Regiment Name: 6th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry
Side: Union
Company: A
Soldier's Rank In: Musician
Soldier's Rank Out: Musician
UNION WEST VIRGINIA VOLUNTEERS
Organized at Grafton, Mannington, Cairo, Parkersburg and Wheeling, W. Va., August 13 to December 26, 1861.
Service:Regiment organized for railroad guard duty and served on line of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad by detachments, at various points west of Sleepy Hollow entire term. Raid from Fairmont to Valley River and Bootheville April 12, 1862 (Co. "A"). Skirmish at Valley River April 12 (Co. "A").
Bulltown August 20 (Detachment). Sutton August 24 (Detachment). Nutter Hill August 27 (Detachment). New Creek November 28 (Detachment). Mustered out June 10, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 8 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 167 Enlisted men by disease. Total 177.
Father: John Thorn
Birth-abt 1788, Frederick County, Maryland
Death-1820, Monongalia County, Virginia
Side: Union
Company: A
Soldier's Rank In: Musician
Soldier's Rank Out: Musician
UNION WEST VIRGINIA VOLUNTEERS
Organized at Grafton, Mannington, Cairo, Parkersburg and Wheeling, W. Va., August 13 to December 26, 1861.
Service:Regiment organized for railroad guard duty and served on line of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad by detachments, at various points west of Sleepy Hollow entire term. Raid from Fairmont to Valley River and Bootheville April 12, 1862 (Co. "A"). Skirmish at Valley River April 12 (Co. "A").
Bulltown August 20 (Detachment). Sutton August 24 (Detachment). Nutter Hill August 27 (Detachment). New Creek November 28 (Detachment). Mustered out June 10, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 8 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 167 Enlisted men by disease. Total 177.
Father: John Thorn
Birth-abt 1788, Frederick County, Maryland
Death-1820, Monongalia County, Virginia
Regiment Name: 6th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry
Side: Union
Company: A
Soldier's Rank In: Musician
Soldier's Rank Out: Musician
UNION WEST VIRGINIA VOLUNTEERS
Organized at Grafton, Mannington, Cairo, Parkersburg and Wheeling, W. Va., August 13 to December 26, 1861.
Service:Regiment organized for railroad guard duty and served on line of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad by detachments, at various points west of Sleepy Hollow entire term. Raid from Fairmont to Valley River and Bootheville April 12, 1862 (Co. "A"). Skirmish at Valley River April 12 (Co. "A").
Bulltown August 20 (Detachment). Sutton August 24 (Detachment). Nutter Hill August 27 (Detachment). New Creek November 28 (Detachment). Mustered out June 10, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 8 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 167 Enlisted men by disease. Total 177.
Father: John Thorn
Birth-abt 1788, Frederick County, Maryland
Death-1820, Monongalia County, Virginia
Side: Union
Company: A
Soldier's Rank In: Musician
Soldier's Rank Out: Musician
UNION WEST VIRGINIA VOLUNTEERS
Organized at Grafton, Mannington, Cairo, Parkersburg and Wheeling, W. Va., August 13 to December 26, 1861.
Service:Regiment organized for railroad guard duty and served on line of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad by detachments, at various points west of Sleepy Hollow entire term. Raid from Fairmont to Valley River and Bootheville April 12, 1862 (Co. "A"). Skirmish at Valley River April 12 (Co. "A").
Bulltown August 20 (Detachment). Sutton August 24 (Detachment). Nutter Hill August 27 (Detachment). New Creek November 28 (Detachment). Mustered out June 10, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 8 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 167 Enlisted men by disease. Total 177.
Father: John Thorn
Birth-abt 1788, Frederick County, Maryland
Death-1820, Monongalia County, Virginia
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