7th Michigan Infantry Regiment

7th Michigan Infantry Regiment
7th Michigan Infantry Regiment
	Michigan state flag
Active	August 22, 1861, to July 5, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	First Battle of Bull Run ; Peninsular Campaign ; Second Battle of Bull Run ; Battle of Chantilly ; Battle of Antietam ; Battle of Fredericksburg ; Battle of Chancellorsville ; Battle of Gettysburg ; Battle of Bristoe Station ; Battle of the Wilderness ; Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ; Battle of Cold Harbor ; Siege of Petersburg ; Appomattox Campaign

Last updated January 13, 2025

The 7th Michigan Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 7th Michigan Infantry was organized at Monroe, Michigan and mustered into Federal service for a three-year enlistment on August 22, 1861. Among the ranks was future Brigadier General Henry Baxter, who was captain of C Company.

The 7th was assigned to the Army of the Potomac soon after it was formed and served in the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Corps, for the duration of the war. Sister regiments in the 3rd Brigade included the 19th Massachusetts, 20th Massachusetts, 42nd New York, and 59th New York.

The 7th was one of the first regiments to cross the Rappahannock River on Dec. 11th, 1862 while under fire from Confederate sharpshooters hidden in the buildings of Fredericksburg, the first opposed riverine assault in American military history.

The regiment was mustered out on July 5, 1865, since, as the war was over, they were no longer needed.

Notable Members

In July 1862, Norman J. Hall, a Regular Army artilleryman assumed command of the regiment and led it until he was promoted to brigade command before the Battle of Gettysburg.

Infantryman William Rufus Shafter was wounded at the Battle of Fair Oaks; he later received the Medal of Honor for heroism during the battle.

Sergeant Alonzo Smith of Company C received the Medal of Honor on December 1, 1864 for his actions at the Battle of Boydton Plank Road on October 27, 1864.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 11 officers and 197 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 3 officers and 186 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 397 fatalities.^[1]

Commanders

Major Sylvanus W. Curtiss
Colonel Norman J. Hall
Lt Colonel Amos Steele
Lt Colonel George W. LaPoint

Notes

↑ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmiinf1.htm The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.

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References

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[1] ttp://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmiinf1.htm The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.

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