Loyal West Virginia From 1861 - 1865 By Theodore F. Lang, 1895 474 pages, illustrated Requires Adobe Reader 5.0 or higher to View $11.99 + $1.99 shipping and handling (Free Shipping if purchased with “The Rending of Virginia” or “Semi- Centennial History of West Virginia”) http://cgi.ebay.com/Loyal-West-Virginia-1861-1865-VA-WV-genealogy_W0QQitemZ200397563597QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2ea8a026cd The first twenty-two chapters will be helpful to historians, as they relate the interesting story of western Virginia counties splitting off from the mother state to form a new government and eventually rejoin the Union. Genealogists will find most helpful the last thirty-one chapters, which include rosters of the state’s Civil War regiment staffs and biographies of its generals. For more than three years Theodore F. Lang was immersed in the tumultuous events that forged West Virginia's creation as America's 35th state on June 20, 1863. In this Civil War classic, Lang ably describes those events and personalities responsible for West Virginia's formation - from the initial outcry of opposition to Virginia's 1861 secession ordinance, to organization of a separate provisional government and statehood midway through the conflict. His primary attention, however, focuses on military operations involving West Virginia and its soldiers who remained loyal to the Union, a subject he believed was (and remains) greatly neglected. In addition to his experiences as a combat and staff officer, Lang details successes and failures of military leaders serving in the state or under West Virginia banners on bloody battlefields in Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania. Skirmishes and bitter fighting at such places as Philippi, Rich Mountain, Moorefield, Harpers Ferry and Droop Mountain share equally with West Virginians' participation in major battles at 2nd Manassas, Antietam, Vicksburg, Chattanooga, the Shenandoah Valley and Appomattox. Soldiers from the Mountain State battled "Stonewall" Jackson at Cross Keys, helped repel a Confederate assault at Gettysburg, tangled with Jubal Early at Winchester and Cedar Creek, and smashed through Rebel resistance under George A. Custer at Five Forks. Histories of every West Virginia military organization with complete officer rosters are supplemented by 63 photo portraits, greatly enhancing Lang's very rare, original 1895 edition “This work has been written in deference to the Author's convictions that a great neglect exists at this time, and has existed for many years, in relation to the history of the part taken in the late war by the loyal West Virginians, both civil and military, who stood so firmly for the preservation of the Union. It was largely with this incentive to guide him that the following pages were written. . .By no means the least difficult task has been to digest the large amount of material at hand. Indeed, the work has assumed greater proportions than at first intended, largely due to the incorporation of extracts from official reports for the verification of statements which would otherwise stand entirely upon individual assertion. The Author's personal reminiscences are largely taken from notes kept during his term of over three years' service in the field and, having been made at the time the acts occurred, their accuracy has not been impaired by time.” Contents 1-INTRODUCTORY:—WESTERN VIRGINIA AND ITS RELATIONS TO THE MOTHER STATE FOR MANY YEARS PRIOR TO THE WAR. 2 & 3-LOYALTY OF WESTERN VIRGINIANS WHEN THE CONFLICT CALLED THEM TO ARMS. 4 thru 6 - GENERAL GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN'S OPERATIONS IN WESTERN VIRGINIA IN THE SPRING OF 1861. 7 thru 18 - PERSONAL REMINISCENCES OF THE AUTHOR. 19 - ORGANIZATION OF THE PEIRPOINT GOVERNMENT. 20 - WEST VIRGINIA, THE "CHILD OF THE STORM." 21 - THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD AND ITS RELATIONS TO THE UNION. 22 - LOYALTY OF PRESIDENT JOHN W. GARRETT TO THE UNION, AND HIS CLOSE RELATIONS TO PRESIDENT LINCOLN. 23 - FIRST REGIMENT W. VA. CAVALRY VOLUNTEERS 24 – SECOND REGIMENT W. VA. CAVALRY VOLUNTEERS 25 - THIRD REGIMENT W. VA. CAVALRY VOLUNTEERS 26 - FOURTH REGIMENT W. VA. CAVALRY VOLUNTEERS 27 - FIFTH REGIMENT W. VA. CAVALRY VOLUNTEERS 28 - SIXTH REGIMENT W. VA. CAVALRY VOLUNTEERS 29 - SEVENTH REGIMENT W. VA. CAVALRY VOLUNTEERS 30 – SIXTH REGIMENT VETERAN CAVALRY 31 - FIRST REGIMENT (THREE MONTHS' SERVICE) W. VA. INFANTRY 32 - FIRST REGIMENT WEST VIRGINIA INFANTRY 33 - FOURTH REGIMENT WEST VIRGINIA INFANTRY 34 - FIFTH REGIMENT WEST VIRGINIA INFANTRY 35 - SIXTH REGIMENT WEST VIRGINIA VOLUNTEERS 36 – SEVENTH REGIMENT WEST VIRGINIA INFANTRY VOLUNTEERS 37 - NINTH REGIMENT WEST VIRGINIA INFANTRY VOLUNTEERS 38 - TENTH REGIMENT WEST VIRGINIA INFANTRY VOLUNTEERS 39 - ELEVENTH REGIMENT WEST VIRGINIA INFANTRY VOLUNTEERS 40 - TWELFTH REGIMENT WEST VIRGINIA INFANTRY VOLUNTEERS 41 - THIRTEENTH REGIMENT WEST VIRGINIA INFANTRY VOLUNTEERS 42 – FOURTEENTH REGIMENT WEST VIRGINIA INFANTRY VOLUNTEERS 43 - FIFTEENTH REGIMENT WEST VIRGINIA INFANTRY VOLUNTEERS 44 - SIXTEENTH REGIMENT WEST VIRGINIA INFANTRY VOLUNTEERS 45 - SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT WEST VIRGINIA INFANTRY VOLUNTEERS 46 – FIRST REGIMENT WEST VA VETERAN INFANTRY VOLUNTEERS 47 – SECOND REGIMENT WEST VA VETERAN INFANTRY 48 - FIRST REGIMENT W. VA. LIGHT ARTILLERY VOLUNTEERS. 49 - BREVET MAJ.-GEN'L BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KELLEY 50 - BREVET MAJ.-GEN'L THOMAS M. HARRIS 51 – MAJ.-GEN'L GEORGE CROOK. 52 – COL. JACOB HORNBROOK 53 – MAJ.-GEN'L R. H. MILROY 54 - GENERAL H. DUVAL 55 THRU 58 – BREVET MAJ.-GEN'L W. W. AVERELL. PORTRAITS (32 TOTAL) MAPS (3 TOTAL