Battle of Seven Pines

General Hatton was killed and General James Archer took command of the brigade.

Battles of Mechanicsville and Gaines’ Mills

The regiment lost 72 casualties. Lieutenant Colonel Howard was mortally wounded and Major Fite and Captain William Williamson were wounded.

Battle of Cedar Mountain

The regiment lost 34 men. Lieutenant Colonel Fite was wounded.

Second Battle of Manassas

The regiment was commanded by Major Shepard and lost 26 casualties;

Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)

Commanded by Adjutant George A. Howard, the regiment lost 30 casualties out of less than 100 effectives.

From the first of two position markers on the Antietam battlefield:

Archer’s Brigade formed line in the road at this point about 3 P.M. supported on the right by the Brigades of Branch and Gregg, and on the left by Toombs’ Brigade of D.R. Jones’ Division. It advanced through a narrow cornfield and across the broad ravine beyond to the stone wall about 600 yards distant, where it met and checked the left of the advancing Federal line. An attempt to advance farther was repulsed and the Brigade rallied behind the stone wall where it remained until early on the morning of the 19th when it recrossed the Potomac at Blackford’s Ford.

From the second of two position markers on the Antietam battlefield:

In its advance from the Antietam Furnace Road, West of this point, on the afternoon of September 17, 1862, Archer’s Brigade of A.P. Hill’s Division encountered the Federal troops posted behind the stone fence forming the western line of the 40 acre cornfield.

Gregg’s movements on the left flank of the Federal line having compelled it to retire, Archer’s Brigade charged over the fence and across the cornfield, but was repulsed with considerable loss and fell back to this side of the fence, where it remained until withdrawn to recross the Potomac on the morning of the 19th.

Shepherdstown

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

Battle of Chancellorsville

The regiment was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel John A. Fite. It participated in the charge which captured the Chancellor House, losing 11 killed and 45 wounded. Colonel Fite was wounded.

Battle of Gettysburg

The 7th Tennessee Infantry Regiment took part in the heavy fighting on July 1st as well as Pickett’s Charge on July 3. The 7th Tennessee 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. Colonel Fite and Major Williamson were captured. Colonel Fite would remain a prisoner for the rest of the war. Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Shepherd took command of the regiment when Colonel Fite fell.

When the men of the 7th Tennessee who had advanced the farthest were cut off and about to be captured, Captain A.D. Norris ripped the flag from the staff and carried it to safety. It was the only flag in Archer’s Brigade that survived the battle, although three standard bearers were lost carrying it.

Battle of the Wilderness

Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse

Colonel Fry took over brigade when General Walker was wounded.

Battle of Cold Harbor

Siege of Petersburg

Appomattox Court House

The 7th Tennessee Infantry Regiment surrendered 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, consisting of the 2nd Maryland Battalion, 1st, 7th, 14th, 23rd, 25th, 44th and 63rd Tennessee Infantry Regiments.