7th Florida Infantry Regiment

7th Florida Infantry Regiment
Regimental colors (from ca. March or April 1864 to April 1865)
ActiveApril 1862 - 1865
Allegiance Confederate Florida
 Confederate States of America
Branch Confederate States Army
RoleInfantry

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

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]

The 7th took an active part in the arduous campaigns of the army from Chickamauga to Nashville, then fought its last battle at Bentonville.[2]

Companies

Company Nickname Commander Number of Soldiers
A Capt. Roland Thomas (resigned, replaced by Henry F York)
B South Florida Rifles Capt. James Gettis
C Alachua Rangers[3] Capt. Philip B. H. Dudley
D Alachua Rebels[4] Capt. Simeon VanLandingham
E South Florida Bulldogs[5] Capt. Nathan S. Blount
F Capt. William W. Sloan
G Capt. S. D. McConnell
H Marion Hornets[6] Capt. Wade H. Eichelberger
I Capt. A. S. Moseley
K Key West Avengers Capt. R. B. Smith 100

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See also

Citations

  1. ^ Sheppard, Jonathan C. (2004). Everyday Soldiers: The Florida Brigade of the West, 1861-1862 (Masters of Arts, History thesis). Florida State University Libraries.
  2. ^ "Battle Unit Details - the Civil War (U.S. National Park Service)".
  3. ^ Pickard & Morrison 2003, p. 10
  4. ^ Ferry 1983, p. 177
  5. ^ 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 16 February 2023.
  6. ^ Ferry 1983, p. 183
  7. ^ "The South Florida Rifles".

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