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Confederate Regiment

7th Georgia Infantry

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

 

Commanding Officer on the Sharpsburg Campaign:
  Lt. Col. George H. Carmical

 

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


Unit history

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.

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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

References & Notes

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

We have 8 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

 

Co. Rank Name Casualty? Details*
BLtBrooks, Lewis PinkneyWIA   09/17     We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
CPvtHarris, Reuben KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
GPvtBeck, John R.KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
GPvtRooks, William R.KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
HPvtMoon, Archibald KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
HPvtWiley, Samuel B.KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
KPvtWright, James M.KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
F&SLColCarmical, George H.        We have some details for this person

 

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