4th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment explained
| Unit Name: | 4th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment |
| Dates: | July 1863 to June 23, 1864 |
| Country: | United States |
| Allegiance: | Union |
| Branch: | Cavalry |
The 4th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service
The 4th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment was enlisted in Parkersburg and Wheeling in western Virginia between July and August 1863 for one year's service.
The regiment was mustered out on June 23, 1864.
Casualties
The 4th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment suffered 30 enlisted men dead from disease for a total of 30 deaths.http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unwvcav.htm#4thcav
Officers
Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Majors
- Nathan Goff Jr. (formerly of the 6th West Virginia Cavalry). He was captured during the action at Moorefield, when pinned under his fallen horse, and sent to Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia where he was held in close confinement as a hostage for the captured Confederate Major Thomas D. Armsey. He and Armsey were eventually exchanged and President Abraham Lincoln sent for Goff, who described the conditions in Confederate prison camps, prompting Lincoln to arrange further exchanges.
- Charles F. Howes
- James A. Smith
QM Sergeants
- Octavius C. Bray Company A 1863-65
First Sergeant
- Montgomery Hager Company K
See also
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