Confederate Regiment

7th Virginia Infantry

Commanding Officer on the Sharpsburg Campaign:
Capt. Philip S. Ashby

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of Northern Virginia
  Corps - Longstreet's Command
  Division - Jones' Division
  Brigade - Kemper's Brigade

Unit history

Colonel Waller T Patton, along with his Lieutenant Colonel and Major, were wounded at 2nd Manassas on August 30, 1862 and Captain Ashby of Company C assumed command there. On Brigadier Kemper's orders, Major Herbert of the 17th Virginia took command of the 7th Virginia on the Maryland Campaign, at least until he returned to command his own regiment when his Colonel was wounded at Sharpsburg on 17 September.

On the Sharpsburg Campaign

"Near or a little past noon, the 24th Virginia regiment was detached [from Kemper's Brigade] and sent some eight hundred or a thousand yards to and beyond the Confederate right, to keep watch in the direction of some of the fords of the Antietam. A short while after this regiment was detached, the 7th Virginia under Captain Philip Ashby was sent to a point from five hundred to six hundred yards to the right of the position it had been occupying in brigade line, leaving General Kemper with three small regiments, 1st, 11th, and 17th Virginia numbering not exceeding two hundred men"
(from Middle New River)

Maps Showing this Unit

Detail Map #8: Rodman's Division Crosses at Snavely's Ford (10 am-1 pm)
Detail Map #12: Burnside's Ninth Corps Climbs Toward Sharpsburg (3-4 pm)
Detail Map #13: AP Hill's Division Hits Burnside's Flank (4-5 pm)

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 #346: Kemper's Brigade, D.R. Jones' Division - 15 Sep, 12 PM to 19 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

References & Notes

Johnston, David E., A History of Middle New River [Mercer County, Va], Chapter 7, Part 7; Huntington, W. Va.: Standard PTG. & Pub. Co., 1906 - transcribed online by Kinyon Digital Library.

We have 46 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
A	Pvt	Ford, William N.	POW 09/00
A	Sgt	Watson, James A.	KIA 09/14
B	Pvt	Atkins, Charles L.	MWIA 09/17
C	Capt	Ashby, Philip Slaughter
C	Pvt	Brown, William H.	POW 09/14
C	Pvt	Wolfrey, Benjamin	POW 09/00
D	Capt	Bane, Robert Harvey
D	Pvt	Burton, Travis
D	Pvt	Cole, James T.	MWIA 09/14
D	Pvt	Crawford, John R.	WIA 09/14
D	Pvt	Darr, Tim P.	POW 09/14
D	Pvt	Dudley, John S.	POW 09/14
D	Pvt	Hale, John A.
D	Sgt	Hare, Isaac
D	Pvt	Hoge, Baldwin Lloyd	WIA/POW 09/14
D	Sgt	Hughes, Joseph C.	POW 09/17
D	Pvt	Hurt, James Jackson
D	Corp	Johnston, David Emmons
D	Pvt	Jones, John Frank
D	Pvt	Knoll, George	WIA 09/14
D	Sgt	Mays, Tapley P.	MWIA 09/14
D	Pvt	Meadows, John
D	Pvt	Munsey, Wiley Winton
D	Sgt	Peters, William D.
D	Sgt	Snidow, William Henry Harrison
D	Pvt	Stafford, Ralph M.
D	Lt	Stone, Elisha M.
D	Pvt	Taylor, Thomas Samuel Lark
D	Sgt	Thompson, Andrew J.
D	Pvt	Wilborn, Hugh J.	POW 09/14
E	Pvt	Allen, John W.	POW 09/15
E	Sgt	Burrows, Henry Clay	POW 09/00
F	Pvt	Anderson, Milton O.	MWIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Doggett, Lewis T.	POW 09/15
F	Pvt	Durrow, William	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Watson, W. F.	KIA 09/14
F	Pvt	Watts, L. T.	POW 09/17
G	Pvt	Barkins, A.	POW 09/17
G	Pvt	Berry, Jordan Rufus	WIA 09/14
G	Pvt	Campbell, Champ	POW 09/14
I	Pvt	Jarman, William Daniel	WIA 09/14
I	Pvt	Ryan, James W.	POW 09/00
F&S	Pvt	Burrows, Francis Mason	POW 09/13
Unk	Pvt	Atwood, George	MWIA 09/17
Unk	Pvt	Baehr, Francis J.	POW 09/17
Unk	Pvt	Bryson, J.	MWIA 09/17

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