The 7th lost 11 officers and 197 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 officers and 186 enlisted men by disease. The regiment is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
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August 22 |
Organized at Monroe, Mich. and mustered in |
September 5 |
Left State for Washington, D.C.; Attached to Lander's Brigade, Stone's Division, Army of the Potomac |
September - December |
Guard duty along the upper Potomac |
October 22 |
Near Edward's Ferry |
December 4 |
Moved to Muddy Branch and duty there |
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March |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
March 12-15 |
Moved to Harper's Ferry, thence to Charleston and Berryville |
March 24 |
To Harper's Ferry, then to Washington, D.C |
March 27 |
To the Virginia Peninsula |
April to August |
Peninsula Campaign |
April 5-May 4 |
Siege of Yorktown |
May 7-8 |
West Point |
May 31-June 1 |
Battle of Fair Oaks or Seven Pines |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond |
June 29 |
Peach Orchard and Savage Station |
June 30 |
White Oak Swamp and Glendale |
July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
July 2 - August 16 |
Duty at Harrison's Landing |
August 5 |
Action at Malvern Hill |
August 15-28 |
Movement from Harrison's Landing to Alexandria |
August 28-31 |
To Fairfax Court House; Cover Pope's retreat from Bull Run to Washington. |
September 6-22 |
Maryland Campaign |
September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam |
September 22 |
Moved to Harper's Ferry, W. Va. and duty there |
October 30-
November 17 |
Advance up the Loudon Valley and movement to Falmouth, Va. |
December 11-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
December 11 |
Forlorn hope to cross the Rappahannock at Fredericksburg |
December - April 1863 |
Duty at Falmouth, Va. |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
May 3 |
Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg |
May 3-4 |
Salem Heights |
June 11-July 24 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The Regiment was commanded at Gettysburg by Lieutenant Colonel Amos Steele, Jr. who was killed on July 3rd. Major Sylvanus W. Curtis then took command. The 7th brought 165 men to the field, losing 21 killed and 44 wounded.
From the monument: "Regiment held this position during the engagement of July 2nd and 3rd, 1863. On the evening of the 2nd changed front to the left, meeting and aiding in driving back the enemy. On the 3rd assisted in repulsing Pickett's Charge, changing front to the right and assaulting the advancing force in flank."
"Present for duty 14 officers 151 men. Total 165. Casualties, 2 officers 19 men killed; 3 officers 41 men wounded. Total 65." |
July 5-24 |
Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va. |
August 20-
September 12 |
On detached duty at New York City during draft disturbances |
October 9-22 |
Rejoined army at Culpeper, Va. Bristoe Campaign |
October 14 |
Bristoe Station |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
December |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps |
December |
At Stevensburg |
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May 4-June 15 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River |
May 5-7 |
Battles of the Wilderness |
May 8 |
Laurel Hill |
May 8-12 |
Spotsylvania |
May 10 |
Po River |
May 12-21 |
Spotsylvania Court House |
May 12 |
Assault on the Salient, "Bloody Angle," |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 26-28 |
On line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
June 16-18 |
Before Petersburg |
June 16 |
Siege of Petersburg begins |
June 22-23 |
Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon Railroad |
July 27-29 |
Demonstration on north side of the James River |
July 27-28 |
Deep Bottom |
August 13-20 |
Demonstration north of James at Deep Bottom |
August 14-18 |
Strawberry Plains |
August 25 |
Ream's Station |
October 27-28 |
Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run |
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February 5-7 |
Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run |
March 25 |
Watkins' House |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
March 30-31 |
Boydton Road |
March 31 |
Crow's House |
April 2 |
Fall of Petersburg |
April 3-9 |
Pursuit of Lee |
April 6 |
Sailor's Creek |
April 7 |
High Bridge and Farmville |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court House, surrender of Lee and his army. |
April 10 - May 2 |
At Burkesville |
May 2-12 |
Moved to Washington, D.C. |
May 23 |
Grand Review |
June 16-22 |
Moved to Louisville, Ky., then to Jeffersonville, Ind. |
July 5 |
Mustered out |
