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Muster In: August 22, 18611
Muster Out: July 5, 18652
Commander(s):
Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Newell Smith
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Major Sylvanus W. Curtis
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Captain George W. LaPoint
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First Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Second Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army3
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- Weapons: Springfield Rifles (.58 caliber) (June 30, 1864)4
Second Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Second Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army5
- Commander: Major Sylvanus W. Curtis (at least June 30, 1864)6
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Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles10:
- Before Petersburg June 16-18.
- Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865.
- Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon Railroad, June 22-23, 1864.
- Demonstration on north side of the James River July 27-29.
- Deep Bottom July 27-28.
- Demonstration north of James at Deep Bottom August 13-20.
- Strawberry Plains August 14-18.
- Ream’s Station August 25.
- Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher’s Run, October 27-28.
- Dabney’s Mills, Hatcher’s Run, February 5-7, 1865.
- Watkins’ House March 25.
- Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9.
- Boydton Road March 30-31.
- Crow’s House March 31.
- Fall of Petersburg April 2.
- Pursuit of Lee April 3-9.
- Sailor’s Creek April 6.
- High Bridge and Farmville April 7.
- Appomattox Court House April 9.
Bibliography:
- ">7th MI: Souvenir of the Seventh, Containing a Brief History of It. Prefaced with a View Front and Rear of the “Late Unpleasantness”
- 7th MI: The Allen Family Civil War Letters: A Transcription of Civil War Letters Written to Horace E. Allen of Oxford, Michigan from 1861-1864
- 7th MI: The Civil War Diaries of Charles E. Benson: Corporal, Company I, Seventh Regiment Michigan Infantry Volunteers
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- ">7th MI: Souvenir of the Seventh, Containing a Brief History of It. Prefaced with a View Front and Rear of the “Late Unpleasantness”
- 7th MI: The Allen Family Civil War Letters: A Transcription of Civil War Letters Written to Horace E. Allen of Oxford, Michigan from 1861-1864
- 7th MI: The Civil War Diaries of Charles E. Benson: Corporal, Company I, Seventh Regiment Michigan Infantry Volunteers
- NP: August 23, 1864 Detroit Free Press: From the Seventh Infantry
- NP: August 9, 1864 Detroit Free Press: From the Seventh Infantry
- Number 55. Report of Lieutenant Colonel S. Newell Smith, Seventh Michigan Infantry, of operations August 23-26
- Number 57. Siege of Petersburg Report of Lieutenant Colonel George W. La Point, Seventh Michigan Infantry, of operations, February 5-7
Links:
Sources:
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), pages 219-221 ↩
- Volume 13 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 7th Michigan Entry, Page 91; Summary Statements of Quarterly Returns of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores on Hand in Regular and Volunteer Army Organizations, 1862-1867, 1870-1876. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1281, Roll 7); Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1797-1969, Record Group 156; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), pages 219-221 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), page 543 ↩
- Volume 13 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 7th Michigan Entry, Page 91; Summary Statements of Quarterly Returns of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores on Hand in Regular and Volunteer Army Organizations, 1862-1867, 1870-1876. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1281, Roll 7); Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1797-1969, Record Group 156; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 1 (Serial Number 87), page 311 ↩
- Aubery, James M. The Thirty-Sixth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry … An Authentic Record of the Regiment from its Organization to its Muster Out. A Complete Roster of its Officers and Men with their Record … A Copy of Every Official Paper in the War Department Pertaining to the Regiment … (Milwaukee, WI: Unknown Publisher, 1900). p. 176: Spelled incorrectly as “Lepointe” in Aubery’s book. ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
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