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| 7th Florida Infantry Regiment | |
|---|---|
 Regimental colors (from ca. March or April 1864 to April 1865) | |
| Active | April 1862–1865 |
| Allegiance |  Confederate Florida Confederate States of America |
| Branch |  Confederate States Army |
| Role | Infantry |
The 7th Florida Infantry Regiment was a Civil War regiment from Florida organized at Gainesville, in April 1862. Its companies were recruited in the counties of Bradford, Hillsborough, Alachua, Manatee, and Marion.
Organization and Service history
[edit]During the war it served in the Florida Brigade of the Army of Tennessee. The nucleus of Company K of the regiment was made up of men who served as a militia Coast Guard company before the war. One member of the unit described the diverse nature of the company by saying "it is composed of Yankees, Crackers, Conchs, Englishmen, Spaniards, Germans, Frenchmen, Italians, Poles, Irishmen, Swedes, Chinese, Portuguese, Brazilians...also Scotsmen, Welshmen, and some Half Indians."[1]
Former Governor of Florida, Madison S. Perry served as colonel of the regiment until April 1863.[2][3]
The 7th took an active part in the arduous campaigns of the army from Chickamauga to Nashville, then fought its last battle at Bentonville.[4]
Companies
[edit]| Company | County | Nickname | Commander |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Alachua | Capt. Roland Thomas (resigned, replaced by Henry F York) | |
| B | Hillsborough | South Florida Rifles | Capt. James Gettis |
| C | Alachua | Alachua Rangers[5] | Capt. Philip B. H. Dudley |
| D | Alachua | Alachua Rebels[6] | Capt. Simeon VanLandingham |
| E | Hillsborough | South Florida Bulldogs[7] | Capt. Nathan S. Blount |
| F | Capt. William W. Sloan | ||
| G | Marion | Capt. S. D. McConnell | |
| H | Marion | Marion Hornets[8] | Capt. Wade H. Eichelberger |
| I | Capt. A. S. Moseley | ||
| K | Hillsborough | Key West Avengers[a] | Capt. R. B. Smith |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ↑ Sheppard, Jonathan C. (2004). Everyday Soldiers: The Florida Brigade of the West, 1861–1862 (Masters of Arts, History thesis). Florida State University Libraries.
- ↑ Waters, Zack C. (2023). "A wilderness of destruction": Confederate guerillas of east and south Florida, 1861–1865. Macon, Georgia: Mercer University Press. p. 15. ISBN 978-0881468816.
- ↑ Sheppard, Jonathan C. (2012). By the Noble Daring of Her Sons: The Florida Brigade of the Army of Tennessee. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press. pp. 118–119. ISBN 978-0817317072.
- ↑ "Battle Unit Details – the Civil War (U.S. National Park Service)".
- ↑ Pickard & Morrison 2003, p. 10
- ↑ Ferry 1983, p. 177
- ↑ Harding, T. Sherman (September–October 1981). "Warriors in Grey: A Survey of Confederates in the Collection of T. Sherman Harding". Military Images. 3 (2): 18. JSTOR 44033262. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
- ↑ Ferry 1983, p. 183
- ↑ Sheppard 2004, pp. 30, 48.
- ↑ Hawk, Robert (1986). Florida's army: Militia, State Troops, National Guard 1565–1985. Englewood, Fla: Pineapple Pr. pp. 259–260. ISBN 0910923345.
References
[edit]- Ferry, Richard J. (1983). Soldiers of Florida in the Seminole Indian, Civil and Spanish-American Wars. Board of State Institutions. OCLC 1164678973.
- Pickard, Ben; Sally Morrison (2003). Dudley Farm : A History of Florida Farm Life. Gainesville, Florida: Alachua Press. OCLC 58458699.