7th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
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.
W. L. DAVIDSON CAPTAIN
T. J. CAHILL CAPTAIN
WM. J. KERR
TIM P. MOLLAY
I. E. BROWN
J. A. TORRENCE LIEUTENANT
B. H. DAVISON
THOS. P. MOLLAY
P. J. KIRBY
JAS. M. McCLURE PAUL JAMES
AL LELANIN W. G. W. HERBERT
W. WEDLOCK S. N. JAMISON
JAMES CLARK THOMAS BUNDLE
WM. ALEXANDER RICHARD ANDERSON
A. G. AYERS RUFUS BYNUM
PATRICK BUGLIN J. G. BENNETT
JAS. BERRY G. B. BOLTON
PATRICK BRANNON JOHN BRINKLE
THOMAS BRINKLE J. S. BURNETTE
J. J. BROWN W. H. BILLOW
ALEX BROWN NICHOLAS BROWN
PHILIP DONOVAN JEREMIAH DONOVAN
FRANCIS DASINGER HIRAM DOBSON
J. W. DAVIDSON B. W. DAVIDSON
WM. ELLIOTT J. T. ELMORE
JOHN ELLER J. R. EDMIRTON
JACOB FRICK P. L. FOGLEMAN
ARCH GALLAGHER J. F. CLAYWELL
LEVI CARRIKER TIM L. CASKILL
LEWIS CABLE WILEY CONDER
JOHN COLLINS R. C. PLYER
JOHN CHANCY RUFUS JOHNSON
WM. CALDER JR S. N. JAMISON
WM. CALDER SR P. K. KURTZ
THOMAS CASHION LAWRENCE KELLEY
WM. CASHION A. E. KANPUM
F. B. CARTER PATRICK KIRBY
JAS. GALLAGHER JEPE KENNEDAY
JAS. W. GLEASON A. D. LAND
JAS. GRADY WILEY J. MASON
THOMAS GRIFFIN THOMAS McCONNELL
S. C. GOODMAN W. A. McCLELLAN
A. C. GRAVES WM. W. McGARAR
R. W. GRANT STEVEN W. MEREDITH
J. M. HARTSELL JOHN McGUIRE
JAS. HOWELL GEORGE McGINNIS
JOHN HOWELL JOHN MUNSEY
DAVID HOWELL ROBT. MULSON
FRANCIS HARRIS JOHN McBEAN
T. W. HICKS W. B. MASON
A. R. HALSHOUSER T. A. McCONNELL
J. M. HANNA A. M. McCONNELL
DAVID HUMBLE J. MEREDITH
P. E. ICENHOUR ELI NEWTON
JOHN JACKSON MEREDITH NEWTON
E. EDWARD JOHN JOHN NEWTON
DAVID JONES RICHMOND NAIL
R. J. JANNISON A. E. NANTZ
THOMAS JOHNSON CALVIN OLIVER
R. C. PLYER J. B. WASHAM
JOHN PACKARD WM. STANNINGS
JAS. PETIT DAVID STROUPE
J. E. PATTERSON A. B. SPAWL
JAS. QUINN S. L. SKINNER
WM. RHODES D. C. SULLIVAN
THOMAS RAFFERTY JOHN STALY
JAS. ROGERS W. Y. STALY
J. C. ROGERS LEWIS TOWEY
JOHN REYNOLDS WM. VARKER
H. L. RIDDICK JAS. B. VINCENT
W. C. ROLMER RICHARD VANCE
ROBERT RIGGINS H. J. VAUGHN
M. STEPHENS WM. WEAVER
WM. H. SPEARS LEWIS WILSON
THOS. A. STEWART W. L. WOODARD
N. J. SHERILL D. J. WILLIAMSON
A. C. SEAGRAVES ROBERT WHALON
G. W. SANDERS W. WILKERSON
JOHN SHERIDAN J. H. WILKERSON
J. T. WINECOFF
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