7th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry

7th Infantry Regiment was formed in May, 1861, at Atlanta, Georgia, and in June moved to Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Its members were raised in the counties Coweta, Paulding, De Kalb, Franklin, Fulton, Heard, and Cobb. Assigned to Colonel F.S. Bartow's Brigade, Army of the Shenandoah, it was active in the fight at First Manassas. In April, 1862, the regiment had 611 effectives and served under the command of General G.T. Anderson until the end of the war. It participated in the campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, except when it was detached with Longstreet at Suffolk, in Georgia, and at Knoxville. The 7th was not involved in the Battle of Chickamauga. It was active in the long Petersburg siege south and north of the James River and later the Appomattox Campaign. It reported 153 casualties at First Manassas, 147 during the Seven Days' Battles, and 120 at Second Manassas. Losses were light at Fredericksburg and Gettysburg, but from April 14 to May 6 there were 98 disabled, and from August 1 to December 31, 1864, the unit had 56 killed or wounded. On April 9, 1865, it surrendered with 24 officers and 164 men. The field officers were Colonels George H. Carmical, Lucius J. Gartrell, William W. White, and William T. Wilson; Lieutenant Colonels Moses T. Almon, James F. Cooper, and John Dunwoody; and Majors Lemuel B. Anderson, E.W. Hoyle, John F. Kiser, and Horace H. Witt. (Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System) 

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

 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)

(Excerpted from the Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia, by Stewart Sifakis, published by Facts on File [out of print])