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Order of battle

The 7^th Texas Volunteer Infantry Regiment participated in nine major battles and campaigns during the war. This is an overview of the regiment's place in the military command structure in each of these campaigns. Headings in italics indicates periods where the regiment was not involved in any major operations.

The survey also contains the regiment's strength and losses during the various battles, as far as it is possible to determine. Strength refers to the number of officers and men available for combat duty at the beginning of a battle, i.e. not including personell on leave, in hospital, or on detached duty. The number of men killed indicates, as a rule, only those reported to be killed in action outright. Those who later died from wounds are thus numbered with the wounded.

Information relating to Company A is given in detail. As far as known, the combat strength of the company is listed (where this is not known "Average strength per company" is listed instead), and losses are reported with name and cause.

Altogether, 974 officers and men served in the 7^th Texas Infantry during the war, 97of whom were in Company A. The regiment numbered 749 officers and men when organized 11 November 1861, with an average of about 80 men in each of the nine companies. However, the harsh winter in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, took a terrible toll on the regiment. In Company A alone, 13 men died of disease. Thus, the effective strength was severely reduced even before the first encounter with the enemy.

NOTE: Click on the headlines in blue to get more info on the battles.

Camp of instruction, Hopkinsville, Kentucky,
November 1861 - February 1862

DEPARTMENT	*Department of the West (No. 2)*
DEPARTMENT COMMANDER	*General Albert Sidney Johnston*
ARMY	*Central Army of Kentucky*
ARMY CO	*Major General William J. Hardee*
DETACHED BRIGADE CO	*Brigadier General Charles Clark*
7^th TEXAS CO	*Colonel John Gregg*
COMPANY CO	*Captain C. N. Alexander*

STRENGTH 7th TEXAS	11 November: 749
LOSSES 7th TEXAS	Died of disease - over 130 Discharged for various reasons - unknown
STRENGTH COMPANY A	*11 November: 75*
LOSSES COMPANY A	Died of disease - 13 Discharged - 1
Died: Sergeants M. M. Webster (12 Dec 1861), John W. McCary (17 Dec 1861), and R. W. Sparks (23 Dec 1861). Privates A. L. Goff (7 Dec 1861), D. B. Webster (12 Dec 1861), P. Pilkington (15 Dec 1861), W. W. Rozell (16 Dec 1861), John D. Trice (17 Dec 1861), W. W. Evans (18 Dec 1861), P. S. Holloway (19 Dec 1861), J. D. Hardin (21 Dec 1861), H. W. Speagles (2 jan 1862), and L. H. Williams (7 Feb 1862, in hospital at Clarksville). Private John D. Randers was discharged 19 January1862, probably due to disease. Previously, First Lieutenant A.M. Houston died in Marshall, Texas, 20 October, and private W. F. Arnold died in Clarksville 4 November, on the way to Hopkinsville.

Fort Donelson, Tennessee, 12 – 16 February 1862

DEPARTMENT	*Department of the West (No. 2)*
DEPARTMENT COMMANDER	*General Albert Sidney Johnston*
DETACHED GARRISON CO	*Brigadier General John B. Floyd*
DIVISION CO	*Brigadier General Bushrod R. Johnson*
BRIGADE CO	*Colonel Thomas J. Davidson (wounded), Colonel John M. Simonton*
7th TEXAS CO	*Colonel John Gregg*
COMPANY A CO	*Captain C. N. Alexander*

STRENGTH 7th TEXAS	305
LOSSES 7th TEXAS	Killed - 20 Wounded - 39 Captured – ca 200
AVERAGE STRENGTH PER COMPANY	33 (9 companies)
LOSSES COMPANY A	Killed – 2 Wounded – 2 (1 died later) Captured – all except 9 (8 escaped with the cavalry, 1 was in hospital)
First Lieutenant E. B. Rosson and Second Lieutenant James W. Nowlin were killed. Privates Benjamin F. Moffitt and H. B. Deckard were wounded. Deckard died of his wounds shortly afterwards in Nashville, while Moffitt survived both his wounds and a fit of smallpox while a prisoner in Camp Douglas. Those who escaped with the 8^th Texas Cavalry Regiment were corporal William A. Gill, privates J. B. Longineau, David Hooks, Robert W. Gray, John V. Holloway (jr), R. W. Harris, T. W. Willie and James Prior. Willie and Prior never returned to the 7th Texas, presumably they served in the cavalry for the rest of the war. Holloway and Harris fought at Shiloh (7 April 1862), where Harris was killed and Holloway severely wounded and later discharged. Gill, Gray and Hooks returned to the company 4 November 1862, and Longineau finally rejoined on 22 June 1863. Private John Holloway (sr) escaped because he was in hospital in Clarksville, he rejoined the company 10 November 1862.

