7th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry

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Brief History

7th Infantry Regiment was organized at Corinth, Mississippi, in April, 1861 with men from Marion, Amite, Pike, Franklin, Lawrence, Yalobusha, Holmes, and Covington counties. The unit was briefly consolidated with the 9th Mississippi Regiment in December, 1863. On April 26, 1865, it surrendered. The field officers were Colonels William H. Bishop, E.J. Goode, Hamilton Mayson, and A.G. Mills; Lieutenant Colonels R.S. Carter and Benjamin F. Johns; and Major Henry Pope.

The 7th Mississippi Volunteer Infantry Internet site has links to a history, rosters, photos and gravesites.

The 7th Mississippi Infantry Internet site has a longer history taken from Dunbar Rowland's Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898.

Regiment Companies with the County of Origin

Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

Company A - Franklin Rifles (raised in Franklin County) See Roster
Company B - Bogue Chitto Guards (raised in Pike County)
Company C - Amite Rifles (raised in Amite County)
Company D - Jeff Davis Sharpshooters (raised in Marion County)
Company E - Franklin Beauregards (raised in Franklin County) See Roster
Company F - Marion’s Men (raised in Marion County)
Company G - Goode Rifles (raised in Lawrence County)
Company H - Dahlgren Rifles (raised in Pike County)
Company I - Covington Rifles, aka Covington Rangers (raised in Covington County)
Company K - Quitman Rifles (raised in Franklin County)

Source Material

• Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System can be searched by soldier's name or by regiment; includes regimental rosters and additional history of the regiment.
  
  
• Rowland, Dunbar, Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898: taken from the Official and statistical register of the State of Mississippi, 1908 (Spartanburg, South Carolina: Reprint Company).
  
  
• Howell, H. Grady, For Dixie Land, I’ll Take My Stand!: A Muster Listing of All Known Mississippi Confederate Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines (Chickasaw Bayou Press, 1998).