The Logan Wildcats was the unofficial name of Company D 36th
Virginia Infantry of the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
The company was created at Logan Courthouse on June 3, 1861, and
consisted of about 85 men led by officers Henry M. Beckley,
Astynax McDonald, Mont Lawson, James Nighbert, Dick Ferrell, and
James Dingess. Mustered into the Southern army under Lt. Col.
John McCausland in Charleston, the company saw its first action
in the Battle of Scary Creek in Putnam County. It was then
reorganized and joined Gen. John B. Floyd near Little Sewell
Mountain in August 1861. The company was in the battle of
Carnifex Ferry on September 10, 1861. Then the unit was sent
west and was present at the Union siege of Fort Donelson,
Tennessee. During the campaigns of 1862 through 1865, Company D
was used as a rear guard unit during several campaigns. The
Wildcats were present at the Battle of Cloyd’s Mountain, where
Gen. A. G. Jenkins was wounded, later dying. The company was
active in the May 1864 action around C