| Unit Name: | 7th Florida Infantry Regiment |
| Dates: | April 1862 - 1865 |
| Allegiance: | Confederate Florida |
| Role: | Infantry |
The 7th Florida Infantry Regiment was a Civil War regiment from Florida organized at Gainesville, in April, 1862. Its companies were recruited in the counties of Bradford, Hillsborough, Alachua, Manatee, and Marion.
During the war it served in the Florida Brigade of the Army of Tennessee. The nucleus of Company K of the regiment was made up of men who served as a militia Coast Guard company before the war. One member of the unit described the diverse nature of the company by saying "it is composed of Yankees, Crackers, Conchs, Englishmen, Spaniards, Germans, Frenchmen, Italians, Poles, Irishmen, Swedes, Chinese, Portuguese, Brazilians...also Scotsmen, Welshmen, and some Half Indians."[1]
The 7th took an active part in the arduous campaigns of the army from Chickamauga to Nashville, then fought its last battle at Bentonville.[2]
| Company | Nickname | Commander | Number of Soldiers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Capt. Roland Thomas (resigned, replaced by Henry F York) | |||
| B | South Florida Rifles | Capt. James Gettis | ||
| C | Alachua Rangers[3] | Capt. Philip B. H. Dudley | ||
| D | Alachua Rebels[4] | Capt. Simeon VanLandingham | ||
| E | South Florida Bulldogs[5] | Capt. Nathan S. Blount | ||
| F | Capt. William W. Sloan | |||
| G | Capt. S. D. McConnell | |||
| H | Marion Hornets[6] | Capt. Wade H. Eichelberger | ||
| I | Capt. A. S. Moseley | |||
| K | Key West Avengers | Capt. R. B. Smith | 100 |