps
3 Apr.,
David A. Johnston
3 Apr.,
Second Lieutenants.
John Zimmerman
19 Oct., 64
Lawrence Leppert
14 Nov.,
James T. Hailey
14 Nov.,
George F. Jarrell
30 Nov.,
Vimri D. Gardner
15 Dec.,
Anthony O. Stiveson
22 Dec.,
Columbus Enochs
6 Jan., 65
George W. Will
1 Mar.,
Lorenzo D. Markin
3 Apr.,
John M. Truman
3 Apr.,
Surgeon.
James H. Hysell
14 Nov., 64
Assistant Surgeon.
Richard L. Meers
17 Mar., 65
Chaplain.
Joseph Little
22 Nov., 62
Casualties.
Resigned,
(3.)
Captain Stephen C. Hiltbruner
March 10, 1865.
Captain Carey B. Hayslip
March 10, 1865.
First Lieut. Samuel T. Riggs
July 7, 1865.
Died,
(1.)
First Lieut. George W. Jenkins
April 3, 1865, of disease, Portland, Ohio.
Note
1:
No brevet
appointments are entered on this register
except those announced
in General Orders before October 14,
1865.
Note 2:
This
roster of officers is given as it stood on the day of muster out.
Information obtained at the National
Archives, Washington, DC
Contributed by: Mark
Anderson
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