List of Medal of Honor recipients from the 1st West Virginia Cavalry Regiment
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This List of Medal of Honor recipients from the 1st West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment is sortable by recipient, rank, company, place, date, and reason for the award. The 1st West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Background[edit]
The First Virginia Cavalry, later to be renamed the 1st West Virginia Cavalry Regiment, was formed during the summer and fall of 1861 to fight for the Union in the American Civil War. (Do not confuse this regiment with the Confederate 1st Virginia Cavalry.) Although it started slowly, it became one of the most effective of all West Virginia regiments. The regiment had more Medal of Honor recipients than any other West Virginia regiment.[1] The majority of its fighting took place in Virginia and what is now West Virginia, although the regiment also fought in Maryland and Pennsylvania (including the Battle of Gettysburg). The regiment participated in most of Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign, and was present at Robert E. Lee's surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox. The regiment mustered out July 8, 1865. It lost 10 officers and 71 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, and 126 enlisted men died from disease.[2]
| Name | Rank | Co. | Place of action | Date of action | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James F. Adams | Private | D | Nineveh, Virginia | November 12, 1864 | Flag capture[3] |
| Thomas Anderson | Corporal | I | Appomattox Station, Virginia | April 8, 1865 | Flag capture[4][Note 1] |
| Wilmon W. Blackmar | First Lieutenant | H | Five Forks, Virginia | April 1, 1865 | Leadership[6][7] |
| Hugh P. Boon | Captain | B | Sayler's Creek, Virginia | April 6, 1865 | Flag capture[8][9] |
| Richard Boury | Sergeant | C | Charlottesville, Virginia | March 5, 1865 | Flag capture[10] |
| Charles E. Capehart | Major | — | Monterey Pass, Virginia | July 4, 1863 | Leadership[11][12] |
| Henry Capehart | Colonel | — | Greenbrier River, West Virginia | May 22, 1864 | Rescue[13][14] |
| Francis M. Cunningham | First Sergeant | H | Sayler's Creek, Virginia | April 6, 1865 | Flag capture[15][16][17] |
| William Houlton | Commissary Sergeant | — | Sayler's Creek, Virginia | April 6, 1865 | Flag capture[18] |
| Archibald H. Rowand, Jr. | Private | K | Virginia | March 1865 | Carrying dispatches[19][20][21] |
| Charles Schorn | Chief Bugler | M | Appomattox Station, Virginia | April 8, 1865 | Flag capture[22][23] |
| Emisire Shahan | Corporal | A | Sayler's Creek, Virginia | April 6, 1865 | Flag capture[24] |
| Levi Shoemaker | Sergeant | A | Nineveh, Virginia | November 12, 1864 | Flag capture[25] |
| Daniel A. Woods | Private | K | Sayler's Creek, Virginia | April 6, 1865 | Flag capture[26] |
Notes[edit]
- Footnotes
- ^ The Lee Chapel and Museum of Washington and Lee University has, at times, displayed the Confederate flag captured by Corporal Thomas Anderson. The museum identifies the flag as Battle Flag no. 356[5]
- Citations
- ^ "First Loyal Virginia Troops For the Union Cause". George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War – Shepherd University. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
- ^ "Battle Unit Details – Union West Virginia Volunteers – 1st Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry". National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2017-08-13.
- ^ "Medal of Honor Recipients – Civil War (A–F) Adams, James F." U.S. Army Center of Military History. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
- ^ "Medal of Honor Recipients – Civil War (A–F) Anderson, Thomas". U.S. Army Center of Military History. Retrieved 2017-12-23.
- ^ "The History of the Flags in Lee Chapel and Museum". Washington and Lee University. Retrieved 2017-12-23.
- ^ "Medal of Honor Recipients – Civil War (A–F) Blackmar, Wilson W." U.S. Army Center of Military History. Retrieved 2017-12-21.
- ^ Beyer & Keydel 1907, p. 511
- ^ "Medal of Honor Recipients – Civil War (A–F) Boon, Hugh P." U.S. Army Center of Military History. Retrieved 2017-12-21.
- ^ Beyer & Keydel 1907, p. 531
- ^ "Medal of Honor Recipients – Civil War (A–F) Boury, Richard". U.S. Army Center of Military History. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
- ^ "Congressional Medal of Honor Society – Capehart, Charles E." Congressional Medal of Honor Society. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
- ^ Wittenberg, Petruzzi & Nugent 2008, p. 65
- ^ "Medal of Honor Recipients – Civil War (A–F) Capehart, Henry". U.S. Army Center of Military History. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
- ^ Beyer & Keydel 1907, pp. 344–346
- ^ "Medal of Honor Recipients – Civil War (A–F) Cunningham, Francis M." U.S. Army Center of Military History. Retrieved 2017-12-21.
- ^ Beyer & Keydel 1907, pp. 528–530
- ^ Wallace 1897, pp. 641–643
- ^ "Medal of Honor Recipients – Civil War (G–L) Houlton, William". U.S. Army Center of Military History. Retrieved 2017-12-21.
- ^ "Secrets of a Union spy". Mark Roth, (Pittsburgh) Post-Gazette assistant managing editor. Retrieved 2017-12-24.
- ^ "West Virginia History on View – Union Army Private Archibald H. Rowand Jr., in Confederate Uniform". West Virginia University. Retrieved 2017-12-24.
- ^ Wallace 1897, pp. 426–428
- ^ "Medal of Honor Recipients – Civil War (S–Z) Schorn, Charles". U.S. Army Center of Military History. Retrieved 2017-12-23.
- ^ Speicher 2009, p. 259
- ^ "Medal of Honor Recipients – Civil War (S–Z) Shahan, Emisire". U.S. Army Center of Military History. Retrieved 2017-12-21.
- ^ "Medal of Honor Recipients – Civil War (S–Z) Shoemaker, Levi". U.S. Army Center of Military History. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
- ^ "Medal of Honor Recipients – Civil War (S–Z) Woods, Daniel A." U.S. Army Center of Military History. Retrieved 2017-12-21.
- References
- Beyer, Walter F.; Keydel, Oscar F. (1907). Deeds of Valor : from Records in the Archives of the United States Government ; How American Heroes Won the Medal of Honor ; History of our Recent Wars and Explorations, from Personal Reminiscences and Records of Officers and Enlisted Men who were Rewarded by Congress for Most Conspicuous Acts of Bravery on the Battle-field, on the High Seas and in Arctic Explorations Volume I. Detroit: Perrien-Keydel Co. OCLC 3898179.
- Speicher, James (2009). Sumter Flying Artillery : A Civil War History of the Eleventh Battalion Georgia Light Artillery. Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing Co. ISBN 978-1-45561-267-3. OCLC 922577268.
- Wallace, Lew (1897). The Story of American heroism : Thrilling Narratives of Personal Adventures During the Great Civil War, as Told by the Medal Winners and Roll of Honor Men. Springfield, Ohio: J. W. Jones. OCLC 11816985.
- Wittenberg, Eric J.; Petruzzi, J. David; Nugent, Michael F. (2008). One Continuous Fight: the Retreat from Gettysburg and the Pursuit of Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, July 4–14, 1863. New York: Savas Beatie. ISBN 978-1-9327144-3-2. OCLC 185031178.