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7th West Virginia Infantry
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See also: 7th West Virginia Infantry web site
(courtesy of David Mellott)
SERVICE
[Source: Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, by Frederick Dyer]
Organized at Portland, Cameron, Grafton, Wheeling, Morgantown and Greenland,
W. Va., July 16 to December 3, 1861. Attached to Railroad District, West
Virginia, to January, 1862. 1st Brigade, Landers' Division, Army Potomac,
to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, Shields' 2nd Division, Banks' 5th Army Corps
and Dept. of the Shenandoah, to May, 1862. 1st Brigade, Shields' Division,
Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. Kimball's Independent Brigade,
2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd
Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army Potomac, to March, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd
Division, 2nd Army Corps, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--Moved to Romney, W. Va., and duty there till January 10, 1862.
Skirmish at Romney, Mill Creek Mills, October 26, 1861. Expedition to Blue's
Gap January 6-7, 1862. Hanging Rock, Blue's Gap, January 7. At Paw Paw Tunnel
till March 4. Advance on Winchester March 4-15. Battle of Winchester March
23. Cedar Creek March 25. Woodstock April 1. Edenburg April 2. Columbia Furnace
April 16. Occupation of Mt. Jackson April 17. March to Fredericksburg, Va.,
May 12-22. Ravenswood May 15. March to Front Royal May 25-30. Front Royal
May 30. Expedition to Luray June 3-7. Forced march to Port Republic June
8-9. Battle of Port Republic June 9 (Reserve). Moved to Alexandria June 29,
thence to Harrison's Landing June 30-July 2. Haxall's, Herring Creek,
Chickahominy Swamp, July 3-5. Moved to Alexandria, thence to Centreville
August 16-29. Plains of Manassas August 29-30. Germantown September 1. Maryland
Campaign September 6-22. Battles of South Mountain, Md., September 14; Antietam
September 16-17. Moved to Harper's Ferry, W. Va., September 22, and duty
there till October 30. Reconnoissance to Leesburg October 1-2. Advance up
Loudoun Valley and march to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 18. Battle
of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. Duty at Falmouth till April. "Mud
March" January 20-24. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of
Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle
of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va., July 5-24.
Duty on line of the Rappahannock till September. Advance from line of the
Rappahannock to the Rapidan September 13-17. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22.
Auburn and Bristoe October 14. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November
7-8. Kelly's Ford November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2.
Robertson's Tavern November 27. Mine Run November 28-30. Demonstration on
the Rapidan February 6-7, 1864. Morton's Ford February 6-7. Campaign from
the Rapidan to the James May 3-June 15. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7;
Laurel Hill May 8; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Po River May 10; Spottsylvania
Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient or "Bloody Angle" May 12. North
Anna River May 23-26. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May
28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg
June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23, 1864,
Demonstration north of the James July 27-29. Deep Bottom July 27-28.
Demonstration north of the James August 13-20. Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom,
August 14-18. Ream's Station August 25. Poplar Springs Church September
29-October 1. Yellow House October 1-3. Hatcher's Run October 27-28. Raid
on Weldon Railroad December 7-12. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February
5-7, 1865. Watkins' House March 25. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9.
Boydton and White Oak Roads March 30-31. Crow's House March 31. Fall of
Petersburg April 2. Sailor's Creek April 6. Farmville and High Bridge April
7. Clover Hill, Appomattox Court House, April 9. Surrender of Lee and his
army. March to Washington, D. C, May 1-12. Grand Review May 23. Moved to
Louisville, Ky., June. Mustered out July 1, 1865.
LOSSES
[Source: Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, by Frederick Dyer]
Regiment lost during service 9 Officers and 133 Enlisted men killed and mortally
wounded and 4 Officers and 154 Enlisted men by disease. Total 300.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
U.S. Army Military History Institute References:
Dyer, Frederick H.; A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Vol. 2. Dayton, OH: Morningside, 1979. Ref.
See p. 1663 (1 photocopied page) for a concise summary of the regiment's service.
Lang, Theodore F.; Loyal West Virginia from 1861 to 1865.... Baltimore: Deutsch, 1895. E536L27.
See pp. 261-68 (8 photocopied pages) for a roster of officers and brief regimental history.
Mellott, David W.; "A Dear Bought Name: The 7th West Virignia Infantry's Assault on Bloody Lane." CW Regts Vol. 5, No. 3: pp. 124-50 (14 photocopied pages). Per.
Photo Archive includes images of individuals of this unit.
The following pertinent personal papers are in the Institute's Manuscript Archive:
Regimental sketch - BrakeColl
Other References:
Colonel Joseph Snider Letters, West Virginia State Archives
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