South Carolina 7th Infantry Regiment
Historical Notes:
The South Carolina 7th Infantry Regiment was assembled at Columbia, South Carolina, during the spring of 1861 and moved to Virginia in June. After fighting in Bonham's Brigade at First Manassas, the unit served under Generals Kershaw, Kennedy, and Conner. It participated in the campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days' Battles to Gettysburg, then accompanied Longstreet to Georgia. The 7th was active at Chickamauga and Knoxville, returned to Virginia, and saw action at The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor. It continued the fight in the Shenandoah Valley with Early and ended the war in North Carolina. This regiment totalled 581 officers and men in April, 1862 and sustained 82 casualties at Savage Station and 40 at Malvern Hill. During the Maryland Campaign, there were 13 killed and 100 wounded of 466 at Maryland Heights and 23 killed and 117 wounded of the 268 at Sharpsburg. It lost 4 killed, 57 wounded, and 61 missing at Fredericksburg, twenty-seven percent of the 408 engaged at Gettysburg, and 2 killed and 12 wounded at Bentonville. On March 23, 1865, there were 222 present for duty, and it surrendered in April.
Additional historical notes on the 7th Infantry regiment.
Officers:
First Commander:
Bacon, Thomas Glascock (Colonel)
Officers:
Aiken, David Wyatt (Colonel)
Bland, Elbert (Lieutenant Colonel)
Fair, Robert A. (Lieutenant Colonel)
Goggans, Elijah J. (Lieutenant Colonel)
Hard, John S. (Major)
Seibels, Emmett (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
White, William C. (Major)
Assignments:
Morris Island, Charleston Harbor (April 1861)
Nelson’s Brigade, Bonham’s Division, Charleston Harbor (April – May 1861)
Bonham’s Brigade, Department of Alexandria (May – June 1861)
Bonham’s Brigade, Army of the Potomac (June – July 1861)
Bonham’s Brigade, 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac (July - October 1861)
Bonham’s Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac (October 1861)
Bonham’s Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Corps, Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia (October - November 1861)
Bonham’s – Kershaw’s Brigade, Van Dorn’s – Early’s Division, 1st Corps, Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia (November 1861 – January 1862)
Kershaw’s Brigade, Van Dorn’s – Early’s Division, Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia (January 1862 – March 1862)
Kershaw’s Brigade, Department of the Peninsula (March – April 1862)
Kershaw’s Brigade, McLaw’s Division, Magruder’s Command, Army of Northern Virginia (April 1862 – July 1863)
Kershaw’s Brigade, McLaw’s Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia (July 1863 – September 1863)
Kershaw’s Brigade, McLaw’s Division, Longstreet’s Corps, Army of Tennessee (September - November 1863)
Kershaw’s Brigade, McLaw’s - Kershaw’s Division, Department of East Tennessee (November 1863 – April 1864)
Kershaw’s Brigade, Kershaw’s Division, 1st Corps Army of Northern Virginia (April - August 1864)
Kershaw’s – Connor’s Brigade, Kershaw’s Division, Valley District, Department of Northern Virginia (August – September 1864)
Connor’s Brigade, Kershaw’s Division, (returning to the Petersburg lines but recalled) (September 1864)
Connor’s Brigade, Kershaw’s Division, Valley District, Department of Northern Virginia (September – October 1864)
Connor’s – Kennedy’s Brigade, Kershaw’s Division, 1st Corps Army of Northern Virginia (November 1864 – January 1865)
Kennedy’s Brigade, McLaws’ Division, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida (January – February 1865)
Kennedy’s Brigade, McLaws’ – Walthall’s Division, Hardee’s Corps (February – April 1865)
Battles:
Fort Sumter SC (12 - 13 APR 1861)
1st Manassas (21 JUL 1861)
Yorktown Siege (APR - MAY 1862
Williamsburg (4 MAY 1862)
Secessionville (15 - 16 JUN 1862)
Seven Days Battles VA (25 JUN - 1 JUL 1862)
Savage's Station (29 JUN 1862)
Allen's Farm (29 JUN 1862)
Malvern Hill VA (1 JUL 1862)
Harper's Ferry (12 - 15 SEP 1862)
South Mountain VA (14 SEP 1862)
Sharpsburg VA (17 SEP 1862)
Fredericksburg VA (13 DEC 1862)
Chancellorsville (1-4 MAY 1863)
Gettysburg PA (1-3 JUL 1863)
Chickamauga GA (19-20 SEP 1863)
Chattanooga Siege GA (SEP - NOV 1863)
Knoxville Siege GA (NOV - DEC 1863)
Campbell's Station (16 NOV 1863)
Fort Sanders (29 NOV 1863)
Bean's Station (15 DEC 1863)
The Wilderness VA (5 - 6 MAY 1864)
Spotsylvania Court House VA (8 - 21 MAY 1864)
North Anna VA (23 - 26 MAY 1864)
Cold Harbor VA (1 - 3 JUN 1864)
Petersburg Siege VA (JUN 1864 - APR 1865)
Berryville (AUG 1864)
Near Port Republic (7 OCT 1864)
Near Strasburg (14 OCT 1864)
Cedar Creek (19 OCT 1864)
Carolinas Campaign SC (FEB - APR 1865)
Averasboro (16 MAR 1865)
Bentonville NC (19 - 21 MAR 1865)
Roster:
The roster of this unit contains the names of 2546 men.