In prison, Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois,
February – September 1862

LOSSES 7th TEXAS

Died - 65 (of disease and exposure)

LOSSES COMPANY A

Died - 3

Discharged after exchange - 1

Privates C. J. Brown (19 May 1862) and H. D. Hicks (10 July 1862) died of pneumonia. Pvt Allen H. Bryan died of tonsilitis 18 July 1862.

Pvt James H. Sparks became chronically ill and was discharged 23 November 1862.

After being exchanged at Vicksburg, Mississippi, the regiment was so reduced in numbers that it was temporarily reduced to two companies on 8 October 1862. All surplus officers were sent home to Texas to recruit. Meanwhile, the companies were assigned as Company A and B of the Consolidated 49^th & 55^th Tennessee Infantry, a provisional regiment commanded by Colonel James E. Bailey. Bailey's regiment was stationed in Central Mississippi until early January 1863, when they were dispatched to Port Hudson, Louisiana.

Port Hudson, Louisiana, 7 January - 5 May 1863

Having been strengthened with new recruits, the 7^th Texas was finally reorganized and reconstituted as a regiment on 10 February 1863, and placed in the brigade of Brig. Gen. John Gregg. The regiment remained part of the Port Hudson garrison until May 5, 1863.

DEPARTMENT	*Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana*
DEPARTMENT COMMANDER	*Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton*
DISTRICT	*District of East Louisiana*
DISTRICT COMMANDER	*Major General Franklin C. Gardner - also commander of Port Hudson garrison, where the great majority of the district's forces were concentrated.*
BRIGADE CO	*Brigadier General Samuel B. Maxey (until 10 February), Brigadier General John Gregg*
REGIMENT CO*	*Colonel James E. Bailey (until 10 February), Colonel Hiram B. Granbury*
COMPANY A CO	*First Lieutenant J. Sam Norvell (from 10 February)*

* Until 10 February the 7^th Texas formed part of the consolidated 49^th & 55^th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, commanded by Colonel Bailey.

STRENGTH 7th TEXAS	Unknown
AVERAGE STRENGTH PER COMPANY	Unknown

Raymond, Mississippi, 12 May 1863

DEPARTMENT	*Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana*
DEPARTMENT COMMANDER	*General Joseph E. Johnston*
DETACHED BRIGADE CO	*Brigadier General John Gregg*
7th TEXAS CO	*Colonel Hiram B. Granbury*
COMPANY A CO	*First Lieutenant J. Sam Norvell*

STRENGTH 7th TEXAS	306
LOSSES 7th TEXAS	Killed - 22 Wounded - 66 Captured - 70
STRENGTH COMPANY A	33
LOSSES COMPANY A	Killed – 1 Wounded – 7 (2 died later) Captured - 5
Private William A. Ruyle was killed. Second Lieutenant John C. Kidd and private James L. Galloway were mortally wounded. Privates J. W. G. Brooks and R. W. Gray were severely wounded, and J. N. Calloway wounded and captured. Privates John A. Harrison and Phillips Hofeckert were slightly wounded. First Sergeant John Bland and privates Newt Slavin, George W. Williams and James Y. Ray were all captured. Calloway died of tuberculosis after being exchanged (6 Sept 1863), Harrison and Hofeckert were permanently maimed and discharged. Slavin stayed in several prison camps and hospitals until war's end. First Sergeant Bland never returned to Company A, he took the oath of allegiance to the Union while a prisoner at Camp Morton, Indiana, 25 March 1864. Gray, Williams and Ray were the only ones who rejoined the company.

Jackson, Mississippi, 14 May 1863

DEPARTMENT	*Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana*
DEPARTMENT COMMANDER	*General Joseph E. Johnston*
DETACHED DIVISION CO	*Brigadier General John Gregg*
BRIGADE CO	*Colonel Robert Farquharson*
7th TEXAS CO	*Colonel Hiram B. Granbury*
COMPANY A CO	*First Lieutenant J. Sam Norvell*

STRENGTH 7th TEXAS	Unknown, ca. 150?
LOSSES 7th TEXAS	Unknown
AVERAGE STRENGTH PER COMPANY	Ca 15? (10 companies)
LOSSES COMPANY A	Unknown

Mississippi, 18 May - 7 September 1863

The regiment operated in Central Mississippi, in the area of Canton, Yazoo City, Vernon, and Porter Creek, until the fall of Vicksburg 4 July. Thereafter the army was concentrated in Jackson, which was invested and captured by the enemy 10 -17 July 1863. Following the evacuation of Jackson, the 7^th Texas was stationed in Enterprise, Mississippi, until transferred to Georgia on September 7.

