7th Florida 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.

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

During the war it served in R.C. Trigg's, Finley's, and J.A. Smith's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. The 7th took an active part in the arduous campaigns of the army from Chickamauga to Nashville, then fought its last battle at Bentonville.[1]

Companies

CompanyNicknameCommanderNumber of Soldiers
ACapt. Roland Thomas (resigned, replaced by Henry F York)
BSouth Florida RiflesCapt. James Gettis
CAlachua Rangers[2]Capt. Philip B. H. Dudley
DAlachua Rebels[3]Capt. Simeon VanLandingham
ESouth Florida BulldogsCapt. Nathan S. Blount
FCapt. William W. Sloan
GCapt. S. D. McConnell
HMarion Hornets[4]Capt. Wade H. Eichelberger
ICapt. A. S. Moseley
KKey West AvengersCapt. R. B. Smith100

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Citations

References

  • Ferry, Richard J. (1983). Soldiers of Florida in the Seminole Indian, Civil and Spanish-American Wars. Board of State Institutions. OCLC 1164678973.
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