7th Ohio Infantry Regiment

June 16, 1861

Organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio under Colonel E. B. Tyler

June 26

Left State for Clarksburg, Va.

June 29

Arrived Clarksburg and attached to Railroad District, West Virginia

June 29-30

Expedition to Weston, Va.

July 5

Relief of Glenville

July 7-August 15

Advance to Sutton and Cross Lanes

August 21-22

Moved to Gauley Bridge

August 26

Cross Lanes, near Summerville

September

At Charleston

October 19-November 16

Operations in the Kanawha Valley

November 1-15

Expedition to Loop Creek and Fayetteville

November 15

McCoy's Mills

January 6-7, 1862

Expedition to Blue's Gap attached to 3rd Brigade, Landers' Division, Army Potomac

January 7

Blue's Gap

January

Duty at Hampton Heights and Paw Paw Tunnel

March 7-15

Advance on Winchester attached to 3rd Brigade, Shields' 2nd Division, Banks' 5th Army Corps, and Dept. of the Shenandoah

March 18-21

Reconnaissance to Strasburg

March 22-23

Battle of Winchester

April 12

Monterey

May 12-21

March to Fredericksburg attached to 3rd Brigade, Shields' Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock

May 25-30

Return to Front Royal

June 9

Battle of Port Republic attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Corps, Pope's Army of Virginia

August 9

Battle of Cedar Mountain

August 16-
September 2

Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia, attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Virginia

August 28-30

Guard trains during battles of Bull Run

September 6-22

Maryland Campaign

September 16-17

Battle of Antietam

Commanded by Col. Eugene Powell.

From the monument to the 5th, 7th and 66th Ohio Infantry Regiments: "These three regiments became engaged about 7:30 A.M., September 17, 1862, advanced and drove the enemy from the woods near the Dunkard Church and were in action until 1:30 P.M. Their combined loss was 17 men killed, 4 officers and 87 men wounded, 2 men missing, total 110."

September

Moved to Harper's Ferry, Va., and duty at Bolivar Heights attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 12th Army Corps, Army Potomac

November 8

Reconnaissance to Rippon, Va.

December 1-6

Reconnaissance to Charleston

December 1

Berryville

December 10-14

March to Stafford Court House

December 29

Dumfries

January 20-24, 1863

"Mud March"

February-April

At Stafford Court House

April 27-May 6

Chancellorsville Campaign

May 1-5

Battle of Chancellorsville

June 11-July 24

Gettysburg Campaign

July 1-3

Battle of Gettysburg

The regiment was commanded by Colonel William R. Creighton. It brought 293 men to the field, losing 1 killed and 17 wounded.

From the monument: "Arrived near Little Round Top, evening of July 1. On July 2, held positions on Culp's Hill from morning until 6 p.m., then moved with the Brigade to support the left. Returned at midnight to Culp's Hill, and remained there until close of the battle."

July 5-24

Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va.

August 29-
September 8

Duty at New York during draft disturbances

September 24-October 3

Movement to Bridgeport. Ala. and attached to the Army of the Cumberland

October 26-29

Garrison's Creek, near Fosterville (Detachment)

November 23-27

Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign

November 23-24

Lookout Mountain

November 25

Mission Ridge

November 27

Ringgold Gap, Taylor's Ridge

December

At Bridgeport, Ala.

April 1864

Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland

May 1-June 11

Atlanta Campaign

May 8-11

Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge

May 8

Dug Gap, or Mill Creek

May 14-15

Battle of Resaca

May 19

Near Cassville

May 25

New Hope Church

May 26-June 5

Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills

June 11

Left front for muster out. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 5th Ohio Infantry.

July 6, 1864

Mustered out, expiration of term.