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7th Virginia Infantry

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Muster In: Organized May 18611
Muster Out: April 9, 18652

Commander(s):
Colonel Charles C. Flowerree
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Captain William O. Fry
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Terry’s Brigade | Pickett’s Division | First Corps| Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army3

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Second Offensive Order of Battle: Terry’s Brigade | Pickett’s Division | First Corps| Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army4

  • Commander: Colonel Charles C. Flowerree5
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Third Offensive Order of Battle: Terry’s Brigade | Pickett’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army6

  • Commander: Colonel Charles C. Flowerree7
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Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: Terry’s Brigade | Pickett’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army8

  • Commander:
    • Colonel Charles C. Flowerree (at least August 11, 1864)9,10
    • Captain William O. Fry11
  • Unit Strength:
    • 241 officers and men PFD (August 11, 1864)12
  • Weapons: Springfield and/or Enfield Rifles13

Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: Terry’s Brigade | Pickett’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army14,15

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Sixth Offensive Order of Battle: Terry’s Brigade | Pickett’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army16

  • Commander:
    • Colonel Charles C. Flowerree (Oct 14-20 and 22-31, 1864)17
    • ? (October 21, 1864)
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Seventh Offensive Order of Battle: Terry’s Brigade | Pickett’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army18,19

  • Commander: Colonel Charles C. Flowerree (November & December 1864)20,21
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Eighth Offensive Order of Battle: Terry’s Brigade | Pickett’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army22,23,24,25,26

  • Commander:
    • Colonel Charles C. Flowerree (temporarily commanded brigade on at least January 7)(January & February 1865)27,28,29,30
    • ? (while Flowerree commanded the brigade)(January 1865)31
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Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: Terry’s Brigade | Pickett’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army32,33

  • Commander: Colonel Charles C. Flowerree (at least March 30-April 7, 1865)(Captured April 7, 1865)34,35,36
  • Unit Strength:
    • <300 officers and men PFD(April 1, 1865)37
    • <200 officers and men PFD(April 7, 1865)38
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Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles39:

  • Clay Farm (June 16, 1864)
  • Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
  • Dinwiddie Court House (March 31, 1865)
  • Five Forks (April 1, 1865)
  • Sayler’s Creek (April 6, 1865)
  • Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)

Bibliography:

    Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:

    Sources:

    1. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 176-177 ↩
    2. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 176-177 ↩
    3. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 111 ↩
    4. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 111 ↩
    5. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 111 ↩
    6. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 120 ↩
    7. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 120 ↩
    8. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 128 ↩
    9. Confederate Inspection Report 19-P-17: Terry’s Brigade, August 11, 1864; Inspection Reports and Related Records Received By the Inspection Branch in the Confederate Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M935, Roll 10: Inspection Reports P-12 – 39-P-24); War Department Collection of Confederate Records, Record Group 109; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩
    10. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 128 ↩
    11. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 128 ↩
    12. Confederate Inspection Report 19-P-17: Terry’s Brigade, August 11, 1864; Inspection Reports and Related Records Received By the Inspection Branch in the Confederate Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M935, Roll 10: Inspection Reports P-12 – 39-P-24); War Department Collection of Confederate Records, Record Group 109; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩
    13. Confederate Inspection Report 19-P-17: Terry’s Brigade, August 11, 1864; Inspection Reports and Related Records Received By the Inspection Branch in the Confederate Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M935, Roll 10: Inspection Reports P-12 – 39-P-24); War Department Collection of Confederate Records, Record Group 109; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩
    14. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 137 ↩
    15. Sommers, Richard J. “Grant’s Fifth Offensive at Petersburg: A Study in Strategy, Tactics, and Generalship.  The Battle of Poplar Spring Church, the First Battle of the Darbytown Road, the Second Battle of the Squirrel Level Road, the Second Battle of the Darbytown Road (Ulysses S. Grant, Virginia).” Doctoral Thesis. Rice University, 1970. Print. p. 1311. ↩
    16. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 146 ↩
    17. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 146: Flowerree was in the hospital on at least October 21.  More research is needed to see if he was out longer. ↩
    18. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 154 ↩
    19. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 162 ↩
    20. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 154 ↩
    21. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 162 ↩
    22. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 171 ↩
    23. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 1170: “Organization of the Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by General R. E. Lee, January 31, 1865”; This list contains many commanders who were not there.  They were the “official” commanders but may have been gone on leave.  I have used none of the leaders from this list as a result. ↩
    24. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 1180: “Organization of the Army of Northern Virginia, General R. E. Lee, C. S. Army, commanding, January 31, 1865”; This order of battle was based off of inspection reports from January 26-31, 1865, and the leaders should be accurate for this time frame. ↩
    25. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 181 ↩
    26. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 1268: “Organization of the Infantry and Cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia, General R. E. Lee, C. S. Army, commanding, February 28, 1865”; This order of battle was based off of inspection reports from February 28, 1865.  However, leaders listed are from January.  I’ve chosen to ignore the leaders and just use this source for the organization of the order of battle. ↩
    27. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 171 ↩
    28. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 1180: “Organization of the Army of Northern Virginia, General R. E. Lee, C. S. Army, commanding, January 31, 1865”; This order of battle was based off of inspection reports from January 26-31, 1865, and the leaders should be accurate for this time frame. ↩
    29. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 181 ↩
    30. Riggs, David F. 7th Virginia Infantry (H.E. Howard: 1982, 2nd Edition), p. 40: Colonel Flowerree was in temporary command of Terry’s Brigade on January 7, 1865. ↩
    31. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 171 ↩
    32. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 190 ↩
    33. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 200 ↩
    34. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 190 ↩
    35. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 200 ↩
    36. Riggs, David F. 7th Virginia Infantry (H.E. Howard: 1982, 2nd Edition), pp. 42-44: Colonel Flowerree was quoted during the Battle of Five Forks on April 1, 1865, so he was definitely present.  He was captured along with most of his regiment at Sayler’s Creek on April 7, 1865. ↩
    37. Riggs, David F. 7th Virginia Infantry (H.E. Howard: 1982, 2nd Edition), p. 42 ↩
    38. Riggs, David F. 7th Virginia Infantry (H.E. Howard: 1982, 2nd Edition), p. 44: “The 7th Virginia’s sergeant-major estimated that less than 200 members of the regiment entered the Sayler’s Creek battle, the vast majority being captured.” ↩
    39. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 176-177 ↩

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