. History of the Fifth West Virginia Cavalry, formerly the Second Virginia Infantry, and of Battery G, First West Va. Light Artillery . NTS. CHAPTER I. LoYAi. Western Virginia, 9 CHAPTER n. Organization of Regiment, 25 CHAPTER HI. Company Histories, 4° Company A, 4i Company B, 49 Company C, ^° Company D, S Company E, 7i Company F, Company G, 3 Company H, 9^ Company I, 94 Company K, ^°° CHAPTER IV. The Quartermasters Department, 108 6 TABLE OF CONTENTS. CHAPTER Chaplain and His Work, 124 CHAPTER VI. In Camp at , 1861, 132 CHAPTER VII. Relief of Cheat Mountain, 137 CHAPTER VIII. In
. History of the Fifth West Virginia Cavalry, formerly the Second Virginia Infantry, and of Battery G, First West Va. Light Artillery . NTS. CHAPTER I. LoYAi. Western Virginia, 9 CHAPTER n. Organization of Regiment, 25 CHAPTER HI. Company Histories, 4° Company A, 4i Company B, 49 Company C, ^° Company D, S Company E, 7i Company F, Company G, 3 Company H, 9^ Company I, 94 Company K, ^°° CHAPTER IV. The Quartermasters Department, 108 6 TABLE OF CONTENTS. CHAPTER Chaplain and His Work, 124 CHAPTER VI. In Camp at , 1861, 132 CHAPTER VII. Relief of Cheat Mountain, 137 CHAPTER VIII. In Camp at Elkwater, 143 CHAPTER on Cheat Mountain Summit, 152 CHAPTER X. Mountain Department, 160 CHAPTER Army of Virginia, 173 CHAPTER to Western Virginia, ,„.,. „.,„ ,„.,..,. 189 CHAPTER XIII. Fourth Separate Brigade, 197 CHAPTER Gap Expedition, 203 CHAPTER XV. Droop Mountain, 213 CHAPTER XVI. The Salem Raid, , ., , , 222 TABLE OF CONTENTS. .7 CHAPTER XVII. Campaigns of 1864, 238 CHAPTER Service, 248 CHAPTER XIX. Prison Life, 270 CHAPTER XX. Escape from Prison, ^ 283. FRANK S. READER, CO. I. CHAPTER I. LOYAL WESTERN VIRGINIA. HF2 determination of the loyal people of Western Virginia not toyield to the demands of the Secessionists of the State, createda great deal of enthusiasm in the bordering states of Pennsyl-ania and Ohio, and did much to attract volunteers from those states, tothe support of the brave loyalists of this section. The treason ofRichmond furnished the occasion to the ^\est to assert its dignity andindependence. The triumph of secession on the James, led to the triumphof loyalty in the mountains; but it was a struggle such as few people haveever gone through, and fixed for all time the undaunted courage, thesublime devotion to principle, and the patient endurance, of the noblepeople of this western section. While Gov. Letcher was training theState militia for use against the government, the people o
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