7th Michigan Infantry

The 7th Michigan Infantry served in the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Corps. It was mustered in at Monroe, Michigan, on 22, 1861, and mustered out at Jeffersonville, Indiana, on July 5, 1865. Its total enrollment was 1,393 officers and men. Losses included 6 officers and 123 men killed in action, 5 officers and 47 men who died of wounds, and 3 officers and 154 men who died of disease, for a total of 338 deaths. The regiment participated in 37 skirmishes and general engagements from Ball's Bluff, Virginia, on Oct. 21, 1861, to the siege of Petersburg, Virginia, on Apr. 3, 1865. During the engagement of July 2nd and 3rd, 1863, it held this position; on the evening of the 2nd it changed front to the left, met the enemy, and helped drive him back, and on the 3rd it helped repulse Pickett's Charge by changing front to the right and assaulting the advancing force in flank. Present for duty were 14 officers and 151 men, a total of 165, and casualties there were 2 officers and 19 men killed and 3 officers and 41 men wounded, a total of 65.

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