DEPARTMENT	*Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana*
DEPARTMENT COMMANDER	*General Joseph E. Johnston*
ARMY	*Army of Relief (provisional, May - July); Army of Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana (July - August)*
ARMY CO	*General Joseph E. Johnston (May - July); Lieutenant General William J. Hardee (July - August)*
DIVISION CO	*Major General William H. T. Walker*
BRIGADE CO	*Brigadier General John Gregg*
7th TEXAS CO	*Colonel Hiram B. Granbury*
COMPANY A CO	*First Lieutenant J. Sam Norvell*

STRENGTH 7th TEXAS	Unknown
LOSSES 7th TEXAS	Unknown
AVERAGE STRENGTH PER COMPANY	Unknown
LOSSES COMPANY A	Wounded - 1
Private Bryant H. Ray was wounded during the siege of Jackson 15 July1863.

Chickamauga, Georgia, 19 – 20 September 1863

ARMY	*Army of Tennessee*
ARMY CO	*General Braxton Bragg*
CORPS CO	*Major General Simon B. Buckner*
DIVISION CO	*Brigadier General Bushrod R. Johnson*
BRIGADE CO	*Brigadier General John Gregg (wounded); Colonel Cyrus A. Sugg*
7th TEXAS CO	*Colonel Hiram B. Granbury (wounded); Major Khleber M. Van Zandt*
COMPANY A CO	*First Lieutenant J. Sam Norvell (wounded)*

STRENGTH 7th TEXAS	177
LOSSES 7th TEXAS	Killed/ Wounded/ Captured – 87 total
STRENGTH COMPANY A	27
LOSSES COMPANY A	Wounded - 11
The wounded were First Lieutenant Sam Norvell, sergeants Martin V. Abernathy and N. L. Roberts, corporals William A. Gill and Frank Woods, and privates John L. Cantrell, Thomas J. Harrison, Malcolm M. Leonard, A. H. Bryan and Benjamin Kendall. The latter three were gone for several months due to serious wounds.

Missionary Ridge (Tunnell Hill), Tennessee, 25 November 1863

ARMY	*Army of Tennessee*
ARMY CO	*General Braxton Bragg*
CORPS CO	*Lieutenant General William J. Hardee*
DIVISION CO	*Major General Patrick R. Cleburne*
BRIGADE CO	*Brigadier General James A. Smith (wounded); Colonel Hiram B. Granbury*
7th TEXAS CO	*Colonel Hiram B. Granbury; Captain Charles E. Talley*
COMPANY A CO	*First Lieutenant J. Sam Norvell*

STRENGTH 7th TEXAS	Unknown
LOSSES 7th TEXAS	Unknown
STRENGTH COMPANY A	26
LOSSES COMPANY A	Wounded - 2
The wounded were privates Ed Estes and Robert Galloway. Both later returned to the regiment, Estes fought in the Atlanta Campaign in 64 and Galloway continued in service until the surrender in North Carolina.

Ringgold Gap, Georgia, 27. november 1863

ARMY	*Army of Tennessee*
ARMY CO	*General Braxton Bragg*
CORPS CO	*Lieutenant General William J. Hardee*
DIVISION CO	*Major General Patrick R. Cleburne*
BRIGADE CO	*Colonel Hiram B. Granbury*
7th TEXAS CO	*Captain Charles E. Talley*
COMPANY A CO	*First Lieutenant J. Sam Norvell*

STRENGTH 7th TEXAS	Unknown
LOSSES 7th TEXAS	Wounded - 5
AVERAGE STRENGTH PER COMPANY	Unknown
LOSSES COMPANY A	Wounded - 2
Second Lieutenant J. H. Murry and corporal W. Bennett were slightly wounded.

