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Seventh West Virginia Infantry.
Kimball's Brigade--
French's Division--Second Corps.
| companies. | killed and died of wounds. | died of disease, accidents, in Prison, &c. | Total Enrollment. |
| Officers. | Men. | Total. | Officers. | Men. | Total. |
| Field and Staff | | | | | | | 16 |
| Company | A | 1 | 20 | 21 | 3 | 35 | 38 | 103 |
| | B | 1 | 22 | 23 | | 16 | 16 | 106 |
| | C | 3 | 27 | 30 | 1 | 19 | 20 | 104 |
| | D | | 26 | 26 | | 17 | 17 | 103 |
| | E | | 8 | 8 | | 12 | 12 | 106 |
| | F | | 3 | 3 | | 17 | 17 | 101 |
| | G | | 5 | 5 | | 7 | 7 | 85 |
| | H | 1 | 10 | 11 | | 4 | 4 | 85 |
| | I | 2 | 8 | 10 | | 20 | 20 | 104 |
| | K | 1 | 4 | 5 | | 7 | 7 | 95 |
| Totals | 9 | 133 | 142 | 4 | 154 | 158 | 1,008 |
142 killed == 14 per cent.
Total of killed and wounded; 522; died in Confederate prisons (previously included), 20.
| battles. | K. & M. W. | battles. | K. & M. W. |
| Romney, W. Va. | 2 | Po River, Va. | 5 |
| Harrison's Landing, Va. | 1 | Spotsylvania, Va. | 7 |
| Antietam, Md. | 48 | North Anna, Va. | 2 |
| Fredericksburg, Va. | 6 | Totopotomoy, Va. | 1 |
| Chancellorsville, Va. | 6 | Cold Harbor, Va. | 15 |
| Gettysburg, Pa. | 13 | Petersburg, Va. | 7 |
| Mine Run, Va. | 5 | Deep Bottom, Va. | 1 |
| Morton's Ford, Va. | 2 | Ream's Station, Va. | 3 |
| Wilderness, Va. | 8 | Boydton Road, Va. | 10 |
Present, also, at
Front Royal; Strawberry Plains;
Hatcher's Run;
Sailor's Creek;
Farmville;
Appomattox.
notes.--At
Gettysburg, the Seventh West Virginia, under command of
Colonel Jonathan Lockwood, charged and drove back the Seventh Virginia (Confederate), wounding and capturing its
Colonel; also,
a Lieutenant Lockwood, a nephew of
Lieutenant-Colonel Lockwood, who was wounded.
Becoming much reduced in numbers, it was consolidated, on September 5, 1863, into four companies, the enrollment given above being the number enrolled up to that time; three new companies were added in March, 1865.
As an acknowledgment of the superior qualities of the Battalion, it was furnished, in 1864, with Henry rifles--sixteen shooters.
The Seventh was organized in August, 1861, serving in
West Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley until May, 1862, when it was assigned to
Kimball's Brigade, which joined
McClellan's army at
Harrison's Landing, just after the
battle of Malvern Hill.
At
Antietam, the regiment lost 29 killed and 116 wounded;
no missing. In that battle,
Colonel Snider and
Lieutenant-Colonel Lockwood had their horses killed under them, and three color bearers were killed.
Its casualties at
Gettysburg were 5 killed, 41 wounded, and 1 missing. It renlisted and returned to
Wheeling on its veteran furlough in February, 1864, taking the field again in May, 1864, in
Carroll's (3d) Brigade,
Gibbon's (2d) Division, Second Corps.
Subsequently, this brigade was commanded by
General Thomas A. Smyth, and the division by
General William Hays.
The Seventh was mustered out July 1, 1865, having served with credit to itself and honor to its State.
