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NOAH BILLITER

IN THE CIVIL WAR

Noah was a Privet in the 15th Regiment, Company "C" of West Virginia Infantry Volunteers.

FORMATION OF THE 15th REGIMENT INFANTRY VOLUNTEERS

The 15th was organized at Wheeling, West Virginia, August - October, 1862. Attached to Railroad Division, West Virginia to January 1863. Sir John's Run Defenses, Upper Patomic, 8th Army Corps, Middle Department, to March 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 8th Army Corps, to June 1863. Unattached, New Creek, West Virginia, Department of West Virginia, to August, 1863. Campbell's Brigade, Scammon's Division, Department of West Virginia, to December, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, West Virginia, to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, West Virginia, April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, West Virginia, to July 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, West Virginia, to December, 1864. 3rd Brigade, Independent Division, 24th Army Corps, Army of the James, to June 1865.

WEST VIRGINIA INFANTRY VOLUNTEERS
SERVICE OF THE 15th REGIMENT

At New Creek Station October 18, 1862 - December 22, 1862.---Moved to Sir John's Run December 22,1862 and duty there guarding Baltimore and Ohio Railroad until June 16, 1863.--- Moved to New Creek June 16, 1863 and then Cumberland, Maryland then to Hancock, Maryland on July 4, 1863.---To Fairview on July 11, 1863 and to Williamsport, Maryland on July 14, 1863.---Operations against Lee until July 28, 1863.---At Mechanicsburg Gap, near Romany, West Virginia August 15, 1863 - November 5, 1863.---At Alpine until April, 1864.---At Bath March 19, 1864.---Crook's Expedition against the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad May 2 - 19, 1864.---Battle of Cloyd's Mountain May 9, 1864.---New River Bridge, May 10.---Cove Mountain or Grassy Lick, near Wythville on May 10, 1864.---Salt Pond Mountain and Gap Mountain May 12 - 13, 1864.---Meadow Bluff, May 19, 1864.---Hunter's Expedition to Lynchburg May 26 - July 1, 1864.---Middlebrook and Brownsville June 10, 1864.---Lexington June 11 - 12, 1864.---Otter Creek, near Liberty June, 16, 1864.---Diamond Hill June 17, 1864.---Lynchburg June 17 - 18, 1864.---Retreat to Charleston June 18 - July 1, 1864.---Buford's Gap June 20, 1864.---About Salem June 21, 1864.---Moved to Shenandoah Valley July 12 - 15, 1864.---Snicker's Ferry or Snicker's Gap July 17 - 18, 1864.---Battle of Kernstown - Winchester July 23 - 24, 1864.---Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 6 - November 28, 1864.---Berryville September 3, 1864.---Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19, 1864.---Fisher's Hill September 22, 1864.---Skirmish at Cedar Creek October 13, 1864.---Battle of Cedar Creek October 19, 1864.---Duty at Camp Russell and in the Shenandoah Valley until December. Moved to Washington, D.C., then to Bermuda Hundred, Virginia, December 19 - 23, 1864.---Duty in the trenches before Richmond, Virginia until March 1865.---Appomattox Campaign March 28 - April 9, 1865.---Moved to front of Petersburg March 28 - 29, 1865.---Hatcher's Run March 30 - 31 and April 1, 1865.---Fall of Petersburg April 2, 1865.---Pursuit of Lee April 3 - 9, 1865.---Rice's Station April 6.---Appomattox Court House April 9.---Surrender of Lee and his army.---March to Lynchburg April 12 - 15, 1865.---Then to Farmville and Burkesville Junction April 15 - 19, 1865 and on to Richmond, Virginia April 22 - 25, 1865.---Duty near Richmond until June.---Mustered out June 14, 1865.

The 15th West Virginia Infantry Volunteers suffered 153 total casulties. 3 Officers and 50 Enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded and there were 1 Officer and 99 Enlisted men that died due to sickness or disease.

History of the 15th Infantry from A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer.

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Posted March 9, 1998