Winter quarters,
Dalton, Georgia, December 1863 - April 1864

ARMY	*Army of Tennessee*
ARMY CO	*General Braxton Bragg (until 23 December), General Joseph E. Johnston*
CORPS CO	*Lieutenant General William J. Hardee*
DIVISION CO	*Major General Patrick R. Cleburne*
BRIGADE CO	*Colonel Hiram B. Granbury*
7th TEXAS CO	*Captain Charles E. Talley*
COMPANY A CO	*Captain J. Sam Norvell*

Effective strengt: 117 (Enlisted men with combat functions only)

Present for duty: 170 ( Also including officers and men on special duty)

Present and absent: 397 (Including personell on leave, in hospital, AWOL, prisoners, and missing in action)

Number of arms in the regiment: 122

Ammunition per man: 66 rounds

Atlanta Campaign, May - September 1864:

ARMY	*Army of Tennessee*
ARMY CO	*General Joseph E. Johnston (until 17 July); General John Bell Hood*
CORPS CO	*Lieutenant General William J. Hardee*
DIVISION CO	*Major General Patrick R. Cleburne*
BRIGADE CO	*Brigadier General Hiram B. Granbury; Brigadier General James A. Smith (CO at Atlanta, wounded)*
7th TEXAS CO	*Captains Charles E. Talley; J. H. Colley; Thomas B. Camp (CO at Pickett’s Mill); John W. Brown (CO at Atlanta)*
COMPANY A CO	*Captain J. Sam Norvell*

12.1 Dug Gap (Rocky Face Ridge), Georgia, 8 May 1864

12.2 Resaca, Georgia, 14 May 1864

STRENGTH 7th TEXAS	Unknown
LOSSES 7th TEXAS	Unknown
AVERAGE STRENGTH PER COMPANY	Unknown
LOSSES COMPANY A	Wounded - 1
First Lieutenant William E. Rogers was wounded in the thigh.

12.3 Rome Crossroads, Georgia, 16 May 1864

12.4 Pickett’s Mill, Georgia, 27 May 1864

STRENGTH 7th TEXAS	Unknown
LOSSES 7th TEXAS	Killed - 5 Wounded - 23
AVERAGE STRENGTH PER COMPANY	Unknown
LOSSES COMPANY A	Unknown

12.5 Gilgal Church, Georgia, 15 June 1864

12.6 Mud Creek, Georgia, 16 – 18 June 1864

12.7 Smyrna, Georgia, 4 July 1864

12.8 Atlanta, Georgia, 21 - 22 July 1864

STRENGTH 7th TEXAS	21 July: 109 22 July: 100
LOSSES 7th TEXAS	21. July: 2 killed, 7 wounded 22 July: 5 killed, 29 wounded, 1? captured
AVERAGE STRENGTH PER COMPANY	22 July: ca 11
LOSSES COMPANY A	Killed - 1 Wounded - 6 (2 died later) Captured - 1
Private Malcolm M. Leonard was killed. Thomas J. Brown was wounded and his leg amputated, he died shortly afterwards. Walter Bennett was mortally wounded, he died in Forsyth, Georgia, 18 August 1864. Leonidas S. Bowen was wounded slightly in the cheek, David Hooks and A. H. Bryan were both wounded in the thigh. Thomas J. Harrison was also wounded, however, it was noted that he never left the field. First Lieutenant William E. Rogers was captured and spent the rest of the war in prison at Johnson's Island, Sandusky, Ohio. ["Galveston Weekly News" 7 September 1864]

12.9 Jonesboro, Georgia, 31 August – 1 September 1864

STRENGTH 7th TEXAS	Unknown
LOSSES 7th TEXAS	Unknown
AVERAGE STRENGTH PER COMPANY	Unknown
LOSSES COMPANY A	Killed - 1 Wounded - 5 (1 died later)
The company commander, Captain Sam Norvell, was killed 2 September. Private Benjamin F. Kendall was severely wounded in the thigh and sergeant Tilman Fowler slightly wounded. Corporal William A. Gill and private James Y. Ray were both wounded in the thigh. John Waters was wounded in the ankle and A. J. Royal was shot in the head. Royal died of his wounds 29 September in Auburn, Alabama.

7th TEXAS' TOTAL LOSSES IN THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN

Killed - 17

Wounded - 77

Captured - 2

Tennessee Campaign, October - December 1864:

ARMY	*Army of Tennessee*
ARMY CO	*General John Bell Hood*
CORPS CO	*Lieutenant General Benjamin F. Cheatham*
DIVISION CO	*Major General Patrick R. Cleburne (killed at Franklin); Brigadier General James A. Smith*
BRIGADE CO	*Brigadier General Hiram B. Granbury (killed at Franklin); Captain Edward T. Broughton*
7th TEXAS CO	*Captain John W. Brown (captured at Franklin); Captain Oren P. Forrest*
COMPANY A CO	*Second Lieutenant J. H. Murry*

13.1 Spring Hill, Tennessee, 29 November 1864

STRENGTH 7th TEXAS	Unknown
LOSSES 7th TEXAS	Wounded - 2 Captured - 1
AVERAGE STRENGTH PER COMPANY	Unknown
LOSSES COMPANY A	Wounded - 1
Private John L. Cantrell was wounded and had 3" amputated off his arm. He was captured while in hospital in Franklin 18 December. Cantrell survived the operation and was imprisoned at Rock Island and later Point Lookout, Maryland. He was exchanged at Richmond, Virginia, in March 1865, and received a well-earned 30 days' furlough from a Richmond hospital.

