Civil War Genealogy Database
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15th West Virginia Infantry
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John Abraham Badgley - Other
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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.
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Contact Name:
Steve Badgley
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 9/21/2005
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Company Unknown
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joseph burkhammer - Unknown
Contact Name:
joe burkhamer
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 1/11/2011
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Company Unknown
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Joseph Junior Burkhammer - Unknown
Contact Name:
Debbie Malec
Contact Email:
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Contact Homepage: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~debbie/
Date Added: 6/13/2005
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Company Unknown
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Albert F Carder - Unknown
Contact Name:
Barbara Carder Heuke
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 4/23/2015
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Company Unknown
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David Cayton - Private
Contact Name:
Julane Crabtree
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 11/1/2012
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Company Unknown
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Benjamin D'barr - Private
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Surname is DeBarr in most other records. In some census records he is Benjamin D. Barr.
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Contact Name:
Julane Crabtree
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 11/1/2012
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Company Unknown
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Gideon Martin - Chaplain
Contact Name:
Karen Post Cartwright
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 7/6/2006
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Company Unknown
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Isaiah McCoy - Unknown
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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
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Contact Name:
Carolyn (McCoy) Puperi
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 7/9/2008
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Company A
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Thomas Newlon - Private
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Born 1832 in Taylor Co.VA and died 1888 in Ritchie Co.WV
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Contact Name:
Tony Collins
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 8/12/2009
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Company B
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Joseph Burkhammer - Unknown
Contact Name:
Joe W. Burkhammer
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 12/31/2011
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Company B
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james t davis - Private
Contact Name:
brian johnson
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 9/13/2004
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Company B
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Josiah Mattox - Private
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Company B
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John Pfieffer - Unknown
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John was the second husband to my gggrandmother Christina nee'' Becker Walther. Records say that this regiment was from Petersburg, Hardy County, WV
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Company B
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John Theodore Schiefer - Private
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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.
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Contact Name:
Judith Morris
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 4/6/2013
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Company C
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Samuel B. Cross - Private
Contact Name:
Allene Baker
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 2/14/2010
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Company C
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John H. Dougherty - Private
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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.
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Contact Name:
Joseph Dougherty
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 5/21/2006
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Company C
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Henry Scott - 2nd Lieutenant
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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.
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Company C
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John Marshall Van Camp - Private
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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.
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Contact Name:
Shirley Walther Shore
Contact Email:
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Contact Homepage: do not have
Date Added: 7/17/2009
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Company D
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Jasper D. Peterson - Captain
Contact Name:
Mark Peterson
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 6/29/2008
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Company D
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David Benton Straley - Private
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KIA 2nd Winchester. Assume his unidentified remains were interred at National Cemetery there.
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Contact Name:
Joy Stalnaker
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 7/1/2006
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Company E
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John Nine - Unknown
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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)
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Company F
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Jacob Campbell - Private
Contact Name:
Jeff Campbell
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 6/23/2006
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Company F
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Isaac Price - Colonel
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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.
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Company F
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Cyrus Vance Robinson - Private
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Any photos or information would be greatly appreciated. I'm also looking for the WV medals that he may have been awarded.
Thank you!
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Contact Name:
Jerry Garvey
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 1/21/2013
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Company G
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Daniel C. Badgley - 1st Sergeant
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Became a Physician after the war.
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Contact Name:
Steve Badgley
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 9/21/2005
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Company G
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Thomas Morgan Flaherty - Private
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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.
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Contact Name:
Shanna Flaherty-Pierce
Contact Email:
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Contact Homepage: http://shannasfamily.freeservers.com
Date Added: 6/13/2011
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Company G
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Elmore Wilkinson - Sergeant
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I have my ancestors diary he kept during the war
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Contact Name:
Rodger Lemley
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 8/22/2012
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Company H
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Anthony Christian - Private
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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.
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Contact Name:
Paul C. Christian
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 6/7/2006
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Company I
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William Davis Burris - Private
Contact Name:
RICHARD BURRIS
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 6/4/2011
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Company I
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George W. Cunningham - Private
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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.
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Contact Name:
Randy G. Cunningham
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 4/6/2003
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Company I
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Henry Summers - Private
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Company K
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Charles E Silver - Private
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My relative was from Morgan County West Virginia, and was at Appomatox during General Lees surrender.
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Contact Name:
William H Silver
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 7/25/2007
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