7th Regiment
Georgia Volunteer Infantry
Army of Northern Virginia
C. S. A.
Field & Staff
7th Infantry Regiment was formed in May, 1861,
at Atlanta, Georgia, and in June moved to Harper's Ferry, Virginia.
Its members were raised in the counties Coweta, Paulding, De Kalb,
Franklin, Fulton, Heard, and Cobb. Assigned to Colonel F. S. Bartow's
Brigade, Army of the Shenandoah, it was active in the fight at
First Manassas. In April, 1862, the regiment had 611 effectives
and served under the command of General G. T. Anderson until the
end of the war. It participated in the campaigns of the Army of
Northern Virginia from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor,
except when it was detached with Longstreet at Suffolk, in Georgia,
and at Knoxville. The 7th was not involved in the Battle of Chickamauga.
It was active in the long Petersburg siege south and north of
the James River and later the Appomattox Campaign. It reported
153 casualties at First Manassas, 147 during the Seven Days' Battles,
and 120 at Second Manassas. Losses were light at Fredericksburg
and Gettysburg, but from April 14 to May 6 there were 98 disabled,
and from August 1 to December 31, 1864, the unit had 56 killed
or wounded. On April 9, 1865, it surrendered with 24 officers
and 164 men. The field officers were Colonels George H. Carmical,
Lucius J. Gartrell, William W. White, and William T. Wilson; Lieutenant
Colonels Moses T. Almon, James F. Cooper, and John Dunwoody; and
Majors Lemuel B. Anderson, E. W. Hoyle, John F. Kiser, and Horace
H. Witt.
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