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{{Infobox Military Unit |unit_name= 7th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry |image=[[Image:Flag of Michigan.svg|100px]] |caption=Michigan state flag |dates= August 22, 1861 to July 5, 1865 |country= [[United States]] |allegiance= [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] |branch= [[Infantry]] |equipment= <!-- Culture and history --> |battles= [[First Battle of Bull Run]]<BR>[[Peninsular Campaign]]<BR>[[Second Battle of Bull Run]]<BR>[[Battle of Chantilly]]<BR>[[Battle of Antietam]]<BR>[[Battle of Fredericksburg]]<BR>[[Battle of Chancellorsville]]<BR>[[Battle of Gettysburg]]<BR>[[Battle of the Wilderness]]<BR>[[Battle of Spotsylvania Court House]]<BR>[[Battle of Cold Harbor]]<BR>[[Siege of Petersburg]]<BR>[[Appomattox Campaign]] }} The '''7th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry''' was an [[infantry]] [[regiment]] that served in the [[Union Army]] during the [[American Civil War]]. ==Service== The 7th Michigan Infantry was organized at [[Monroe, Michigan]] and mustered into Federal service for a three year enlistment on August 22, 1861. Among the ranks was future [[Brigadier General (United States)|brigadier general]] [[Henry Baxter]], who was [[Captain (United States)|captain]] of Company C. The 7th was assigned to the Army of the Potomac soon after it was formed and served in the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, [[II Corps (ACW)|2nd Corps]], for the duration of the war. Sister regiments in the 3rd Brigade included the 19th Massachusetts, 20th Massachusetts, 42nd New York, and 59th New York. Infantryman [[William Rufus Shafter]] was wounded at the [[Battle of Fair Oaks]]; he later received the [[Medal of Honor]] for heroism during the battle. In July 1862, [[Norman J. Hall]], a [[Regular Army (United States)|Regular Army]] artilleryman assumed command of the regiment and led it until he was promoted to brigade command before the [[Battle of Gettysburg]]. The regiment was mustered out on July 5, 1865. ==Total strength and casualties== The regiment suffered 11 officers and 197 enlisted men who were killed in action or motally wounded and 3 officers and 186 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 397 fatalities.<ref>http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmiinf1.htm The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. '''A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion'''. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.</ref> ==Commanders== *[[Colonel]] Norman J. Hall ==See also== *[[List of Michigan Civil War Units]] *[[Michigan in the American Civil War]] ==Notes== <references/> ==References== *[http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionmi.htm The Civil War Archive] [[Category:Michigan Civil War regiments]] {{AmericanCivilWar-unit-stub}}
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