First organization Companies:
Company A (also known as Seccession Guards, Perryman's Company, the Abbeville Volunteers or Guards) - many men from Abbeville District (County), Greenwood, ninety Six, New Market towns
Company B (also known as Southern Guards or Cokesbury Minutemen) - many men from Abbeville District (County)
Company C (also known as Davis Guards) - many men from Abbeville District (County)
Company D (also known as Hester's Guards or Company)- many men from Abbeville District (County)
Company E (also known as Mount Willing Guards) - many men from Edgefield District (County)
Company F (also known as Davies Guard) -many men from Edgefield District (County), Possibly Trenton area.
Company G (also known as Brook's Grey's) - many men from Edgefield District (County)
Company H (also known as Ninety-Six Riflemen or Rifles) - many men from Edgefield District (County)
Company I (also known as Red Hill Guard) - Edgefield District (County), Red Hill area.
Company K (also known as Ruffin Guards) - Edgefield District (County)
Company L (also known as Horry Volunteers or Guards) - Horry District (County)
After the reorganization in 1862 the following companies were a part of the 7th Infantry Regiment:
Company A (also known as the Ninety Six Reflemen) Abbeville District (County) and Edgefield District (County)
Company B - Abbeville District (County), Anderson District (County), Union District (County)
Company C - Abbeville District (County), Edgefield District (County), Spartanburg District (County)
Company D - Abbeville District (County)
Company E - Edgefield Disrict (County)
Company F - Edgefield District (Graniteville, now a part of Aiken County)
Company G - Edgefield District (County)
Company H - Edgefield District (County) and Horry District (County)
Company I - Edgefield District (County)
Company K - Edgefield District (County)
Company L - Horry District (County)
Company M (also known as the Saluda Riflemen) - Edgefield District (County)
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Additional historical notes on the 7th Infantry regiment.
Bacon, Thomas Glascock (Colonel)
Officers:
Aiken, David Wyatt (Colonel)
Bland, Elbert (Lieutenant Colonel)
Fair, Robert A. (Lieutenant Colonel)
Goggans, Elijah J. (Lieutenant Colonel)
Hard, John S. (Major)
Seibels, Emmett (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
White, William C. (Major)
Nelson’s Brigade, Bonham’s Division, Charleston Harbor (April – May 1861)
Bonham’s Brigade, Department of Alexandria (May – June 1861)
Bonham’s Brigade, Army of the Potomac (June – July 1861)
Bonham’s Brigade, 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac (July - October 1861)
Bonham’s Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac (October 1861)
Bonham’s Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Corps, Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia (October - November 1861)
Bonham’s – Kershaw’s Brigade, Van Dorn’s – Early’s Division, 1st Corps, Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia (November 1861 – January 1862)
Kershaw’s Brigade, Van Dorn’s – Early’s Division, Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia (January 1862 – March 1862)
Kershaw’s Brigade, Department of the Peninsula (March – April 1862)
Kershaw’s Brigade, McLaw’s Division, Magruder’s Command, Army of Northern Virginia (April 1862 – July 1863)
Kershaw’s Brigade, McLaw’s Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia (July 1863 – September 1863)
Kershaw’s Brigade, McLaw’s Division, Longstreet’s Corps, Army of Tennessee (September - November 1863)
Kershaw’s Brigade, McLaw’s - Kershaw’s Division, Department of East Tennessee (November 1863 – April 1864)
Kershaw’s Brigade, Kershaw’s Division, 1st Corps Army of Northern Virginia (April - August 1864)
Kershaw’s – Connor’s Brigade, Kershaw’s Division, Valley District, Department of Northern Virginia (August – September 1864)
Connor’s Brigade, Kershaw’s Division, (returning to the Petersburg lines but recalled) (September 1864)
Connor’s Brigade, Kershaw’s Division, Valley District, Department of Northern Virginia (September – October 1864)
Connor’s – Kennedy’s Brigade, Kershaw’s Division, 1st Corps Army of Northern Virginia (November 1864 – January 1865)
Kennedy’s Brigade, McLaws’ Division, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida (January – February 1865)
Kennedy’s Brigade, McLaws’ – Walthall’s Division, Hardee’s Corps (February – April 1865)
1st Manassas (21 JUL 1861)
Yorktown Siege (APR - MAY 1862
Williamsburg (4 MAY 1862)
Secessionville (15 - 16 JUN 1862)
Seven Days Battles VA (25 JUN - 1 JUL 1862)
Savage's Station (29 JUN 1862)
Allen's Farm (29 JUN 1862)
Malvern Hill VA (1 JUL 1862)
Harper's Ferry (12 - 15 SEP 1862)
South Mountain VA (14 SEP 1862)
Sharpsburg VA (17 SEP 1862)
Fredericksburg VA (13 DEC 1862)
Chancellorsville (1-4 MAY 1863)
Gettysburg PA (1-3 JUL 1863)
Chickamauga GA (19-20 SEP 1863)
Chattanooga Siege GA (SEP - NOV 1863)
Knoxville Siege GA (NOV - DEC 1863)
Campbell's Station (16 NOV 1863)
Fort Sanders (29 NOV 1863)
Bean's Station (15 DEC 1863)
The Wilderness VA (5 - 6 MAY 1864)
Spotsylvania Court House VA (8 - 21 MAY 1864)
North Anna VA (23 - 26 MAY 1864)
Cold Harbor VA (1 - 3 JUN 1864)
Petersburg Siege VA (JUN 1864 - APR 1865)
Berryville (AUG 1864)
Near Port Republic (7 OCT 1864)
Near Strasburg (14 OCT 1864)
Cedar Creek (19 OCT 1864)
Carolinas Campaign SC (FEB - APR 1865)
Averasboro (16 MAR 1865)
Bentonville NC (19 - 21 MAR 1865)
First organization Companies:
After the reorganization in 1862 the following companies were a part of the 7th Infantry Regiment: