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Muster In: August 22, 18611
Muster Out: July 5, 18652
Commander(s):
Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Newell Smith
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Lieutenant Colonel George W. LaPoint
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Major Sylvanus W. Curtis
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Major Moracio Van Sickle
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Commander 5
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First Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Second Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army3
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- Weapons: Springfield Rifles (.58 caliber) (June 30, 1864)4
Second Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Second Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army5,6
- Commander: Major Sylvanus W. Curtis (at least June 30, 1864)7
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons: Springfield Rifles (.58 caliber) (June 30, 1864)8
Third Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Second Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army9,10
- Commander: Lieutenant Colonel Samuel N. Smith (July 31, 1864)11
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Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Second Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army12,13
- Commander: Lieutenant Colonel Samuel N. Smith (at least August 28 and 31, 1864)14,15
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Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Second Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army16
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- Weapons: Springfield Rifles (.58 caliber) (September 30, 1864)17
Sixth Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Second Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army18,19
Seventh Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Second Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army22
- Commander: Lieutenant Colonel George W. La Point (December 31, 1864)23
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Eighth Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Second Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army24,25,26
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- Note: This unit is listed in the casualty returns for the Battle of Hatcher’s Run, February 5-7, 1865, implying it was present during the Eighth Offensive and the battle.29
Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Second Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army30,31
- Commander: Lieutenant Colonel George W. La Point (March 31, 1865)32
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Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles33:
- Before Petersburg June 16-18.
- Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865.
- Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon Railroad, June 22-23, 1864.
- Demonstration on north side of the James River July 27-29.
- Deep Bottom July 27-28.
- Demonstration north of James at Deep Bottom August 13-20.
- Strawberry Plains August 14-18.
- Ream’s Station August 25.
- Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher’s Run, October 27-28.
- Dabney’s Mills, Hatcher’s Run, February 5-7, 1865.
- Watkins’ House March 25.
- Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9.
- Boydton Road March 30-31.
- Crow’s House March 31.
- Fall of Petersburg April 2.
- Pursuit of Lee April 3-9.
- Sailor’s Creek April 6.
- High Bridge and Farmville April 7.
- Appomattox Court House April 9.
Bibliography:
- 7th MI: Souvenir of the Seventh, Containing a Brief History of It. Prefaced with a View Front and Rear of the “Late Unpleasantness”
- 7th MI: The Allen Family Civil War Letters: A Transcription of Civil War Letters Written to Horace E. Allen of Oxford, Michigan from 1861-1864
- 7th MI: The Civil War Diaries of Charles E. Benson: Corporal, Company I, Seventh Regiment Michigan Infantry Volunteers
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- 7th MI: Souvenir of the Seventh, Containing a Brief History of It. Prefaced with a View Front and Rear of the “Late Unpleasantness”
- 7th MI: The Allen Family Civil War Letters: A Transcription of Civil War Letters Written to Horace E. Allen of Oxford, Michigan from 1861-1864
- 7th MI: The Civil War Diaries of Charles E. Benson: Corporal, Company I, Seventh Regiment Michigan Infantry Volunteers
- NP: August 23, 1864 Detroit Free Press: From the Seventh Infantry
- NP: August 9, 1864 Detroit Free Press: From the Seventh Infantry
- OR XLII P1 #55: Report of Lieutenant Colonel S. Newell Smith, 7th MI, August 23-26, 1864
- OR XLVI P1 #57: Report of Lieutenant Colonel George W. La Point, 7th MI, February 5-7, 1865
- Petersburg Medals of Honor: Scenes from Hatcher’s Run
Links:
Sources:
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), pages 219-221 ↩
- Volume 13 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 7th Michigan Entry, Page 91; Summary Statements of Quarterly Returns of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores on Hand in Regular and Volunteer Army Organizations, 1862-1867, 1870-1876. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1281, Roll 7); Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1797-1969, Record Group 156; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), pages 219-221 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), p. 543 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), page 543 ↩
- Volume 13 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 7th Michigan Entry, Page 91; Summary Statements of Quarterly Returns of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores on Hand in Regular and Volunteer Army Organizations, 1862-1867, 1870-1876. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1281, Roll 7); Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1797-1969, Record Group 156; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), page 252 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 3 (Serial Number 82), page 730 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 3 (Serial Number 82), page 730 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 2 (Serial Number 88), page 613: “Organization of the Army of the Potomac…August 31, 1864” ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 1 (Serial Number 87), pages 117, 130: “Return of Casualties in the Union Forces (August 1864)” ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 1 (Serial Number 87), page 311: Smith wrote a report dated August 28, 1864 and signs it as comanding the 7th Michigan. ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 2 (Serial Number 88), page 613: “Organization of the Army of the Potomac…August 31, 1864” ↩
- 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. 1298. ↩
- Volume 15 (Ordnance Returns for the Third Quarter, July-September, 1864); 7th Michigan Entry, Page 87; Summary Statements of Quarterly Returns of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores on Hand in Regular and Volunteer Army Organizations, 1862-1867, 1870-1876. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1281, Roll 7); Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1797-1969, Record Group 156; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 3 (Serial Number 89), page 459: “Organization of the Union Forces” (October 31, 1864)” ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 1 (Serial Number 87), page 153: “Return of Casualties in the Union Forces…Boydton Plank Road, Va., October 27-28, 1864” ↩
- Aubery, James M. The Thirty-Sixth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry … An Authentic Record of the Regiment from its Organization to its Muster Out. A Complete Roster of its Officers and Men with their Record … A Copy of Every Official Paper in the War Department Pertaining to the Regiment … (Milwaukee, WI: Unknown Publisher, 1900). p. 176: Spelled incorrectly as “Lepointe” in Aubery’s book. ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 3 (Serial Number 89), page 459: “Organization of the Union Forces” (October 31, 1864)” ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 3 (Serial Number 89), page 1116: “Organization of the Union Forces” (December 31, 1864) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 3 (Serial Number 89), page 1116: “Organization of the Union Forces” (December 31, 1864) ↩
- 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 326: “Organization of the Union Forces” (January 31, 1865) ↩
- 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 739: “Organization of the Union Forces” (February 28, 1865) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 1 (Serial Number 96), page 63: “Return of Casualties in the Union forces at Hatcher’s Run (otherwise known as Dabney’s Mill, Armstrong’s Mill, Rowanty Creek, and Vaughan Road)… (February 5-7, 1865)” ↩
- 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 326: “Organization of the Union Forces” (January 31, 1865) ↩
- 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 739: “Organization of the Union Forces” (February 28, 1865) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 1 (Serial Number 96), page 63: “Return of Casualties in the Union forces at Hatcher’s Run (otherwise known as Dabney’s Mill, Armstrong’s Mill, Rowanty Creek, and Vaughan Road)… (February 5-7, 1865)” ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 1 (Serial Number 95), page 567: “Organization of the Union Forces” (March 31, 1865) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 1 (Serial Number 95), page 583: “Return of casualties in the Union Forces commanded by Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, March 29-April 9, 1865” ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 1 (Serial Number 95), page 567: “Organization of the Union Forces” (March 31, 1865) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