United States Regiments & Batteries > New York > Seventh New York Veteran Infantry Regiment
The Seventh New York Veteran Infantry Regiment lost 3 officers and 52 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 73 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1864
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| Organized at Hart’s Island, New York under Colonel George W. Von Schack, the former colonel of the Seventh New York Infantry Regiment. | |
| March 29 | Company A mustered in and left for Army of the Potomac, attached to 52nd New York Infantry. |
| May 1 | Company B mustered in and joined Company A |
| May 8-21 |
Battle of Spottsylvania Court HouseCompanies A and B lost 3 men mortally wounded and 2 enliisted men wounded |
| June 4 | Company C mustered in and joined the regiment |
| June 15 – April 4 |
Siege of PetersburgThe regiment lost 1 officer and 8 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 19 enlisted men wounded, and 1 man missing in operations not covered in the the following actions |
| July 15 | Company D mustered in and and joined the regiment. Lieutenant Colonel George Von Schack was mustered in |
| July 22 | The 7th New York Veteran Infantry Regiment appeared on the records as a separate organization attached to Consolidated Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Corps, Army of the Potomac at the Siege of Petersburg |
| July 27-29 | Demonstration north of the James River |
| July 27-28 |
Deep Bottom |
| July 30 |
Mine Explosion, Petersburg (Reserve) |
| August 9 | Company E mustered in |
| August 13-20 | Demonstration north of James River |
| August 14-18 |
Strawberry Plains, Deep BottomThe regiment lost 2 men killed, 1 officer and 11 enlisted men wounded. |
| August 25 |
Ream’s StationThe regiment lost 4 men killed, 2 men mortally wounded, 21 men wounded, and 2 officers and 31 men missing. |
| September 1 | Company F mustered in |
| September 15 | Captain G. A. Seydel of the 29th New York Infantry transferred in as major. |
| September 17 | Company G mustered in |
| October 13 | Company H mustered in |
| October 22 | Company I mustered in |
| October 27 | Captain Emilsick killed at Fort Sedgwick, Virginia |
| October 31 | Company K mustered in |
| November | Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Corps, Army of the Potomac. |
| November 2 | Lieutenant Colonel Von Schack was promoted to colonel, and Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Pokorny mustered in, with rank from February 4. |
| November 7 | Captain Arthur A. Brand was dismissed by sentence general court-martial. |
| November 25 | Major Seydel was discharged. |
| December 9-10 | Reconnaissance to Hatcher’s Run |
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1865
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| January 3 | Captain Jacob Scheu of Company A promoted to major |
| February 5-7 |
Dabney’s Mills, Hatcher’s Run |
| March 25 | Watkins House |
| March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
| March 29-30 |
Boydton RoadLieutenant Erich Bartels and 3 enlisted men killed |
| March 31 |
White Oak RoadLieutenant Lewis Fasbinder was wounded |
| April 2 |
Sutherland Station and fall of PetersburgThe regiment lost 10 men killed, 5 men mortally wounded and Major Jacob Scheu wounded and disabled |
| April 6 |
Sailor’s Creek |
| April 7 |
High Bridge, FarmvilleThe regiment lost 3 men killed and 6 men mortally wounded. |
| April 9 |
Appomattox Court HouseSurrender of Lee and his army. |
| April 10 | Lieutenant Hermann Elmeier died of his wounds at City Point Hospital, Virginia. |
| May | March to Washington, D.C. |
| May 23 | Grand Review |
| June | Moved to Hart’s Island, N.Y. |
| August 4 | The Seventh New York Veteran Infantry Regiment mustered out at Hart’s Island, New York under the command of Colonel George Von Schack and Lieutenant Colonel Pokorny |