7th South Carolina Infantry Battalion
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- Also referred to as the Enfield Rifles
- February 22, 1862 - Organized with five companies
- ? - Mustered into Confederate service
- March 29, 1862 - Edisto Island
- May 27, 1862 - Companies F/G assigned
- October 16, 1862 - Company H assigned
- October 22-23, 1862 - Coosawhatchie
- July 1863 - Battery Wagner
- August-September 1863 - Charleston Harbor
- May 9, 1864 - Swift Creek
- May 12, 1864 - Drewry's Bluff
- May 16, 1864 - Drewry's Bluff
- June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
- August 21, 1864 - Weldon Railroad
- September 30, 1864 - 2nd Fort Harrison
- January 13-15, 1865 - 2nd Fort Fisher
- February-April 1865 -
The Carolinas Campaign
- March 19-21, 1865 - Bentonville
- April 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General Joseph E. Johnston at Durham Station, Orange County, North Carolina
DESIGNATIONS
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 3rd Military District of South Carolina (February-June 1862)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 2nd Military District of South Carolina / 2nd Sub-Division (June 1862-July 1863)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina / 2nd Sub-Division / Clingman's Brigade (August-September 1863)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina / 2nd Sub-Division / Unattached (September 1863)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina / Unattached (October 1863-April 1864)
- Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / Hoke's Division / Hagood's Brigade (May-October 1864)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 4th Corps / Hoke's Division / Hagood's Brigade (October-December 1864)
- Department of North Carolina / Hoke's Division / Hagood's Brigade (December 1864-March 1865)
- Hardee's Corps / Hoke's Division / Hagood's Brigade (March-April 1865)
- Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Hoke's Division / Hagood's Brigade (April 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Patrick H. Nelson (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
- Lovick W.R. Blair (Major)
- James H. Rion (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
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Regiment Statistical Information
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Legacy
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Notes
Sources
- Hagood, Johnson, Memoirs of the War of Secession.
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. South Carolina and Georgia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 74-75, 106)