Joseph Snider (February 14, 1827 – January 9, 1909)[1] was a member of the 1861 Wheeling Conventions, which declared West Virginia a new state as part of the Union.
He served as a colonel in the 7th West Virginia Infantry during the Civil War.
He was in the battles of South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville.
In May 1999, the West Virginia State Archives received a donation of nine Civil War-era letters written by Colonel Joseph Snider, commander of the 7th West Virginia Infantry and 4th West Virginia Cavalry, to his daughter Mary Edith.
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