United States Regiments & Batteries > Wisconsin
The 7th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment lost 10 officers and 271 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 143 enlisted men by disease during the Civil War. The Seventh Wisconsin is honored by a monument on the Gettysburg battlefield.
Four men of the 7th won the Medal of Honor: Francis J. Coates, Horace Ellis, Albert O’Connor and William H. Sickles, the most of any Wisconsin regiment.
1861 | |
August | Organized at Camp Randall, Madison, Wisconsin |
September 2 | Mustered in under Colonel Joseph Vandor, Lieutenant Colonel William W. Robinson and Major Charles A. Hamilton. |
September 21 | Left State for Washington, D.C. |
October 1 | Arrived in Washington and attached to King’s Brigade, McDowell’s Division, Army of the Potomac and duty in the Defenses of Washington |
1862 | |
January 30 | Colonel Vandor resigned. |
February 3 | Lieutenant Colonel Robinson was promoted to colonel, Major Hamilton to lieutenant colonel, and Captain George Bill of Company A to major. |
March | Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
March 10-16 | Advance on Manassas, Va. |
April 9-19 | Advance to Falmouth, Va. and duty at Falmouth and Fredericksburg |
April | Attached to 3rd Brigade, King’s Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock |
May 25-29 | McDowell’s advance on Richmond |
June 2-11 | Operations against Jackson |
June | Attached to 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of Virginia |
July 24-27 | Reconnaissance to Orange Court House |
August 5-8 | Expedition to Frederick’s Hall Station and Spotsylvania Court House |
August 5-6 | Thornburg’s Mills or Massaponax Church |
August 9 | Battle of Cedar Mountain |
August 16 | Pope’s Campaign in Northern Virginia |
August 21-23 | Fords of the Rappahannock |
August 22 | Catlett’s Station |
August 28 |
Battle of Groveton, or Brawner’s FarmColonel Robinson, Lieutenant Colonel Hamilton and Major Bill were wounded, although Hamilton remained on the field until the end of the fighting. Captain John B. Callis of Company F then took command of the regiment as senior captain. The regiment is referenced on a trailside marker along the Brawner’s Farm loop trail on the Bull Run battlefield. |
August 29-30 |
Second Battle of Bull Run |
September 1 | Battle of Chantilly (Reserve) |
September 6 | Maryland Campaign. Attached to 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
September 14 |
Battle of South Mountain
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September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam
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September 18 | At Sharpsburg, Md. |
October 30-November 22 | Movement to Falmouth, Va. |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. |
1863 | |
January 5 | Major Bill had never recovered from his Brawner Farm wound enough to return to the field and resigned. |
January 20-24 | “Mud March” |
January 25 | At Belle Plain |
February 26 | Captain John B. Callis of Company F was promoted to major effective to January 5. |
March 3 | Major Hamilton was discharged due to his wound from Brawner’s Farm, the doctors never having been able to successfully extricate a bullet from his thigh. |
March 9 | Major Callis was promoted to lieutenant colonel and Captain Mark Finnicum of Company H was promoted to major. |
April 27 | Chancellorsville Campaign |
April 29-May 2 | Operations at Pollock’s Mill Creek |
April 29-30 |
Fitzhugh’s CrossingCaptain Alexander Gordon and Lieutenant Wiliam O. Topping were killed. |
May 2-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville
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June | Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps |
June 9 |
Battle of Brandy StationCommanded by Colonel William Robinson, the regiment was temporarily attached to a composite brigade of infantry that supported the left flank of the Cavalry Corps in the battle. |
June 11 | Gettysburg Campaign |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
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July 5-24 | Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va. |
July 25 | Duty on line of the Rappahannock and Rapidan |
October 9 | Bristoe Campaign |
October 19 |
Haymarket
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November 7-8 | Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 26 | Mine Run Campaign |
December | Lieutenant Colonel Callis was discharged due to disability from his Gettysburg wound. Major Finnicum was promoted to lieutenant colonel, and Captain Hollon Richardson was promoted to major. |
1864 | |
March | Attached to 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 5th Army Corps |
May 4 | Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River |
May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
May 8 | Battle of Laurel Hill |
May 8-21 |
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
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May 12 | Assault on the Salient, “Bloody Angle” |
May 23-26 | North Anna River |
May 23 | Jericho Ford |
May 26-28 | On line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 | Totopotomoy |
May 31 | Lieutenant Colonel Finnicum returned to duty after his Spotsylvania wound. |
June 1-12 |
Battle of Cold Harbor |
June 1-3 | Bethesda Church |
June 16-18 |
First Assault on PetersburgSiege of Petersburg begins |
July 9 | Colonel Robinson resigned. |
August | Attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps |
August 3 | Major Richardson was promoted to acting lieutenant colonel. |
August 18-21 |
Weldon Railroad
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September | Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps |
October 27-28 |
Boydton Plank Road (First Hatcher’s Run) |
December 17 | Lieutenant Colonel Mark Finnicum resigned. Major Richardson was confirmed as lieutenant colonel. |
December 29 | Captain George S. Hoyt was promoted to major. |
1865 | |
February 5-7 |
Dabney’s Mills, Hatcher’s Run |
March 28-April 9 | Appomattox Campaign |
March 28 |
Lewis Farm, near Gravelly Run
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March 30-31 | Boydton and White Oak Roads |
April 1 |
Battle of Five Forks
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April 2 | Fall of Petersburg |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court HouseSurrender of Lee and his army. |
May | Moved to Washington, D.C. |
May 23 | Grand Review |
June 16 | Moved to Louisville, Ky. |
July 2 | Mustered out |