Federal Regiment

7th Ohio Infantry

"Rooster Regiment"
Mustered in on 4/27/1861
Disbanded/Mustered out: Cleveland, OH 7/7/1864

Commanding Officers on the Antietam Campaign:
Maj. Orrin J. Crane
Capt. Frederick A. Seymour

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - Twelfth Army Corps
  Division - 2nd Division, 12th Corps
  Brigade - 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 12th Corps

Unit history

The Regiment was formed in response to President Lincoln's initial call for 75,000 troops in April 1862. On 27 April 1861 the 7th Ohio was formed at Camp Taylor, Cleveland, largely from men of northeastern Ohio, originally for three-month service. In mid-June most enlisted for a three-year term. Eramus B. Tyler was elected first Colonel, and William R. Creighton Lieutenant Colonel.

They served on operations in Western Virginia through January of 1862, and then the Shenandoah Valley - seeing action in the Battles of Kernstown and Port Republic. Colonel Creighton was made Colonel of the regiment in May 1862 on the promotion of BGen Tyler.

On the Antietam Campaign

Colonel Creighton was seriously wounded at Cedar Mountain on 9 August 1862, and Major Crane took command of the regiment. During the battle of Antietam, Major Crane assumed command of the Brigade from Colonel Tyndale, and Captain Frederick A. Seymour, Company G, was left in charge of the Regiment.

Maps Showing this Unit

Detail Map #3: Mansfield's Twelfth Corps Attacks into Miller's Cornfield (7-9 am)
Detail Map #4: Greene's High-Water Mark in the West Woods (9am-noon)
Detail Map #5: Sedgwick is Flanked in the West Woods (9-10am)
Detail Map #10: Confederate Counterattacks in the Center (11 am-1 pm)

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #48: Greene's Division, Twelfth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 12 AM to 17 Sep, 9 AM
Tablet #120: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #27: Twelfth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #50: Tyndale's Brigade, Greene's Division - 17 Sep, 8 AM to 17 Sep, 10 AM
Tablet #117: Greene's Division, Twelfth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 8 AM to 17 Sep, 9 AM
Tablet #51: Greene's Division, Twelfth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 9 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #53: Tyndale's Brigade, Greene's Division - 17 Sep, 9 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM

After the Antietam Campaign

The regiment served at Chancellorsville (May 1863) and Gettysburg (July) before transferring West. There they were at Lookout Mountain and on the Atlanta Campaign of 1863 and 1864. On 11 June 1864 men whose service was not expiring were transferred to the 5th Ohio Infantry, and the regiment was ordered to Cleveland to muster out of service.

References & Notes

Source: Larry Hardman's research posted on his of The 7th Regiment website, including excellent biographies of the field and staff officers of the regiment.

We have 62 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
A	Sgt	Claflin, Jeremiah Getchel	WIA 09/17
A	Lt	Howe, William Addison
A	Sgt	McKay, George A.	WIA 09/17
B	Sgt	Bauder, Levi Francis
B	Pvt	Hill, Pliny E.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Hubler, Joseph	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Lamphear, Laurin Kirk	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Meacham, Eldridge F.	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Schmidt, Gustav
B	Pvt	Sperick, George O.	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Steinberner, George	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Wood, George W.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Condit, Edgar Mantelbert
C	Corp	Goodsell, Edward W.	MWIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Guinn, James Miller
C	Sgt	Jones, Isaac C.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Ward, David Austin
D	Pvt	Cain, William
D	Pvt	Colwell, Albert
D	Lt	Davis, Llewellyn R.
D	Corp	Miller, Ephraim C.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Tisdel, Willard Parker
E	Corp	Bailey, Henry Havilock	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Clarke, Joseph S.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Everett, David	MWIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Mears, Nahum	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Weatherlow, Daniel	WIA 09/17
E	Capt	Weed, Charles A.
F	Sgt	Carter, James B.	KIA 09/17
F	Corp	Ely, John	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Morley, Alfred Watson	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Reed, Averitt C.	WIA 09/17
G	Corp	Bryan, James C.	WIA 09/17
G	Corp	Bull, Austin	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Coe, Allison	MWIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Cromwell, William	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Houck, George W.	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Lazarus, Martin	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	May, Alfred E.	WIA 09/17
G	Capt	Seymour, Frederick A.
G	Pvt	Wilcox, Henry	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Woolf, Thomas	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Bacon, Henry	KIA 09/17
H	Corp	Bell, Hiram J.	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Cavannah, Arthur Albion
H	Pvt	Garrard, Charles T.
H	Pvt	Murray, Robert Drake
H	Pvt	Tenney, Charles N.
H	Pvt	White, Addison
H	Pvt	White, Riley
I	Pvt	Bryant, Caleb L.	WIA 09/17
I	Sgt	Housel, James	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	McFadden, John	Died (d) 10/31
K	Pvt	Bauer, Nicholas	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Breidenbach, Charles	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Graeter, Charles	WIA 09/17
K	Lt	Krieger, Ernst J.	WIA 09/17
K	Corp	Kurz, Jacob	WIA 09/17
K	Lt	Nesper, Christian W.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Wandel, George	WIA 09/17
F&S	Maj	Crane, Orrin Johnson
F&S	Lt	Molyneaux, Joseph B.

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