7th Indiana Infantry Regiment explained

Unit Name:	7th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Dates:	April 21, 1861, to August 2, 1861; September 13, 1861, to September 20, 1864
Country:	United States
Allegiance:	Union
Branch:	Army
Type:	Infantry
Battles:	Battle of Philippi Battle of Cheat Mountain Battle of Greenbrier River Battle of Winchester Battle of Port Republic Battle of Groveton Battle of Second Bull Run Battle of South Mountain Battle of Antietam Battle of Fredericksburg Battle of Chancellorsville Battle of Gettysburg Battle of the Wilderness Battle of Spotsylvania Siege of Petersburg

The 7th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment from the State of Indiana that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 7th Indiana Volunteer Infantry was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, between April 21 and April 27, 1861. The Regiment was sent to Grafton, Virginia (now West Virginia) on May 30, 1861, and participated in the Battle of Philippi, one of the first land battles of the Civil War, on June 3, 1861.^[1]

As part of Brigadier General Thomas A. Morris' Indiana Brigade (of Major General George B. McClellan's Army of West Virginia), the 7th Indiana participated in the Rich Mountain Campaign from July 6 to 17. The regiment saw action at Laurel Hill (July 7), Belington (July 8), the Battle of Corrick's Ford (July 12–14), and in the pursuit of Brig. Gen. Robert S. Garnett's forces (July 15–17). The regiment was mustered out of service on August 2, 1861.

A new 7th Indiana was organized from the three-month regiment at Indianapolis, Indiana, on September 13, 1861. The regiment mustered out of service on September 20, 1864. Men who re-enlisted, and those still with unexpired service, were transferred to the 19th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment.

Total strength and casualties

The three-month regiment suffered one enlisted man killed in battle and two enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of three fatalities.^[2]

The re-mustered regiment suffered 8 officers and 108 enlisted men killed in action or died of wounds and 2 officers and 111 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 229 fatalities.^[3]

Commanders

Colonel Ebenezer Dumont
Colonel Ira G. Grover

Notes/References/Sources

Notes

References

Sources

Book: Dyer, Frederick Henry. Frederick H. Dyer. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Dyer Pub. Co.. Des Moines, IA. 1908. B01BUFJ76Q. PDF. August 8, 2015. 1120.
Book: Federal Publishing Company. Military Affairs and Regimental Histories of New Jersey, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan. Federal Publishing Company. The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States, 1861–65 – Records of the Regiments in the Union army – Cyclopedia of battles – Memoirs of Commanders and Soldiers.. III. 1908 . . 694018100 . PDF . 111-112.
Book: Terrell . William Henry Harrison . Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana . A.H. Connor State Printer . Indiana Adjutant General Reports . II . 1865 . Indianapolis, IN . 40-47 . en . August 11, 2018 . 558004259 . pdf.
Web site: Indiana Battle Flag Inventory . Indiana War Memorial . May 4, 2021 . . January 6, 2024.
Union Regimental Histories - Indiana, The Civil War Archive website, after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
Civil War - Indiana

Notes and References

See Battle of Fairfax Court House (June 1861) for an article on a small battle which occurred in Fairfax County, Virginia, between the Virginia (Confederate) Warrenton Rifles militia company and a company of the 2d U.S. Cavalry Regiment on June 1, 1861, two days before the Battle of Philippi.
http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unininf1.htm#7th3mo 7th Indiana Regimental History
http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unininf1.htm#7th3yr The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.