Infantry Units: 7th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Infantry units were recruited from all over the state. Those represented in detail here are the ones recruited primarily from northwest Ohio counties and those whose members wrote to local newspapers. More information will be added as it becomes available.
This Regiment was organized at Cleveland and Camp Dennison, Ohio in June 1861, to serve three years. It was mustered out in June 1864 by reason of expiration of term of service and the veterans and recruits transferred to the Fifth Regiment Ohio Infantry.
Some of the battles in which this unit participated include:
- Cross Lanes, WV, August 26, 1861
- Winchester, VA, March 23, 1862
- Port Republic, VA, June 9, 1862
- Cedar Mountain, VA, August 9, 1862
- Antietam, MD, September 17, 1862
- Dumfries, VA, December 27, 1862
- Chancellorsville, VA, May 1-4, 1863
- Gettysburg, PA, July 1-3, 1863
- Lookout Mountain, TN, November 24, 1863
- Missionary Ridge, TN, November 25, 1863
- Ringgold, GA, November 27, 1863
- Rocky Face, GA, May 5-9, 1864
- Resaca, GA, May 13-16, 1864
Roster - Field and Staff
Frederick Thomas Brown
William Henry Park
Roster - Company B
Non-Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Personnel
Roster - Company C
Officers
Non-Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Personnel
Selden Allen Day
John James "Jim" Evers
John Gardner
Owen Hicks
David J. Thompson
Roster - Company E
Officers
Ralph Lockwood
John Wilson Sprague
Arthur T. Wilcox
Non-Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Personnel
Newspaper Articles about the Unit/Anonymous Letters
Articles:
Elyria Independent Democrat: September 11, 1861, August 20, 1862
Norwalk Reflector: April 15, 1862, June 24, 1862
Toledo Blade- 10/7/1861
Letter:
"W.J." Norwalk Reflector: August 27, 1861
Member, 7th Ohio Infantry. Toledo Blade- 1/18/1862
