CONFEDERATE ARKANSAS TROOPS
7th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry
- Overview:
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7th Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Smithfield, Arkansas, in June, 1861. Its
members were drawn from the counties of White, Marion, Izard, Randolph, Fulton, Lawrence,
Independence, and Arkansas. During the Battle of Shiloh, General Hardee nicknamed this
unit "The Bloody Seventh." After participating in the Kentucky Campaign, it was brigaded under
Generals Liddell and Govan, Army of Tennessee. In December, 1862, it was consolidated with
the 6th Arkansas Infantry. This regiment served on many battlefields of the army from Murfreesboro to Atlanta, fought with Hood in Tennessee,
and was active at Bentonville. It
was formed with 905 officers and men, but after the conflict at Shiloh there were only 380 present. The
6th/7th lost 29 killed and 140 wounded at Murfreesboro, had 16 disabled at Ringgold Gap, totalled 314 men and 265
arms in December, 1863, and sustained 66 casualties at the Battle of Atlanta. Only a remnant surrendered on
April 26, 1865. The field officers were Colonels D. A. Gillespie and Robert G. Shaver;
Lieutenant Colonels W. R. Cain, John M. Dean, James Rutherford, and Peter Snyder; and Majors
John A. Hill, James T. Martin, and John C. McCauley.
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