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John Abraham Badgley
John Abraham Badgley
- Other
Drummer. Oldest soldier in the Regiment. Was born 1794. He was a Drummer Boy in the War of 1812 with Captain John Sharp's Company made up of men from Wood County, Virginia and Washington County, Ohio. He served in the War of 1812 along with his Father Benjamin Badgley.

He served in this regiment with his son Daniel C. Badgley. His other son, Drury, was a Corporal with the 1st West Virginia Cavalry.
Contact Name: Steve Badgley
Date Added: 9/21/2005
Company Unknown
Joseph Burkhammer
Joseph Burkhammer
Rank Unknown
No comments
Contact Name: joe burkhamer
Date Added: 1/11/2011
Company Unknown
Joseph Junior Burkhammer
Joseph Junior Burkhammer
Rank Unknown
No comments
Contact Name: Debbie Malec
Contact Homepage: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~debbie/
Date Added: 6/13/2005
Company Unknown
Albert F Carder
Albert F Carder
Rank Unknown
No comments
Contact Name: Barbara Carder Heuke
Date Added: 4/23/2015
Company Unknown
David Cayton
David Cayton
- Private
No comments
Contact Name: Julane Crabtree
Date Added: 11/1/2012
Company Unknown
Benjamin D'barr
Benjamin D'barr
- Private
Surname is DeBarr in most other records. In some census records he is Benjamin D. Barr.
Contact Name: Julane Crabtree
Date Added: 11/1/2012
Company Unknown
Gideon Martin
Gideon Martin
- Chaplain
No comments
Contact Name: Karen Post Cartwright
Date Added: 7/6/2006
Company Unknown
Isaiah Mccoy
Isaiah Mccoy
Rank Unknown
Isaiah was in the 13th WV Infantry, Co B. He was wounded while traveling from Mud Bridge4 to Barboursville when he was fired upon by a band of bushwackerson April 9, 1864. McCoy was shot but did not die due to that wound then but later dies on 12/5/1865
Contact Name: Carolyn (McCoy) Puperi
Date Added: 7/9/2008
Company A
Thomas Newlon
Thomas Newlon
- Private
Born 1832 in Taylor Co.VA and died 1888 in Ritchie Co.WV
Contact Name: Tony Collins
Date Added: 8/12/2009
Company B
Joseph Burkhammer
Joseph Burkhammer
Rank Unknown
No comments
Contact Name: Joe W. Burkhammer
Date Added: 12/31/2011
Company B
James T Davis
James T Davis
- Private
No comments
Contact Name: brian johnson
Date Added: 9/13/2004
Company B
Josiah Mattox
Josiah Mattox
- Private
No comments
Contact Name: P. Roush
Date Added: 4/30/2015
Company B
John Pfieffer
John Pfieffer
Rank Unknown
John was the second husband to my gggrandmother Christina nee'' Becker Walther. Records say that this regiment was from Petersburg, Hardy County, WV
Contact Name: Beth Golden
Date Added: 2/21/2005
Company B
John Theodore Schiefer
John Theodore Schiefer
- Private
Seeking information regarding Civil War medal created for soldiers serving from WV. Would like to locate 'For Liberty' medal for J. T. Schiefer of Company B, 15th WV Infantry.
Contact Name: Judith Morris
Date Added: 4/6/2013
Company C
Samuel B. Cross
Samuel B. Cross
- Private
No comments
Contact Name: Allene Baker
Date Added: 2/14/2010
Company C
John H. Dougherty
John H. Dougherty
- Private
Found on Ancestry.com in Civil War records, he was born in 1828 in Virginia and in 1860 was in Roane, Virginia the census says his post office was Roxalana.
Contact Name: Joseph Dougherty
Date Added: 5/21/2006
Company C
Henry Scott
Henry Scott
- 2nd Lieutenant
Henry Scott joined the 15th Regiment as a fifth sergeant and was promoted to full 2nd Lieutenant on November 30, 1864. He was mustered out on June 14, 1865.
Contact Name: Luci Ross
Date Added: 2/6/2010
Company C
John Marshall Van camp
John Marshall Van camp
- Private
John Marshall Van Camp was wounded after the surrender of Lee at Appomatox Courthouse, VE. in a battle at Ft. Monroe, VA April 26, 1865. His head wound ultimately led to his blindness. He died in 1919. He was my great-grandfather.
Contact Name: Shirley Walther Shore
Contact Homepage: do not have
Date Added: 7/17/2009
Company D
Jasper D. Peterson
Jasper D. Peterson
- Captain
No comments
Contact Name: Mark Peterson
Date Added: 6/29/2008
Company D
David Benton Straley
David Benton Straley
- Private
KIA 2nd Winchester. Assume his unidentified remains were interred at National Cemetery there.
Contact Name: Joy Stalnaker
Date Added: 7/1/2006
Company E
John Nine
John Nine
Rank Unknown
This is not a relative, but was the only way to get his information on here. I also have a photograph of his tombstone & the cemetery he is buried in.

