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8th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment
File:Flag of West Virginia.svg
Flag of West Virginia
Active November, 1861 to January 26, 1864
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Infantry
Engagements Battle of Second Bull Run

The 8th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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The 8th West Virginia was organized at Buffalo, West Virginia, in western Virginia in November, 1861.

The regiment was converted to the 7th West Viginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment on January 26, 1864.

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


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