PATTERSON
BILLITER
FAMILY HISTORY
DAVID PATTERSON
IN THE CIVIL WAR
According to his enlistment papers, on April 12, 1862, David enlisted as a veteran volunteer with the 10th Regiment, Company "E" of West Virginia Infantry Volunteers at Beverly West Virginia. David received a commission on December 15, 1864 as a 1st Lieutenant. He remained at that rank until he resigned on June 3, 1865.
In his letter of resignation, which was written in a camp near Richmond, Virginia on May 8, 1865, David states "I have the honor herewith to tender my resignation as 1st Lieutenant in the 10th Regiment of West Virginia Inft. Vols. on account of my wife being in a very delicate state of health for a long time, and I have a small helpless family, who is in great need of my presence. I have served faithfully three years and five months, and if the war had not yet been over, the strongest inducement could not make me resign."
WEST VIRGINIA INFANTRY VOLUNTEERS
SERVICE OF THE 10th REGIMENT
At Monterey April 1862. Assigned to railroad guard duty in Railroad District of Western Virginia, until January 1863; at Beverly, Bulltown, Martinsburg, etc.---Expedition from Summersville to Addison April 17-21, 1862. Skirmish at Holly River on April 17. Mung's Flats on June 25, 1862.---Buckhannon on August 30, 1862.---Sutton on September 23, 1862.---Big Burch on October 6, 1862.---Wardensville on December 22, 1862.---Winchester in January, 1863.---Beverly in May, 1863. Scout to Beverly June 16, 1863.---Action at Beverly July 2-3, 1863.--Martinsburg August 1863.---Averell's Raid through Hardy, Pendleton, Bath, Highland, Greenbrier and Pocahontas Counties August 5-31, 1863.---Rocky Gap near White Sulphur Springs August 26-27, 1863.---Sutton August 26, 1863 (Cos. "G" "I")---Bell's Mills and on Elk River August 27, 1863.(Detachment)---Bulltown, Braxton County, October 13, 1863.---Averell's Raid against Lewisburg and the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad November 1-17, 1863.---Mill Point November 5, 1863.---Droop Mountain November 6, 1863.---Hillsboro November 10, 1863.---Cheat River December 6, 1863.---Moorefield Junction January 3, 1864.---At Beverly until May 1864; scouting Counties of Randolph, Tucker, Pocahontas, Greenbrier, Braxton, Highland, Pendleton, and Webster.---Scout from Beverly through Pocahontas, Webster and Braxton Counties May 15-30, 1864.---Leetown July 3, 1864.---Maryland Heights Md. July 6-7, 1864.---Operations about Harper's Ferry July 10, 1864.---Snicker's Ferry July 17-18, 1864.---Kernstown, Winchester July 23-24. 1864.---Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 6 to November 28, 1864.---Strasburg and Massanutton Mountain August 16, 1864.---Winchester August 17, 1864.---Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19, 1864.---Fisher's Hill September 22, 1864.---Cedar Creek October 13, 1864.---Battle of Cedar Creek October 19, 1864.---Duty in Shenandoah Valley until December 1864. Moved to Washington D.C., December 19-20, thence to Bermuda Hundred December 20-23, 1864.---Duty in the trenches north of James River until March 1865.---Appomattox Campaign March 28 to April 9, 1865.---Moved to front of Petersburg March 28-29, 1865.---Hatchers Run March 30-31 and April 1, 1865.---Assult on the fall of Petersburg April 2, 1865.---Pursuit of Lee April 3-9, 1865.---Rice's Station April 6, 1865.---Surrender of Lee and his army at Appomattox Court House Virginia April 9, 1865.---March to Lynchburg April 12-15, 1865.---March to Farmville and Burksville April 15-19 thence to Richmond April 22-25, 1865.---Duty near Richmond until August.---Mustered out August 9, 1865.
The 10th West Virginia Infantry Volunteers suffered 241 total casulties. 2 Officers and 93 Enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded and there were 2 Officers and 144 Enlisted men that died due to sickness or disease.
History of the 10th Infantry from A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer.
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