 The state produced the most highly-decorated cavalry regiment of the Union Army (tied with the 47th Ohio as the most highly-decorated single regiment) and was credited with 32,000 Union soldiers, including 10 Brigadier and Major Generals.The recent soldier count by the George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War estimates West Virginia's soldiers to be around 20,000, the remaining soldiers consisting of large numbers of Pennsylvania and Ohio volunteers, and with re-enlistments credited as new soldiers.Most regiments were recruited from the Northern, central and southwestern counties.