West Virginians at First Manassas

There were no Federal "Virginia" units at the Battle of Manassas (1st).

West Virginians in the Confederate forces were in:

1st Virginia Cavalry

    Co. B, Berkeley Troop

2nd Virginia Infantry

    Co. A, Jefferson Guards, Capt. John W. Rowan

    Co. B, Hamtramck Guards, Capt. V. M. Butler

    Co. D, Berkeley Border Guards, Capt. J.Q.A. Nadenbousch

    Co. E, Hedgesville Blues, Capt. M.C. Nadenbousch

    Co. G, Bott's Grays, Capt. Lawson Botts

    Co. H, Letcher Riflemen, Capt. James H.L. Hunter

    Co. K, Floyd Guards, Capt. Geo. W. Chambers

7th Virginia Infantry

    Co. D, Capt. James H. French (Giles county, but many from Mercer and Monroe)

13th Virginia Infantry

    Co. I, Frontier Riflemen, Capt. Robert White

    Co. K, Hampshire Guards,Capt. John B. Sherrard

        (These two units were given outpost duty and were not in the actual battle)

24th Virginia Infantry

    Co. G, Capt. Robert A. Richardson (Detached to guard the road at Bacon Race            

         Church so did not see action)

27th Virginia Infantry

    Co. D, Monroe Guards, Capt. Hugh Tiffany (k.i.a.)

    Co. E, Greenbrier Rifles

    Co. F, Greenbrier Sharp Shooters

    Co. G, Shriver Greys

33rd Virginia Infantry

    Co. A, Potomac Guards, Capt. Philip L. Grace

    Co. F, Independent Greys (Hardy county)

1st Virginia Cavalry

    Co. B, Capt. John Blair Hoge

    Co. F, Capt. William A. Morgan

7th Virginia Cavalry

    Co. F, Capt. George Sheetz

    (This unit arrived after the battle, one man wounded skirmish)

1st Regiment Virginia Light Artillery

    Co. B, Wise Artillery (Alburtis' Battery), Capt. Ephraim G. Alburtis

"The Tennessee and Georgia troops, with many of whom I have talked, are very averse to serving in the mountains. The climate does not suit them, and toiling up the mountains on marches breaks them down directly. It is strange that they be sent here to serve while many regiments raised in the mountains, accustomed to the inequalities of the surface of the earth, inured to the rigors of the climate, all having homes and relatives to defend, should be retained in Eastern Virginia and the defense of their homes intrusted to strangers unaccustomed to so rough a country and so bleak a climate. The Twenty-seventh Virginia Regiment, so effective at Manassas, came from Greenbrier, Monroe, and Allegheny counties, and perhaps a company or two from Rockbridge. -Henry J. Fisher, writing to G.W. Munford, Esq., Secretary of the Commonwealth, Oct. 23, 1861"  Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, Series 1, Vol. 5, pg. 915

References: Boyd B. Stutler, West Virginia in the Civil War, pgs. 89-93

                    James Carter Linger, Confederate Military Units of West Virginia