7th Regiment, Georgia
Volunteer Infantry
This regiment was formed on May 31, 1861. It was assigned
to Bartow's Brigade.
The regiment was organized as follows:
Field staff and band
Colonel
- Gartrell, Lucius Jeremiah (May 31, 1861-January 3, 1862
[Elected to Confederate Congress])
- Wilson, William T. (February 16, 1862 - August 30, 1862
[Killed at Second Bull Run])
- White, William Wilkinson (August 30, 1862 - July 27,
1864 [Retired])
- Carmichal,
George H. (July 27, 1864-Surrendered at Appomattox, April 9, 1865)
Lieutenant Colonel
- Cooper, James Fairlie (May 31, 1861-December 6, 1861)
- Dunwoody, John (December 23, 1861-May 12, 1862
[Commission expired])
- White, William Wilkinson (May 12, 1862 - August 30,
1862)
- Carmichal, George H. (September 1, 1862 - July 27,
1864)
- Alman, Moses T. (July 27, 1864-Surrendered at
Appomattox, April 9, 1865)
Major
- Dunwoody, John (May 31, 1861 - December 23, 1861)
- Anderson, Lemuel (December 23, 1861-May 12, 1862
[Commission expired])
- Hoyle, Eli W. (May 12, 1862 - July 1, 1862 [Killed at
Malvern Hill, Virginia] )
- Carmichal, George H. (July 1, 1862 - September 1, 1862)
- Witt, Horace H. (August 30, 1862 - February 16, 1863
[Resigned])
- Alman, Moses T. (February 12, 1863 - July 27, 1864)
- Kiser John F. (July 27, 1863 - Surrendered at
Appomattox, April 9, 1865)
Adjutant
- Hoyle, Eli W. (September, 1861 - October 18, 1861)
- Shaw, J. Emmett (February 24, 1863 - Surrendered at
Appomattox, April 9, 1865)
Companies
- Company A - Coweta 2nd
District Guards (Coweta County), CO
- Captain
William David Linch
- Company B - (Fulton County)
- Company C - Paulding Volunteers (Paulding County)
- Company D - (Cobb County)
- Company E - DeKalb Light Infantry (DeKalb County)
- Company F - Iverson Invincible (Carroll County)
- Company G - Franklin Volunteers (Heard County)
- Company H - Roswell Guards (Cobb County)
- Company I - Cobb Mountaineers (Cobb County)
- Company K - Davis Infantry (Fulton County)
Assignments
- Bartow's Brigade, Army of the Shenandoah
- Bartow's-S. Jones' Brigade, 2nd Corps, Army
of the Potomac (July-October 1861)
- S. Jones' Brigade, 2nd Corps, Potomac
District, Department of Northern Virginia
(October 1861-January 1862)
- S. Jones'-D. R. Jones' Brigade, G. W. Smith's
Division, Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia
(January-April 1862)
- D. R. Jones'-Semmes'-G. T. Anderson's
Brigade, Toombs'-D. R. Jones' Division, Magruder's Command, Army of Northern
Virginia (April-July 1862)
- G. T. Anderson's Brigade, D. R. Jones'
Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
(July-October 1862)
- G. T. Anderson's Brigade, Hood's Division,
1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia (October
1862-February 1863)
- G. T. Anderson's Brigade, Hood's Division,
Department of North Carolina and Southern
Virginia (Februrary-April 1863)
- G. T. Anderson's Brigade, Hood's Division,
Department of Southern Virginia (April-May 1863)
- G. T. Anderson's Brigade, Hood's Division,
1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia (May-September 1863)
- G. T. Anderson's Brigade, Hood's Division,
Longstreet's Corps, Army of Tennessee (September-November 1863)
- G. T. Anderson's Brigade, Hood's-Field's
Division, Department of East Tennessee (November 1863-April 1864)
- G. T. Anderson's Brigade, Field's Division,
1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia (April 1864-April 1865)
(Excerpted from the Compendium of the
Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia, by Stewart Sifakis,
published by Facts on File [out of print])
Battles
- 1st Bull Run (July 21, 1861)
- Yorktown Siege (April 1862)
- Lee's Mill (April 16, 1862)
- Ellison's Mill, New Bridge, and Mechanicsville [skirmishes] (May 23-24,
1862)
- Williamsburg (May 5, 1862) (Not listed in Sifakis)
- Seven Days Battles (June 25-July 1, 1862)
- Garnett's and Golding's Farms (June 27-28, 1862)
- Allen's Farm (July 1, 1862) (Not listed in Sifakis)
- Malvern Hill (July 1, 1862)
- Rappahannock Station (August 23, 1861)
- Thoroughfare Gap (August 28, 1862)
- 2nd Bull Run (August 28-30, 1862)
- South Mountain (September 14, 1862) (Not listed in Sifakis)
- Antietam (September 17, 1862)
- Fredericksburg (December 13, 1862)
- Suffolk Campaign (April-May 1863)
- Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863)
- Funkstown (July 10, 1863)
- Chickamauga (September 19-20, 1863)
- Chattanooga Siege (September-November 1863)
- Knoxville Siege (November-December 1863)
- The Wilderness (May 5-6, 1864)
- Spotsylvania Court House (May 8-21, 1864)
- North Anna (May 23-26, 1864)
- Cold Harbor (June 1-3, 1864)
- Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
- Ream's Station (August 25, 1864)
- Fort Harrison (September 29-30, 1864)
- Williamsburg Road (October 27, 1864)
- Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)