7th United States Colored Regiment Infantry.
Organized at
Baltimore, Md., September 26 to November 12, 1863.
Duty at Camp Benedict, Md., till March, 1864.
Ordered to
Portsmouth, Va., March 4, thence to
Hilton Head, S. C., March 7-10, and to
Jacksonville, Florida, March 14-15.
Attached to Post of
Jacksonville, Florida, District of Florida, Dept.
of the
South, to July, 1864.
District of Hilton Head, S. C., Dept. of the South, July, 1864.
Jacksonville, Florida, District of Florida, Dept.
of the
South, to August, 1864.
1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 10th Corps, Army of the James, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to December, 1864.
1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 25th Corps, to January, 1866.
Dept. of Texas to October, 1866.
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Service.
Duty at
Jacksonville, Florida, till June, 1864.
Cedar Creek April 2.
Near
Jacksonville May 6.
Near Camp Finnegan May 25.
Near
Jacksonville May 28.
Expedition to Camp Milton May 31-June 3.
Camp Milton June 2.
Moved to
Hilton Head, S. C., June 27.
Expedition to
North Edisto River and
Johns and
James Islands July 2-10.
Near Winter's Point July 3.
King's Creek July 3.
Skirmishes on
James Island July 5 and 7.
Burden's Causeway,
Johns Island, July 9.
Moved to
Jacksonville July 15.
Expedition to
Florida & Gulf Railroad July 22-August 5.
Moved to
Bermuda Hundred,
Va., August 6-11.
Siege operations against
Petersburg and
Richmond August, 1864, to April, 1865.
Demonstration north of
James River August 16-20.
Russell's Mills August 16.
Strawberry Plains August 16-18.
Battle of Chaffin's Farm, New Market Heights, September 28-30.
Darbytown Road October 13.
Battle of Fair Oaks October 27-28.
Near
Richmond October 28.
In trenches before
Richmond till March 27, 1865.
Appomattox Campaign March 27-April 9.
Hatcher's Run March 29-31.
Fall of
Petersburg April 2.
Pursuit of
Lee April 3-9.
Appomattox Court House April 9.
Surrender of
Lee and his army.
Moved to
Petersburg April 11, and duty there till May 24.
Moved to
Indianola, Texas, May 24-June 23.
Duty on the
Rio Grande and at various points in the Dept. of Texas, till October, 1866.
Moved to
Baltimore, Md., October 14-November 4.
Mustered out October 13, 1866, and discharged at
Baltimore, Md., November 15, 1866.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 84 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 307 Enlisted men by disease.
Total 393.