This unit reported 14 killed and 46 wounded at Battle of Fort Donelson, and 18 killed, 58 wounded, and 35 missing at the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain. Then it suffered 29 dead, 36 wounded and 112 captured at the Battle of Piedmont. Many were lost at the Third Battle of Winchester, and Southern forces under Early were routed at the Waynesboro on March 2, 1865. In mid-April, 1865, the 36th Virginia disbanded and the men returned to their homes in the western counties.