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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)

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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 #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? Details*
APvtFord, William N.POW   09/00     We have some details for this person
ASgtWatson, James A.KIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
BPvtAtkins, Charles L.MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
CCaptAshby, Philip Slaughter        We have some details for this person
CPvtBrown, William H.POW   09/14     We have some details for this person
CPvtWolfrey, Benjamin POW   09/00     We have some details for this person
DCaptBane, Robert Harvey        We have some details for this person
DPvtBurton, Travis         We have some details for this person
DPvtCole, James T.MWIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
DPvtCrawford, John R.WIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
DPvtDarr, Tim P.POW   09/14     We have some details for this person
DPvtDudley, John S.POW   09/14     We have some details for this person
DPvtHale, John A.        We have some details for this person
DSgtHare, Isaac         We have some details for this person
DPvtHoge, Baldwin LloydWIA/POW   09/14     We have some details for this person
DSgtHughes, Joseph C.POW   09/17     We have some details for this person
DPvtHurt, James Jackson        We have some details for this person
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DPvtJones, John Frank        We have some details for this person
DPvtKnoll, George WIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
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DPvtMeadows, John         We have some details for this person
DPvtMunsey, Wiley Winton        We have some details for this person
DSgtPeters, William D.        We have some details for this person
DSgtSnidow, William Henry Harrison        We have some details for this person
DPvtStafford, Ralph M.        We have some details for this person
DLtStone, Elisha M.        We have some details for this person
DPvtTaylor, Thomas Samuel Lark        We have some details for this person
DSgtThompson, Andrew J.        We have some details for this person
DPvtWilborn, Hugh J.POW   09/14     We have some details for this person
EPvtAllen, John W.POW   09/15     We have some details for this person
ESgtBurrows, Henry ClayPOW   09/00     We have some details for this person
FPvtAnderson, Milton O.MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
FPvtDoggett, Lewis T.POW   09/15     We have some details for this person
FPvtDurrow, William WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
FPvtWatson, W. F.KIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
FPvtWatts, L. T.POW   09/17     We have some details for this person
GPvtBarkins, A. POW   09/17     We have some details for this person
GPvtBerry, Jordan RufusWIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
GPvtCampbell, Champ POW   09/14     We have some details for this person
IPvtJarman, William DanielWIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
IPvtRyan, James W.POW   09/00     We have some details for this person
F&SPvtBurrows, Francis MasonPOW   09/13     We have some details for this person
UnkPvtAtwood, George MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
UnkPvtBaehr, Francis J.POW   09/17     We have some details for this person
UnkPvtBryson, J. MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person

 

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