United States Regiments & Batteries * United States Colored Troops
The 7th Regiment United States Colored Troops lost 1 officer and 84 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 307 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1863
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| September 26 to November 12 | Organized at Baltimore, Md. |
| November | Duty at Camp Benedict, Md. |
| November 12 | Colonel James Shaw, Jr., former Lieutenant Colonel of the 12th Rhode Island Infantry took command of the regiment. |
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1864
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| March 4 | Ordered to Portsmouth, Va. |
| March 7-10 | To Hilton Head, S.C. |
| March 14-15 | To Jacksonville, Fla. |
| March | Duty at Jacksonville, Fla. attached to Post of Jacksonville, Fla., District of Florida, Dept. of the South. Colonel Shaw was appointed Post Commander of Jacksonville. |
| April 2 | Cedar Creek |
| May 6 | Near Jacksonville |
| May 25 | Near Camp Finnegan |
| May 28 | Near Jacksonville |
| May 31-June 3 | Expedition to Camp Milton |
| June 2 | Camp Milton |
| June 27 | Moved to Hilton Head, S.C. and attached to District of Hilton Head, S.C., Dept. of the South |
| July 2-10 | Expedition to North Edisto River and Johns and James Islands |
| July 3 | Near Winter’s Point and King’s Creek |
| July 5 and 7 | Skirmishes on James Island |
| July 9 | Burden’s Causeway, Johns Island |
| July 15 | Moved to Jacksonville and attached to District of Florida, Dept. of the South |
| July 22-August 5 | Expedition to Florida & Gulf Railroad |
| August 6-11 | Moved to Bermuda Hundred, Va. and attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 10th Corps, Army of the James, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
| August to April | Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond |
| August 16-20 | Demonstration north of James River |
| August 16 | Russell’s Mills |
| August 16-18 | Strawberry Plains |
| September 28-30 | Battle of Chaffin’s Farm, New Market Heights |
| October 13 |
Darbytown Road |
| October 27-28 |
Battle of Fair Oaks |
| October 28 |
Near Richmond |
| November-March | In trenches before Richmond |
| December | Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 25th Corps |
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1865
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| March 27-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
| March 29-31 |
Hatcher’s Run |
| April 2 |
Fall of Petersburg |
| April 3-9 | Pursuit of Lee |
| April 9 |
Appomattox Court HouseSurrender of Lee and his army. |
| April 11 | Moved to Petersburg |
| May 24-June 23 | Moved to Indianola, Texas |
| June | Duty on the Rio Grande and at various points in the Dept. of Texas |
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1866
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| October 13 | Mustered out |
| October 14-November 4 | Moved to Baltimore, Md. |
| November 15 | Discharged at Baltimore, Md. |