The 4th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was organized in Parkersburg and Wheeling, West Virginia during July and August 1863. Enlistment was for one year, and the regiment was mustered out on June 23, 1864. Most of its duty involved guarding railroads and operating against guerrillas. The regiment lost 30 soldiers during the war from disease.
Service The 4th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment was enlisted in Parkersburg and Wheeling in western Virginia between July and August 1863 for one year's service.
January 30, 1864, Engagement at Moorefield (not the August 7 Battle of Moorefield)
The regiment was mustered out on June 23, 1864.
Casualties The 4th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment suffered 30 enlisted men dead from disease for a total of 30 deaths.
Officers
Colonel Joseph Snider (formerly of the 7th West Virginia Infantry)
Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel W. Snider
Majors Nathan Goff Jr. (formerly of the 6th West Virginia Cavalry). He was captured during the action at Moorefield, when pinned under his fallen horse, and sent to Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia where he was held in close confinement as a hostage for the captured Confederate Major Thomas D. Armsey. He and Armsey were eventually exchanged and President Abraham Lincoln sent for Goff, who described the conditions in Confederate prison camps, prompting Lincoln to arrange further exchanges. Charles F. Howes James A. Smith
QM Sergeants
Octavius C. Bray Company A 1863-65
First Sergeant
Montgomery Hager Company K
See also Medals of Honor for West Virginia Soldiers West Virginia Units in the Civil War West Virginia in the Civil War
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