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On 26 June 1861, the reconstituted regiment departed Camp Dennison for western Virginia, where the men would see their first action of the war.On 26 August, Brig. Gen. John B. Floyd, commanding Confederate forces in the Kanawha Valley, crossed the Gauley River to attack the 7th Ohio Infantry encamped at Kessler's Cross Lanes.
The 7th Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment in the United States Army. In its 200-year history it has participated in 12 wars, been awarded 78 campaign streamers, and 14 unit decorations. [ 3 ] The regiment has served in more campaigns than any other infantry unit in the United States Army.
Indianapolis's "City Regiment" mustered into service as the 132nd Indiana Infantry Regiment in May 1864 as one of several regiments of Hundred Days Men. The regiment guarded railroads in Tennessee and Alabama, which were firmly in the control of Union forces, to relieve the regular U.S. army troops for active duty on the front lines. The 132nd ...
We Were the Ninth: A History of the Ninth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry April 17, 1861, to June 7, 1864, translated and edited by Frederic Trautmann. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 1987. Hannaford, Edwin. The Story of a Regiment: A History of the Campaigns, and Associations in the Field, of the Sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer ...
7th California Infantry Regiment (1861), also known as the 7th California Volunteer Infantry; 7th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment; 7th Regiment Indiana Infantry (3 months) 7th Regiment Indiana Infantry (3 years) 7th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment; 7th Regiment Maryland Volunteer Infantry; 7th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
At Antietam the 8th Ohio Infantry, 14th Indiana Infantry, 7th West Virginia Infantry and 132nd Pennsylvania (a nine-month regiment) comprised the Brigade. The 4th Ohio Infantry Regiment was forced to miss the Maryland Campaign due to regiment-wide sickness but was otherwise a consistent member of the Brigade.
The 7th Ohio Battery was organized at Camp Dennison near Cincinnati, Ohio and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on January 1, 1862, under Captain Silas A. Burnap. The battery was attached to 6th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to June 1862. Artillery, 4th Division, Army of the Tennessee and District of Memphis, Tennessee, to September 1862.
The battery was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on December 2, 1861 under the command of Captain O-3 George R. Swallow. The battery was attached to Artillery, 4th Division, Army of the Ohio, to June 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, Army of the Ohio, to September 1862.