Clark County WI
Civil War Unit Histories
Compiled by Paul Forester, Janet Schwarze, Allan Wessel & Ken Wood
7th Wisconsin Regiment
Our Civil War Veterans who fought with this Regiment
(1) Alexander Cross (2) Jedidah Day (3) George Ives Follet (4) Milo Hanks (5) Joseph Alonzo Janes (6) Hiram Kayhart (7) Richard Lester (8) A. McHugh (9) Benson Peck (10) Hiram W. Soper (11) Mathias N. Wells
Organized at Madison, Wis., and mustered in September 2, 1861. Left State for Washington, D. C., September 21. Attached to King's Brigade, McDowell's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1862. 3rd Brigade, King's Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps Army of the Potomac, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, to March, 1864. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 5th Army Corps, to August, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, to September, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till March, 1862.
Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-16. Advance to Falmouth, Va., April 9-19.
Duty at Falmouth and Fredericksburg till August. McDowell's advance on
Richmond May 25-29. Operations against Jackson June 2-11. Reconnoissance to
Orange Court House July 24-27. Expedition to Frederick's Hall Station and
Spottsylvania Court House August 5-8. Thornburg's Mills or Massaponax Church
August 5-6. Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9. Pope's Campaign in Northern
Virginia August 16-September 2. Fords of the Rappahannock August 21-23.
Catlett's Station August 22. Gainesville August 28. Battles of Groveton
August 29; Bull Run August 30; Chantilly September 1 (Reserve). Maryland
Campaign September 6-22. Battles of South Mountain September 14; Antietam
September 16-17. At Sharpsburg, Md., to October 30. Movement to Falmouth,
Va., October 30-November 22. Battle of Fredericksburg , Va., December 12-15.
"Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. At Belle Plain till April 27.
Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations at Pollock's Mill Creek
April 29-Mny 2. Fitzhugh's Crossing April 29-30. Battle of Chancellorsville
May 2-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg
July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va., July 5-24. Duty on line of
the Rappahannock and Rapidan till October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22.
Haymarket October 19. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Mine
Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James
River May 4-June 15, 1864. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Laurel Hill
May 8; Spottsylvania May 8-12 Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault
on the Salient, "Bloody Angle," May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. Jericho
Ford May 23. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold
Harbor June 1-12. Bethesda Church June 1-3. Before Petersburg June 16-18.
Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Weldon Railroad August
18-21, 1864. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28. Dabney's
Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April
9. Lewis Farm, near Gravelly Run, March 28. Boydton and White Oak Roads
March 30-31. Five Forks April 1. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Appomattox
Courthouse April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Moved to Washington, D.
C., May. Grand Review May 23. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June 16 and mustered
out July 2, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 10 Officers and 271 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 143 Enlisted men by disease. Total 424.
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Burials of Greenwood, Wisconsin Civil War Soldiers.
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