7th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment

7th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment
7th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment
Active	December 13, 1861 – July 17, 1865
Country	United States of America
Allegiance	Union
Branch	United States Army; Union Army
Type	Infantry
Size	1,718
Engagements	American Civil War Second Battle of Fort Wagner; Battle of Drewry's Bluff; Siege of Petersburg;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Col. Haldimand S. Putnam †; Col. Joseph Carter Abbott;

The 7th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was raised in the state of New Hampshire, serving from December 13, 1861, to July 17, 1865.^[1] Because it was in the same brigade as the 7th Connecticut Infantry Regiment, both regiments together were often jointly called the 77th New England.

Commanders

Lieut. Colonel J.C. Abbott

Service history

On December 13, 1861, the regiment was organized and mustered in at Manchester, New Hampshire.

On January 14, 1862, the 7th moved to New York City. Until February 13 at White Street Barracks. Orders for Dry Tortugas, Florida, on February 12. Attached to Brannan's Command, District of Florida until June 1862.

The unit arrived Fort Jefferson, Florida in March 1862, under the command of Col. Haldimand S. Putnam.^[2]

From then, its assignments were:

St. Augustine, Fla., Dept. of the South, to May, 1863.
Fernandina, Fla., Dept. of the South, to June, 1863.
1st Brigade, Folly Island, S.C., 10th Corps, Dept. of the South, to July, 1863.
1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Morris Island, S.C., 10th Corps, Dept. of the South, to July, 1863.
3rd Brigade, Morris Island, S. C., 10th Corps, Dept. of the South, to November, 1863.
1st Brigade, Morris Island, S.C., 10th Corps, Dept. of the South, to December, 1863.
St. Helena Island, S. C., 10th Corps, Dept. of the South, to February, 1864.
Hawley's Brigade, Ames' Division, District of Florida, Dept. of the South, to April, 1864.
3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 10th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to May, 1864.
2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 10th Army Corps, Army of the James, to December, 1864.
2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 24th Army Corps, Army of the James, to January, 1865.
Abbott's Brigade, Terry's Provisional Corps, North Carolina, to March, 1865.
Abbott's Detached Brigade, 10th Army Corps, North Carolina, to July, 1865.

The regiment lost during its term of service 15 officers and 169 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded, and 1 officer and 241 enlisted men by disease, for a total of 426 fatalities.

References

Citations

^ Dyer (1908); Federal Publishing Company (1908).
^ Reid (2006), p. 55–57.

Sources

Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (pdf). Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Company. pp. 1349–1350. hdl:2027/mdp.39015026937642. LCCN 09005239. OCLC 1403309. Retrieved October 25, 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Federal Publishing Company (1908). Military Affairs and Regimental Histories of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, And Delaware (PDF). The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States, 1861–65 – Records of the Regiments in the Union army – Cyclopedia of battles – Memoirs of Commanders and Soldiers. Vol. I. Madison, WI: Federal Publishing Company. p. 84. hdl:2027/wu.89059483339. OCLC 694018100. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Reid, Thomas (2006). America's fortress : a history of Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Florida. Gainesville: University Press of Florida. ISBN 978-0-8130-3019-7. OCLC 70265658.

External links

[FOOTNOTEDyer1908Federal_Publishing_Company1908-1] Dyer (1908); Federal Publishing Company (1908).

[FOOTNOTEReid200655–57-2] Reid (2006), p. 55–57.

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