13.2 Franklin, Tennessee, 30 November 1864

STRENGTH 7th TEXAS	Unknown
LOSSES 7th TEXAS	Killed - 18 Wounded - 25 Captured - 19
AVERAGE STRENGTH PER COMPANY	Unknown
LOSSES COMPANY A	Killed - 2 Wounded - 3 (1 died later) Captured - 3
Privates David Hooks and George Williams were killed. Private John Watters was wounded in both thighs and left in a field hospital. He was captured when the enemy reentered Franklin 18 December, and sent to a US prison hospital in Nashville, where he died 15 April 1865. Second Lieutenant John O. Cawthon was also shot through both thighs and private David Blankenbaker was wounded. Cawthon and Blankenbaker were also captured 17 December when the enemy reentered Franklin. Cawthon survived both his wounds and six-months in Fort Delaware before being released in June 1865. Blankenbaker also survived and was released from prison in Louisville, Kentucky, about the same time. Sergeant Martin Abernathy and privates Leonidas S. Bowen and Joseph F. Rogers were all captured during the battle. Abernathy and Rogers were released from Camp Douglas in June1865.

13.3 Nashville, Tennessee, 15 – 16 December 1864

STRENGTH 7th TEXAS	10 December: 30
LOSSES 7th TEXAS	Nashville 15. Dec: 1 wounded Retreat from Nashville: 20 of the wounded from Franklin were captured (17 – 21 December)
AVERAGE STRENGTH PER COMPANY	10 December: 3
LOSSES COMPANY A	Retreat from Nashville: 4 of the wounded from Franklin captured
Second Lieutenant John O. Cawthon, privates John L. Cantrell, David Blankenbaker, and John Watters (all wounded) were in hospital in Franklin and were captured when the enemy reentered the town 17 -18 December.

Bentonville, North Carolina, 20 – 21 March 1865

ARMY	*Army of the South (provisonal, mainly Army of Tennessee)*
ARMY CO	*General Joseph E. Johnston*
CORPS CO	*Major General William B. Bate*
DIVISION CO	*Brigadier General James A. Smith*
BRIGADE CO	*Major William A. Ryan*
7th TEXAS CO	*First Lieutenant L. F. Moody*

STRENGTH 7th TEXAS	Unknown
LOSSES 7th TEXAS	Unknown
AVERAGE STRENGTH PER COMPANY	Unknown
LOSSES COMPANY A	Unknown

Surrender, near Greensboro, North Carolina, 26 April 1865

ARMY	*Army of Tennessee*
ARMY CO	*General Joseph E. Johnston*
CORPS CO	*Lieutenant General William J. Hardee*
DIVISION CO	*Major General John C. Brown*
BRIGADE CO	*Brigadier General Daniel C. Govan*
REGIMENT CO*	*Lieutenant Colonel William A. Ryan*

* 1^st Texas Consolidated Infantry Regiment. Formed on 9 April 1865 by a merging of all 8 Texas regiments in Granbury's late brigade. The remnants of the 7^th Texas Infantry made up Company B and C.

STRENGTH 7th TEXAS

STRENGTH COMPANY A

The remaining men of Company A were: Second Lieutenant J. H. Murry and privates D. F. Abernathy, A. H. Bryan, Robert V. Galloway, Goolsbury W. Price, James Y. Ray, Leonard S. Williams, James A. Smyre, N. H. Carroll, Thomas J. Harrison, and N. L. Roberts.

Murry, Ray, Roberts, Smyre, Harrison and Carroll were transferred from Company F in May 1863, and Galloway enlisted in December 1862. Abernathy, Bryan, Price and Williams all enlisted 2 October 1861 in Marshall. Bryan was barely 20 years old at the time of the surrender. All four were private soldiers throughout the war.

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Order of battle

Camp of instruction, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, November 1861 - February 1862

Mississippi, 18 May - 7 September 1863

Winter quarters, Dalton, Georgia, December 1863 - April 1864

Camp of instruction, Hopkinsville, Kentucky,
November 1861 - February 1862

Winter quarters,
Dalton, Georgia, December 1863 - April 1864