Colonel Ira G. Grover (1832-1876) Commander, 7th Indiana Infantry
Library of Congress
Official Report of Col. Ira G. Grover, 7th Indiana Infantry, 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac.
Hdqrs. Seventh Regiment Indiana Volunteers, July 9, 1863.
Sir: In accordance with circular from brigade headquarters, I have the honor to submit the following report of the action of the regiment under my command from the 1st instant to the present date:
On the afternoon of July 1, I joined the brigade at Gettysburg, having been previously detached at Emmitsburg by order of General Reynolds. By command of General Wadsworth, we took up a position on the hill east of Gettysburg, forming at that time the extreme right of our lines. We immediately commenced the construction of a temporary breastwork. During the succeeding night a force of the enemy attempted to penetrate our lines, but were easily driven off, supposing themselves confronted by a heavy force. This position we continued to occupy until the evening of the 3d instant, the fire of the enemy being more or less severe during the entire time, when we were ordered, with two other regiments of the brigade, to the support of a portion of the Eleventh Corps on Cemetery Hill.
On the following morning we were ordered to advance through the town, under command of Colonel Hofmann, of the Fifty-sixth Pennsylvania Volunteers. Having arrived near the farther extremity of the village, the order was countermanded, and we returned to the position taken on the 1st instant.
On the morning of July 5, we took up position on the battle-field south of town, in connection with the brigade.
On the following day, marched to Emmitsburg, and the next day crossed the Catoctin Mountain.
The day following we marched through Middletown, crossing South Mountain, and took up position in our present camp. The officers of my command, without exception, were unfaltering in the discharge of their duties and behaved with commendable bravery. The men are equally deserving of credit.
I deem it proper to make special mention of Sergeant [William] Hussey, Company B. On the night of the 1st instant, unassisted, he captured a lieutenant of the Twenty-fifth Virginia Regiment and drove off a squad of 20 men.
Accompanying this report I send you a list of the casualties.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
IRA G. GROVER,
Colonel, Commanding Seventh Indiana Volunteers.
Capt. J. A. Kellogg, Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen,, 2d Brig., 1st. Div., 1st Army Corps.
[Source: Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, Series I, Vol. 27, Part 1: Reports, Report No. 38, pages 284-285]
