(II) 7th Ohio Infantry
Regimental History and Service Record
Organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio, June 16, 1861. Left State for Clarksburg, W. Va., June 26, 1861, arriving there June 29. Attached to Railroad District, West Virginia, to January, 1862. 3rd Brigade, Landers' Division, Army Potomac, to March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, Shields' 2nd Division, Banks' 5th Army Corps, and Dept. of the Shenandoah, to May, 1862. 3rd Brigade, Shields' Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Corps, Pope's Army of Virginia, to August, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 12th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to October, 1863, and Army of the Cumberland, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to June, 1864.
SERVICE.--Expedition to Weston, W. Va., June 29-30. Relief of Glenville July 5. Advance to Sutton and Cross Lanes July 7-August 15. Moved to Gauley Bridge August 21-22. Cross Lanes, near Summerville, August 26. At Charleston until November. Operations in the Kanawha Valley October 19-November 16. Expedition to Loop Creek and Fayetteville November 1-15. McCoy's Mills November 15. Expedition to Blue's Gap January 6-7, 1862. Blue's Gap January 7. Duty at Hampton Heights and Paw Paw Tunnel until March 7. Advance on Winchester March 7-15. Reconnaissance to Strasburg March 18-21.
Monterey April 12. March to Fredericksburg May 12-21, and return to Front Royal May 25-30. Battle of Port Republic June 9. Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Guard trains during battles of Bull Run August 28-30.
- September 3-20, 1862 -
The Maryland Campaign
Moved to Harper's Ferry, W. Va., and duty at Bolivar Heights until December. Reconnaissance to Rippon, W. Va., November 8. Reconnaissance to Charleston December 1-6.
March to Stafford Court House December 10-14, and duty there until January 20, 1863. Dumfries December 29. "Mud March" January 20-24. At Stafford Court House until April 27.
- April 27-May 6, 1863 -
The Chancellorsville Campaign
- May 1-5, 1863 -
Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
- May 1-5, 1863 -
- June 11-August 1, 1863 -
The Gettysburg Campaign
- July 1-3, 1863 -
Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va., July 5-24.
- July 1-3, 1863 -
- Duty at New York during draft disturbances August 29-September 8.
- Movement to Bridgeport. Ala., September 24-October 3.
- Garrison's Creek, near Fosterville, October 6 (Detachment).
- Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29.
- November 23-27, 1863 -
The Chattanooga/Ringgold Campaign
- Lookout Mountain November 23-24
- Mission Ridge November 25
- Ringgold Gap, Taylor's Ridge, November 27.
- At Bridgeport, Ala., until May.
- April 12-16, 1864 -
Reconnaissance from Bridgeport, Alabama to Triana, Alabama
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- April 12-16, 1864 -
- May 1-June 11, 1864 -
The Atlanta Campaign
- May 8-11, 1864 -
Demonstration against Rocky Faced Ridge, Georgia
- Dug Gap, or Mill Creek, May 8.
- May 14-May 15, 1864 -
Battle of Resaca, Georgia
- Near Cassville May 19.
- New Hope Church May 25.
- May 25-June 5, 1864 -
Operations in Bartow County, Georgia
- May 8-11, 1864 -
- Left front for muster out June 11.
- Veterans and Recruits transferred to 5th Ohio Infantry.
- Mustered out July 6, 1864, expiration of term.
- November 9, 1864 -
Skirmish near Atlanta, Georgia
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Notes
Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 665, 703, 704, 705, 707, 721, 761, 827, 866, 897, 905, 911, 916, 1499)
- Fox, William F. 1840-1909. Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the Extent and Nature of the Mortuary Losses in the Union Regiments, With Full and Exhaustive Statistics Compiled From the Official Records on File in the State Military Bureaus and at Washington. Albany: Albany Pub. Co., 1889. (Page 13)