About: 7th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment   Sponge Permalink

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The 7th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. For much of the war, it was a part of the famed "Gibraltar Brigade" in the Army of the Potomac. It was famed primarily for two major actions, a determined charge on the Sunken Road at Antietam and a late evening counterattack on East Cemetery Hill at Gettysburg that helped push back an attack by the Louisiana Tigers.

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  • 7th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment
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  • The 7th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. For much of the war, it was a part of the famed "Gibraltar Brigade" in the Army of the Potomac. It was famed primarily for two major actions, a determined charge on the Sunken Road at Antietam and a late evening counterattack on East Cemetery Hill at Gettysburg that helped push back an attack by the Louisiana Tigers.
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Nickname
  • "The Bloody Seventh"
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  • Flag of West Virginia
Dates
  • --07-16
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  • 7(xsd:integer)
Allegiance
Battles
  • American Civil War
  • *Battle of Port Republic*Battle of South Mountain*Battle of Antietam*Battle of Chancellorsville*Battle of Gettysburg*Battle of the Wilderness*Battle of Spotsylvania Court House*Battle of Cold Harbor*Siege of Petersburg
  • *Battle of Winchester
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  • The 7th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. For much of the war, it was a part of the famed "Gibraltar Brigade" in the Army of the Potomac. It was famed primarily for two major actions, a determined charge on the Sunken Road at Antietam and a late evening counterattack on East Cemetery Hill at Gettysburg that helped push back an attack by the Louisiana Tigers.
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