7th Regiment Indiana Infantry (3 months)

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7th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry

Indiana flag
Active April 21, 1861 to August 2, 1861
Country United States
Allegiance Union Army
Branch Army
Type Infantry
Engagements Battle of Philippi Races
Commanders
Colonel of
the Regiment		 Ebenezer Dumont

The 7th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry (3 Months) was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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[edit] Service

The 7th Indiana Volunteer Infantry was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana between April 21 and April 27, 1861. The Regiment was sent to Grafton, West Virginia on May 30, 1861 and participated in the first land battle of the Civil War, the Battle of Philippi Races on June 3, 1861.

The regiment mustered out of service on August 2, 1861.

[edit] Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 1 enlisted man killed, 2 enlisted men men who died of disease, for a total of 3 fatalities.[1]

[edit] Colonels

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unininf1.htm#7th3mo The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.

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