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July 16 -
December 3 |
Organized at Portland, Cameron, Grafton, Wheeling, Morgantown and Greenland, W. Va. Moved to Romney, W. Va., and duty there attached to Railroad District, West Virginia |
August 22 |
Colonel Joseph Snider was appointed to command of the regiment |
October 26 |
Skirmish at Romney, Mill Creek Mills |
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January 6-7 |
Expedition to Blue's Gap |
January 7 |
Hanging Rock, Blue's Gap |
January |
At Paw Paw Tunnel |
January |
Attached to 1st Brigade, Landers' Division, Army Potomac |
March 4-15 |
Advance on Winchester. Attached to 1st Brigade, Shields' 2nd Division, Banks' 5th Army Corps and Dept. of the Shenandoah |
March 23 |
Battle of Winchester |
March 25 |
Cedar Creek |
April 1 |
Woodstock |
April 2 |
Edenburg |
April 16 |
Columbia Furnace |
April 17 |
Occupation of Mt. Jackson |
May 12-22 |
March to Fredericksburg, Va. Attached to 1st Brigade, Shields' Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock |
May 15 |
Ravenswood |
May 25-30 |
March to Front Royal |
May 30 |
Front Royal |
June 3-7 |
Expedition to Luray. Attached to Kimball's Independent Brigade, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
June 8-9 |
Forced march to Port Republic |
June 9 |
Battle of Port Republic (Reserve) |
June 29 |
Moved to Alexandria |
June 30-July 2 |
To Harrison's Landing |
July 3-5 |
Haxall's, Herring Creek, Chickahominy Swamp |
August 16-29 |
Moved to Alexandria, then to Centreville |
August 29-30 |
Plains of Manassas |
September 1 |
Germantown |
September 6 |
Maryland Campaign. attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army Potomac |
September 14 |
Battle of South Mountain |
September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam |
September 22 |
Moved to Harper's Ferry, W. Va. |
October 1-2 |
Reconnaissance to Leesburg |
October 30-November 18 |
Advance up Loudoun Valley and march to Falmouth, Va. |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg
Colonel Snider was badly wounded |
December 16 |
Duty at Falmouth |
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January 20-24 |
"Mud March" |
January-April |
Duty at Falmouth |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville
Colonel Snider was forced to leave the field, and Lieutenant Colonel Lockwood took over the regiment. |
June 11 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The regiment was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan H. Lockwood. It brought 319 men to the field, of whom 5 were killed, 41 wounded and 1 missing.
From the monument: "Erected by the State of West Virginia to commemorate the valor and fidelity of the Seventh West Virginia Infantry."
"At dusk July 2nd Carroll's Brigade was ordered by General Hancock to this point. On arriving there we found the Battery about to be taken charge of by the enemy who were in large force. Whereupon we immediately charged on the enemy and succeeded in completely routing their entire force and driving them beyond our lines." |
July 5-24 |
Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va. |
July 31 |
The regiment was consolidated to a battalion of four companies due to casualties, and Colonel Snider mustered out. |
August-September |
Duty on line of the Rappahannock |
September 13-17 |
Advance from line of the Rappahannock to the Rapidan |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
October 14 |
Auburn and Bristoe |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 7 |
Kelly's Ford |
November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
November 27 |
Robertson's Tavern |
November 28-30 |
Mine Run |
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February 6-7 |
Demonstration on the Rapidan, Morton's Ford
Lieutenant Colonel Lockwood was wounded in his right shoulder by shrapnel. |
March |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps |
May 3-June 15 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James |
May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
May 8 |
Laurel Hill |
May 8-12 |
Spotsylvania |
May 10 |
Po River |
May 12-21 |
Spotsylvania Court House
Lieutenant Colonel Lockwood was wounded in the head and partly paralyzed. |
May 12 |
Assault on the Salient or "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; Siege of Petersburg begins |
June 22-23 |
Jerusalem Plank Road |
July 27-29 |
Demonstration north of the James |
July 27-28 |
Deep Bottom |
August 13-20 |
Demonstration north of the James |
August 14-18 |
Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom |
August 25 |
Ream's Station |
September 29-October 1 |
Poplar Springs Church |
October 1-3 |
Yellow House |
October 27-28 |
Hatcher's Run |
December 7-12 |
Raid on Weldon Railroad |
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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 and White Oak Roads |
March 31 |
Crow's House |
April 2 |
Fall of Petersburg |
April 6 |
Sailor's Creek |
April 7 |
Farmville and High Bridge |
April 9 |
Clover Hill, Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army. |
May 1-12 |
March to Washington, D. C, |
May 23 |
Grand Review |
June |
Moved to Louisville, Ky. |
July 1 |
Mustered out |
