7th Kentucky Infantry
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- September 1861 - Organized at Camp Burnett near Clinton, Hickman County, Kentucky
- ? - (I) Company K became 13th Arkansas Infantry / Company E
- 2nd Confederate States Infantry / Company C re-designated as (II) Company K
- April 6-7, 1862 - Shiloh
- April-June 1862 - Corinth Campaign
- May 20, 1862 - Reorganized at Corinth, Mississippi
- May 18-July 27, 1862 - Vicksburg Bombardments
- August 5, 1862 - Baton Rouge
- October 3-4, 1862 - Corinth
- December 31, 1862-January 3, 1863 - Murfreesboro
- April-July 1863 - Vicksburg Campaign
- May 12, 1863 - Raymond
- May 16, 1863 - Champion Hill
- July 1863 - Siege of Jackson
- February-March 1864 - Meridian Campaign
- March 1, 1864 - Unit mounted at Barnesville, Georgia
- March 25, 1865 - Paducah
- June 10, 1864 - Brice's Cross Roads
- June 14, 1864 - Tupelo
- November 29, 1864 - Spring Hill
- November 30, 1864 - Franklin
- December 15-16, 1864 - Nashville
- March 22-April 24, 1865 - Wilson's Raid
- April 1, 1865 - Plantersville
- April 1, 1865 - Ebenezer Church
- April 2, 1865 - Selma
- May 6, 1865 - Surrendered at Columbus, Mississippi
DESIGNATIONS
- November 1861-March 1862 - Department #2 / 1st Geographical Division / Cheatham's Division / 2nd Brigade
- March 1862 - Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 1st Grand Division / Stephens' Brigade
- March 1862 - Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 1st Grand Division / Cheatham's Division / Stephens' Brigade
- March-April 1862 - Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 1st Corps / Cheatham's Division / Stephens'/Maney's Brigade
- April-June 1862 - Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Reserve Corps / Preston's Brigade
- June-July 1862 - Department #2 / District of the Mississippi / Breckenridge's Division / Preston's Brigade
- July-August 1862 - Department #2 / District of the Mississippi / Breckinridge's Command / Ruggles' Division / Thompson's Brigade
- October 1862 - Department #2 / District of the Mississippi / Lovell's Division / Rust's Brigade
- October 1862-January 1863 - Army of the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 1st Corps / Rust's Division / Thompson's Brigade
- January-February 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Loring's Division / Rust's Brigade
- March 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 3rd Military District / Rust's Brigade
- March-April 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 3rd Military District / Buford's Brigade
- April-May 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Loring's Division / Buford's Brigade
- May-July 1863 - Department of the West / Loring's Division / Buford's Brigade
- July 1863-January 1864 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Loring's Division / Buford's Brigade
- January-March 1864 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / Loring's Division / Buford's Brigade
- March-November 1864 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / Forrest's Cavalry Corps / Buford's Division / Thompson's/Crossland's/Lyon's/Crossland's Brigade
- November 1864-January 1865 - Army of Tennessee / Forrest's Cavalry Corps / Buford's Division / Crossland's Brigade
- March-May 1865 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / Forrest's Cavalry Corps / Crossland's Brigade
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Charles Wickliffe (Colonel)
- Edward Crossland (Colonel)
- Henry S. Hale (Major)
- William D. Lannom (Lieutenant Colonel)
- L.J. Sherrill (Lieutenant Colonel)
- W.J.N. Welborn (Lieutenant Colonel)
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Notes
Sources
- Davis, William C., The Orphan Brigade: The Kentucky Confederates Who Couldn't Go Home
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, the Confederate Units, and the Indian Units. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 41, 183)
- George, Henry, History of the Third, Seventh, Eighth, and Twelfth Kentucky, C.S.A.