276 SEVENTH REGIMENT INFANTRY.
The casualties in the Seventh Regiment were as follows: Killed in battle, one (1)
commissioned officer and seventy-eight (78) enlisted men—total, seventy-nine (79); died
of disease, e.tc., one (1) commissioned officer and one hundred and nine (109) enlisted
men—total, one hundred and ten (110); or an aggregate death list of one hundred and
eighty-nine (189).
The marches of the Seventh Regiment aggregated 1137 miles, and it was trans-
ported by rail 803 miles, a total distance of 1940 miles.
The Seventh Regiment took part in the following engagements, etc.: Skirmish at
Funkstown, Md., July 12, 1863; skirmish at Haymarket, Va., October 19, 1863; recon-
noissance from Culpeper to Racoon Ford, Va., February 6 and 7, 1864 ; battle of the Wil-
derness, Va., May 5 to 7, 1864; skirmish with cavalry and battle of Laurel Hill, Va., May
8, 1864; battle of Spotsylvania, Va., May 9 to 20, 1864 ; battle of Harris' Farm, Va., May
19, 1864; battle of North Anna, Va., May 23 to 27, 1864; battle of Shady Grove, Va.,
May 30, 1864; Bethesda Church, Va., May 31 to June 1, 1864; Cold Harbor, Va., June 2
to 5, 1864; assault on Petersburg, Va., 1864-'65; Weldon Railroad, Va., August 18 to 21,
1864; Poplar Spring Church, Va., September 30, 1864; Chapel House, Va., October 1 to
3, 1864; Peebles Farm, Va., October 7 to 8, 1864; Hatchers Run, Va., October 27, 1864;
raid to Hicksford, Va., December 7 to 12, 1864; Dabneys Mill, Va., February 6, 1865;
White Oak Road, Va., March 31, 1865; Five Forks, Va., April 1, 1865; Surrender at
Appomattox, Va., April 9, 1865.
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