May 1861 |
Organized at Camp Trousdale in Sumner Cunty, Tennessee under Colonel Robert Hatton |
July |
Mustered into Confederate Service |
July 15 - 25 |
Moved to Staunton, Virginia by train |
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Joined with Manley's 1st Tennessee and the 14th Tennessee to form the Tennessee Brigade under Brigadier General Samuel R. Anderson |
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At Big Springs, Virginia |
September 12 - 15 |
Lee's Cheat Mountain Campaign |
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Ordered to to Raleigh Courthouse, then to join General Thomas Jackson at Winchester. Shumaker's battery joins the brigade |
January 4, 1862 |
Jackson's expedition to Bath |
February 9 |
Maney's 1st Tennessee ordered to return to the state; the regiment, along with the 14th Tennessee and the 3rd Arkansas is placed under Major General Theophilus Holmes. |
February 24 |
Ordered to Manasas |
March 8 |
Turney's 1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment (Provisional Army) joins the brigade at Evansport (now Quantico), Viginia |
May |
Colonel Hatton promoted to brigadier general and takes command of the brigade. Lt. Colonel John F. Goodner becomes colonel and Major John K. Howard is promoted to lieutenant colonel. |
May 31 |
Battle of Seven Pines
General Hatton is killed and General James Archer takes command of the brigade. |
June |
Archer's Brigade becomes part of A. P. Hill's Division, and includes the 5th Alabama Battalion, a Georgia regiment, and Braxton's Battery. |
June 26 - 27 |
Battles of Mechanicsville and Gaines' Mills
Lost 72 casualties, including Lt. Colonel Howard, who was killed, and every field officer |
July 9 |
Captain Samuel G. Shepard of Company G promoted to major |
August 9 |
Battle of Cedar Mountain
Lost 34 men |
August 26 |
Manassas Junction |
August 28 |
Second Battle of Manassas
Commanded by Major Shepard, the regiment lost 26 casualties; |
September 14 - 15 |
Siege of Harpers Ferry |
September 17 |
Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)
Commanded by Lieutenant and Adjutant George A. Howard, the regiment lost 30 casualties out of less than 100 effectives |
September 21 |
Shepherdstown |
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Rest at Berryville, Virginia |
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Ordered to join General Longstreet at Fredericksburg; it did so after a ten-day march |
December 13 |
Battle of Fredericksburg
The regiment lost 38 casualties. The regiment broke and ran in the face of an overwhelming Federal attack after running out of ammunition, but a desperate counterattack by General Archer leading the 5th Alabama Battalion rescued the situation |
December |
Winter quarters |
May, 1863 |
Colonel Goodner resigns; Lt. Colonel John A. Fite was promoted to colonel, Major Samuel G. Shepard to lieutenant colonel and W. H. Williamson to major. The 13th Alabama was added to the brigade. |
May 3 |
Battle of Chancellorsville
The regiment participated in the charge which captured the Chancellor House, losing 11 killed and 45 wounded. |
July 1 - 3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The regiment took part in the initial heavy fighting on July 1st, as well as Pickett's Charge on July 3. The 7th made it to the stone wall north of The Angle but was unable to hold its position. It lost 24 killed, 38 wounded and 54 missing of 249 engaged, including Colonel Fite, who was captured. |
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The brigade was consolidated with that of Brigadeir General H. H. Walker. |
May 5 - 7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
May 12-21 |
Battle of Spottsylvania Courthouse
Colonel Fry takes over brigade as General Walker is wounded. |
June 3 |
Battle of Cold Harbor |
June 7 |
Siege of Petersburg |
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2nd Maryland Battalion added to Brigade |
August 19 |
Genral Archer returns from captivity to command the brigade, but with his health shattered from prison, he dies on October 24. |
October 31 |
Colonel Robert Mayo takes command of the brigade, followed by Colonel William McComb of the 14th Tennessee |
February 3, 1865 |
A deserter reports the 7th Tennessee has "not more than 60 men left" in the regiment. |
April 9, 1865 |
Surrendered at Appomattox 6 officers and 41 men under Lt. Colonel Samuel G. Shepard. The regiment was part of McComb's Brigade of Heth's Division of the Third Corps, consisiting of the 2nd Maryland Battalion, 1st, 7th, 14th, 23rd, 25th, 44th and 63rd Tennessee Infantry Regiments. |
