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14th West Virginia Infantry

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Company Unknown

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Dick JansonDate added 1/3/2014

Company A

Corporal

Died at Andersonville Prison September 1864
Contributor Jim SchollDate added 6/3/2007

Company A

Private

Enlisted-07/28/1862 Mustered-8/23/1862 Wounded at Fishers Hill-09/22/1864 Honorably Discharged-6/27/1865
Contributor Adam KnightDate added 7/9/2005

Company A

Private

He was my 3rd great grandfather, he served together with his two sons & grandson.
Contributor Robert KnightDate added 9/16/2014

Company B

Rank unknown

Joseph Felton was captured after the battle of Cloyd's Mountain and sent to Andersonville Prison. Trying to find more information.
Contributor Al PickettDate added 12/5/2017

Company D

Corporal

Great-grandfather
Contributor Tina HoltzDate added 2/17/2009

Company E

Rank unknown

JOSEPHUS COOPER Union Chapel South Cemetery Madison County, Iowa b. March 28, 1815, Washington Co. Pa. ...d. Feb. 17, 1916, Madison Co. Ia. h/o Ethelinda M. (Martin) Cooper s/o Joseph & Elizabeth (Laizure) Cooper Civil War Veteran 14th W.V. Volunteers
Contributor Michael L. JohnstonDate added 3/18/2011

Company E

Other

This is my Wifes Great,great,great,great,great,great, Grandfather. Born 5/12/1833, enlisted 8/11/1862 in Co. E 14th Infantry, rank Sgt Major. Wounded at Cloyds Mountain, Captured and sent to Andersonville POW camp on 6/18/1864. Released on 11/12/64, assigned to Hospital Div 1 on 12/1/1864. Returned to duty on 3/7/1865 and discharged in Cumberland Maryland on 6/27/1865. Died 9/21/1910 in Oakland, MD
Contributor John W. SulekDate added 10/24/2007

Company E

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Floyd E Fox IIIDate added 7/8/2012

Company E

Musician

No family notes have been added.
Contributor K HockensmithDate added 7/21/2011

Company F

Rank unknown

Wounded by artillery during the battle of Fisher's Hill. Lost his right foot and his left leg below the knee.
Contributor Dr. Timothy HartDate added 3/13/2026

Company F

Private

Peter Burch was my grt-grt-grandfather. He enlisted while he was in his 40s and served all during the war with Co. F, 14th Regiment, Infantry Volunteers. He died August 1875 in West Virginia.
Contributor Albert FoxDate added 5/31/2012

Company F

Private

Lorenzo was my great great grandfather. He mustered in on August 9, 1862 and mustered out on July 3, 1865.
Contributor Patrice Hemsworth ThompsonDate added 3/16/2004

Company G

Private

Civil War record: Pvt. Co G 14th Reg VA Inf-muster in Sept 13, 1862 at Ellenboro, VA for 3 years. From Ritchie Co, Clay District. From the 1890 'Special Schedule - Surviving Soldiers, Sailors and Marines and Widows' for the Civil War, in WV, Hiram is showing as having incurred 'throat disease' as disability; also shows date of enlistment as 2 Aug 1862 and date of discharge as 15 Nov 1863. Three of his sons also served: Mansfield H Dotson - Co. D, 6 Reg., VA (WV) Inf. Mustered in 20 Aug 1861 at Cairo reinlisted 26 Feb 1864 Clarksburg, VA Mustered out 10 Jun 1865 at Wheeling, WV. Spencer Dotson - Company B, 4th WV Volunteer Cavalry. Perry Dotson - Was a Union soldier; was imprisoned for months, and was not recognized by his family when he finally returned.
Contributor Betty Dotson RenickHomepage http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wvpioneers/militaryancestors.htmlDate added 3/23/2006

Company H

Rank unknown

This is my great-grandfather.
Contributor Randy GrayDate added 9/5/2012

Company I

Captain

My great-great-grandfather served as Captain of Company I. Spent some time in a pioneer corps.
Contributor Jeff ParryDate added 3/3/2006

Company I

Rank unknown

No family notes have been added.
Contributor JoshuaDate added 3/22/2010

Company I

Private

Captured at the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain, spent remainder of war at Andersonville prison.
Contributor Matthew RiceDate added 8/6/2018

Company I

Private

Imlah Judson Scott was a Private, Co. I 14th Infantry Regiment West Virginia. In service dates August 1, 1862 til June 20, 1865.
Contributor Luci RossDate added 12/18/2008

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