The 7th Regiment was a North Carolina Confederate infantry unit formed at Camp Mason (Graham, NC) in Alamance County, North Carolina in August 1861. It was mustered in for the term of the war on August 21, 1861.  Seven days later, the unit was on its way to New Bern, NC.  After arriving, the unit camped two miles from the town. Its first brigade commander was General Lawrence O'Brian Branch, a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives.  He was killed during the battle of Antietam (MD) at Sharpsburg on 17 Sep 1862.   Click here
By September 1861, the 7th Reg.  had moved twice more and eventually found itself at Fort Burgwyn on the Neuse River on Bogue Island.  In October, the unit moved once again to Carolina City eventually going into winter quarters at Shepherdsville, NC.  One of the first official duties of the 7th Regiment was to guard the railroad bridge over Slocumb's Creek .  It remained there until the entire unit was ordered back to New Bern, NC on March 6, 1862.   In defense of New Bern, the 7th Regiment's first major battle occurred.  There were many more.  The 7th Regiment proudly and distinguishly fought at New Bern, Hanover Courthouse, Seven Days Battles, Cedar Run, Manassas Junction, Manassas Plains, Ox Hill, Harpers Ferry, Antietam, Shepherdstown, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Falling Waters, Bristoe Campaign, Mine Run Campaign, The Wilderness, Spotsylvania Courthouse, North Anna, Cold Harbor, Petersburg Seige, Gravel Hill, Russell's Mill, Ream's Station, Squirrel Level Road, Jones Farm, Pegram's Farm, and Hatcher's Run. The 7th Regiment, NC Troops was formally surrendered by General Joseph E. Johnston at Durham Station, Orange County, North Carolina on April 26, 1865.
Monument To General Branch - click here


Footnote:  All information pertaining to the 7th Regiment, NC Troops was extracted from the book North Carolina Troops 1861-1865 A Roster, Vol IV, Infantry, Raleigh, North Carolina State Division of Archives and History, 1973, 1989 with addenda, compiled by Weymouth T. Jordan, Jr.   Unit Histories by Louis H. Manarin

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The 7th Regiment was a North Carolina Confederate infantry unit formed at Camp Mason (Graham, NC) in Alamance County, North Carolina in August 1861. It was mustered in for the term of the war on August 21, 1861.  Seven days later, the unit was on its way to New Bern, NC.  After arriving, the unit camped two miles from the town. Its first brigade commander was General Lawrence O'Brian Branch, a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives.  He was killed during the battle of Antietam (MD) at Sharpsburg on 17 Sep 1862.   Click here
By September 1861, the 7th Reg.  had moved twice more and eventually found itself at Fort Burgwyn on the Neuse River on Bogue Island.  In October, the unit moved once again to Carolina City eventually going into winter quarters at Shepherdsville, NC.  One of the first official duties of the 7th Regiment was to guard the railroad bridge over Slocumb's Creek .  It remained there until the entire unit was ordered back to New Bern, NC on March 6, 1862.   In defense of New Bern, the 7th Regiment's first major battle occurred.  There were many more.  The 7th Regiment proudly and distinguishly fought at New Bern, Hanover Courthouse, Seven Days Battles, Cedar Run, Manassas Junction, Manassas Plains, Ox Hill, Harpers Ferry, Antietam, Shepherdstown, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Falling Waters, Bristoe Campaign, Mine Run Campaign, The Wilderness, Spotsylvania Courthouse, North Anna, Cold Harbor, Petersburg Seige, Gravel Hill, Russell's Mill, Ream's Station, Squirrel Level Road, Jones Farm, Pegram's Farm, and Hatcher's Run. The 7th Regiment, NC Troops was formally surrendered by General Joseph E. Johnston at Durham Station, Orange County, North Carolina on April 26, 1865.
Monument To General Branch - click here


Footnote:  All information pertaining to the 7th Regiment, NC Troops was extracted from the book North Carolina Troops 1861-1865 A Roster, Vol IV, Infantry, Raleigh, North Carolina State Division of Archives and History, 1973, 1989 with addenda, compiled by Weymouth T. Jordan, Jr.   Unit Histories by Louis H. Manarin
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