Unit

Confederate Regiment

7th Georgia Infantry

Organized: Atlanta, Georgia; mustered in 5/1861
Disbanded/Mustered out: Appomattox Courthouse, VA 4/9/1865

Commanding Officer:
LCol. G. H. Carmical

Maps Showing this Unit:
   Detail Map #4: Greene's High-Water Mark in the West Woods
   Detail Map #5: Sedgwick is Flanked in the West Woods
   Detail Map #8b: Sykes' Regulars Near Sharpsburg

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit:
   Tablet #303: Longstreet's Command - 14 Sep, 9 PM to 15 Sep, 12 PM
   Tablet #322: Jones' Division, Longstreet's Command - 14 Sep, 9 PM to 16 Sep, 9 PM
   Tablet #328: Anderson's Brigade, D.R. Jones Division - 15 Sep, 12 PM to 17 Sep, 7 AM
   Tablet #368: Jones' Division, Longstreet's Command - 15 Sep, 9 AM to 16 Sep, 9 PM
   Tablet #304: Longstreet's Command - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 3 PM
   Tablet #323: Anderson's Brigade, D.R. Jones Division - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 4 PM

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of Northern Virginia
  Corps - Longstreet's Command
  Division - Jones' Division
  Brigade - Anderson's (GA) Brigade

History of the Unit:
in June 1861 the Regiment was posted to Harpers Ferry,Virginia, and fought at First Manassas. Until the end of the war, the regiment served in the Brigade under the command of General G. T. Anderson. It participated in the campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Day's 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 present at the Petersburg Siege and on the Appomattox Campaign.

References, Sources, and other Notes:
Source: Sifakis, Stewart, The Compendium of the Confederate Armies, South Carolina and Georgia, Facts on File, 1995.

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