CONFEDERATE NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS
7th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
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7th Infantry Regiment State Troops was organized at Camp Mason, near Graham, North Carolina, in August, 1861. Its members were recruited in the counties of Iredell, Alexander,
Cabarrus, Rowan, New Hanover, Mecklenburg, Nash, and Wake. The unit took an active part in
the fight at New Bern, then
moved to Virginia. It was assigned to General Branch's, Law's, and Lane's Brigade, Army of
Northern Virginia. After fighting at Hanover Court House, it participated
in the various campaigns of the army from the Seven Day' Battles to Cold Harbor, then was involved in the
Petersburg siege south and
north of the James River. The regiment sustained 51 casualties at New Bern, 253 out of the 450
engaged during the Seven Days' Battles, 69 at Second Manassas and Ox Hill, 52 at Sharpsburg, and 86 at Fredericksburg. There were 37 killed
and 127 wounded at Chancellorsville, and of the 291 in
action at Gettysburg, thirty-one
percent were disabled. It lost 5 killed, 62 wounded, and 37 missing at The Wilderness and 11 killed and 28
wounded at Spotsylvania.
On February 26, 1865, the unit was sent to North Carolina where it surrendered with the Army of
Tennessee with 13 officers and 139 men. A detachment surrendered at Appomattox with 1
officer and 18 men. The field officers were Reuben P. Campbell, William L. Davidson, and
Edward G. Haywood; Lieutenant Colonel Junius L. Hill; and Majors Edward D. Hall, James G.
Harris, Robert B. McRae, John M. Turner, and Robert S. Young.
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