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SCARCE WEST VIRGINIA VETERAN LADDER BADGE – 6th WV CAVALRY, CO. C.

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This ladder badge is of the very rare West Virginia variety, with a yellow backing ribbon and silver pin banner and drops. The yellow ribbon is folded over the backing pin, attached to the “CO. C” ladder host section.  Mild tarnish is noted in localized areas of the metal surfaces, primarily in the form of green oxidation on the outside edges of the reverse of the ladder sections.  Very light surface rust is noted in small areas on the front of the lower three ladder sections. Backing pin is intact with light tarnish and remains functional.  Overall measurements of the ladder section are 2.1” x 3.9,” while the ribbon measures 3” in length as it is currently fixed.

West Virginia is unique in that it was born of the Civil War.  For the first two years of the conflict, West Virginians served in the US Army as volunteers in units from nearby states such as Ohio, Pennsylvania, and others.  However, more than 33,000 “Sons of the Mountains” enlisted in native regiments of a state that, at various points, either did not yet exist or had only existed for a short time. The nucleus of the 6^th West Virginia Cavalry was the 3^rd West Virginia (Mounted) Infantry, formed in 1861, eventually forming the 6^th Cavalry through consolidation and new enlistments in early 1864.

Primarily from Wheeling and Clarksburg, the regiment’s service included “protecting border counties against guerrillas from Phillippi to Suttonville, W. Va., till September, 1861. Rowell's Run, September 6. Moved to Beverly September 10, then to Elkwater, and duty there till April, 1862. Romney, Hanging Rock, September 23, 1861. Romney September 23-25. Mill Creek Mills October 26. Skirmishes in Clay, Braxton and Webster Counties December 29-31. Elk Mountain March 19, 1862. Advance on Staunton April 5-May 8. Cow Pasture May 7. Battle of McDowell May 8. Bull Pasture Mountain May 8. Reconnaissance to Franklin May 9-11. Franklin May 11-13. Strasburg and Staunton Road June 1-2. Battle of Cross Keys June 8. At Strasburg June 20-July 5. Advance to Luray July 5-11. Moved to Sperryville July 11, thence to Woodville July 22, and duty there till August 9. Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9. Crooked Creek August 12. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Fords of the Rappahannock August 21-23. Freeman's Ford and Hazel Run August 22. Waterloo Bridge August 23-25. Gainesville August 28. Groveton August 29. Bull Run August 30. Duty in the Defenses of Washington till September 30. Moved to Clarksburg, W. Va., September 30-October 1. Duty at Clarksburg, Mt. Pleasant, and outpost duty at Buckhannon, Centreville, Bulltown, Sutton and Glenville till April, 1863. Regiment mounted, Jane Lew, May 5. Huttonsville July 4. Near Hedgeville and Martinsburg July 18-19. Averill's Raid through Hardy, Pendleton, Highland, Bath, Greenbrier and Pocahontas Counties August 5-31. Huntersville August 22 (Detachment). Jackson River August 25. Rocky Gap near White Sulphur Springs August 26-27. Averill's Raid against Lewisburg and the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad November 1-11. Cockletown November 4. Mill Point November 5. Droop Mountain November 6. Averill's Raid to Salem on Virginia & Tennessee Railroad December 8-25. Gatewood's December 12. Salem December 16. Scott's or Barber's Creek December 19. Moorefield December 28. (Quoted from their records)”

West Virginia Civil War items are not commonly found.  This piece would surely be one of the rarer items in most collections of the veterans’ items.   [cm] [ph:L]

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