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Battery H, 1st West Virginia Light Artillery Regiment

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Battery H, 1st West Virginia Light Artillery Regiment
ActiveJanuary 4, 1864 to July 11, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchArtillery
EngagementsBattle of Moorefield

The Battery H, 1st West Virginia Light Artillery Regiment was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

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Battery H was raised at Maryland Heights, Maryland on January 4, 1864.

Battery H was mustered out on July 11, 1865.

Casualties

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The 1st West Virginia Light Artillery Regiment lost 33 men, killed and died of wounds; 131 men, died of disease, accident or in prison; total deaths, 164 men. (all 8 batteries)

[Source: Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861–1865, by William F. Fox]

Commander

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Cpt James H. Holmes

References

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See also

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