15th West Virginia Infantry Regiment

15th West Virginia Infantry Regiment
Flag of West Virginia
Active	August 1862 to June 14, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Battle of Cloyd's Mountain Battle of Lynchburg Battle of Snicker's Ferry Battle of Opequon (Third Winchester) Battle of Fisher's Hill Battle of Cedar Creek Siege of Petersburg Appomattox Court House

The 15th West Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 15th West Virginia Infantry Regiment was organized at Wheeling in western Virginia between August and October 1862, and was mustered out on June 14, 1865.

Casualties

The 15th West Virginia Infantry Regiment suffered 3 officers and 50 enlisted men killed in battle or died from wounds, and 1 officer and 99 enlisted men dead from disease for a total of 153 fatalities.^[1]

Commanders

• Colonel Maxwell McCaslin, September 6, 1862 - September 7, 1864
• Colonel Milton Wells

References

1. "Union - West Virginia Infantry (Part 2)".

• The Civil War Archive

See also

• West Virginia Units in the Civil War
• West Virginia in the Civil War