Nine Cemetery, Canaan Valley, Tucker County, WV (located behind the resort, near the large outdoor picnic shelter)
Contact Name: Connie
Date Added: 11/28/2010
Company F
Jacob Campbell
Jacob Campbell
- Private
No comments
Contact Name: Jeff Campbell
Date Added: 6/23/2006
Company F
Isaac Price
Isaac Price
- Colonel
Isaac Price was born Sept. 17, 1846 and was from Barbour County, West Virginia. He lost both arms and was wounded in one thigh at the Battle of Cedar Creek near Winchester, Va. He had 14 children (10 before the war; 4 after) and died at the age of 70.
Contact Name: Connie Rice
Date Added: 9/17/2007
Company F
Cyrus Vance Robinson
Cyrus Vance Robinson
- Private
Any photos or information would be greatly appreciated. I'm also looking for the WV medals that he may have been awarded.

Thank you!
Contact Name: Jerry Garvey
Date Added: 1/21/2013
Company G
Daniel C. Badgley
Daniel C. Badgley
- 1st Sergeant
Became a Physician after the war.
Contact Name: Steve Badgley
Date Added: 9/21/2005
Company G
Thomas Morgan Flaherty
Thomas Morgan Flaherty
- Private
Thomas enlisted on September 15, 1863 as a Private in Company G, 15th Regiment West Virginia Infantry and in either May or June of 1865 he transferred as a Private to Company G, 10th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry. He was Honorably Discharged on August 9, 1865. Thomas was my Great Grandfather.
Contact Name: Shanna Flaherty-Pierce
Contact Homepage: http://shannasfamily.freeservers.com
Date Added: 6/13/2011
Company G
Elmore Wilkinson
Elmore Wilkinson
- Sergeant
I have my ancestors diary he kept during the war
Contact Name: Rodger Lemley
Date Added: 8/22/2012
Company H
Anthony Christian
Anthony Christian
- Private
Anthony was born in Plattsburgh, NY, in 1836. By the time of the 1860 US Census, he was living in Benwood, Marshall Co., Va. He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Wheeling, W. Va.
Contact Name: Paul C. Christian
Date Added: 6/7/2006
Company I
William Davis Burris
William Davis Burris
- Private
No comments
Contact Name: RICHARD BURRIS
Date Added: 6/4/2011
Company I
George W. Cunningham
George W. Cunningham
- Private
I would like to find out if this George W. Cunningham was my GGGrandfather who was listed at 31 years old in the 1860 Monongalia County, West Virginia census. I need whatever information the archives can provide on this person.
Contact Name: Randy G. Cunningham
Date Added: 4/6/2003
Company I
Henry Summers
Henry Summers
- Private
No comments
Contact Name: Jen
Date Added: 11/30/2006
Company K
Charles E Silver
Charles E Silver
- Private
My relative was from Morgan County West Virginia, and was at Appomatox during General Lees surrender.
Contact Name: William H Silver
Date Added: 7/25/2007

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