7th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment
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| 7th Regiment, Minnesota Volunteer Infantry | |
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 Flag of Minnesota |
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| Active | August 16, 1862 to August 16, 1865 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Infantry |
The 7th Regiment, Minnesota Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army that served in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. Elijah Evan Edwards was chaplin of the 7th Minnesota Infantry. [1]
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[edit] Service
The 7th Minnesota was mustered into Federal service at Camp Release, Fort Snelling, and St. Peter, Minnesota, between August 16 and October 30, 1862.
It was mustered out in St. Paul, Minnesota, on August 16, 1865.
[edit] Casualties
The 7th Minnesota Infantry suffered 2 officers and 31 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 138 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 171 fatalities.[2]
[edit] Colonels
- Colonel Stephen Miller - August 24, 1862, to November 6, 1863.
- Colonel William Rainey Marshall - November 6, 1863, to August 16, 1865.
[edit] References
- Andrews, C. C., ed. (1891). Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars 1861-1865. St. Paul, Minn: Printed for the state by the Pioneer Press Co. http://openlibrary.org/books/OL7088819M/Minnesota_in_the_civil_and_Indian_wars_1861-1865.
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[edit] Notes
[edit] See also
List of Minnesota Civil War Units
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