7th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment
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| 7th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment | |
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 Flag of West Virginia |
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| Active | July 16, 1861 to July 1, 1865 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Infantry |
| Battles/wars | Battle of Winchester Battle of Port Republic Battle of South Mountain Battle of Antietam Battle of Chancellorsville Battle of Gettysburg Battle of the Wilderness Battle of Spotsylvania Court House Battle of Cold Harbor Siege of Petersburg |
The 7th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. For much of the war, it was a part of the famed "Gibraltar Brigade" in the Army of the Potomac. It was famed primarily for two major actions, a determined charge on the Sunken Road at Antietam and a late evening counterattack on East Cemetery Hill at Gettysburg that helped push back an attack by the Louisiana Tigers.
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[edit] Service
The 7th West Virginia (originally the 7th Virginia) was organized at Grafton, Portland, Greenland, Cameron, Morgantown and Wheeling, in western Virginia between July 16, 1861, and December 3, 1861.
The regiment participated in the Grand Review of the Armies on May 23, 1865, and was mustered out of Federal service on June 1, 1865.
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The 7th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment suffered 9 Officers and 133 enlisted men killed or fatally wounded in battle and 4 officers and 154 enlisted men dead from disease, for a total of 300 fatalities.[1]
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