United States Regiments & Batteries – New York – Infantry • Cavalry • Artillery
The 7th New York Regiment Veteran Infantry 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, N.Y. under Colonel George W. Von Schack | |
| 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 |
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 Petersburg
The 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 mustered in |
| July 22 | 7th New York Regiment Veteran Infantry appears on the records as a separate organization attached to Consolidated Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army 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 Bottom
The regiment lost 2 men killed, 1 officer and 11 enlisted men wounded. |
| August 25 | Ream’s Station
The 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 Emil sick killed at Fort Sedgwick, Virginia |
| October 31 | Company K mustered in |
| November | Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, |
| November 2 | Lt. Colonel Von Schack promoted to colonel, and Lt. Colonel Anthony Pokorny mustered in, with rank from February 4 |
| November 7 | Captain Arthur A. Brand dismissed by sentence general court-martial |
| November 25 | Major Seydel 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 Court House |
| March 29-30 | Hatcher’s Run or Boydton Road
Lieutenant Erich Bartels and 3 enlisted men killed |
| March 31 | White Oak Road
Lieutenant Lewis Fasbinder wounded |
| April 2 | Sutherland Station and fall of Petersburg
The 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, Farmville
The regiment lost 3 men killed and 6 men mortally wounded. |
| April 9 | Appomattox Court House. Surrender 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 | Mustered out at Hart’s Island, New York under Colonel Von Schack and Lt. Colonel Pokorny |