The 7th Tennessee
Our History
28 May, 1861
Total mustered Unknown. (1,858?)
Casualties: >116
Command Surrendered: 6 officers, 41 enlisted men under Lt. Colonel Samuel G. Shepard.
Major Engagements:
Seven Pine
Mechanicsville
2nd Manassas
Harper's Ferry
Sharpsburg
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg (as part of Pickett's charge)
Spotsylvania Courthouse
Appomattox
Less is known about the 7th Tennessee, short of their horrendous casualties suffered between 1861 and 1865. At Gettysburg alone, the unit lost 116 men (24 killed, 38 wounded and 54 missing) of 249 engaged in the fight, their casualty rate being 46.58%. By 1865, just months before Lee's Surrender, the unit was reported to have "not more than 60 men remaining," as noted by a deserter. At the surrender at Appomattox Courthouse in April of 1865, the 7th Tennessee surrendered just 6 officers and 41 men enlisted under Lt. Colonel Samuel G. Shepard. It's largely unclear exactly how many men served in the 7th Tennessee, but it is estimated to be anywhere between 1,850 and 1,945.
Today
The telegraph lines are down, and we are anxiously awaiting word from the front.
Please check back later.
-Thomas Wallace Knox, Correspondent for the New York Herald. Acquitted on spy charges for publishing important information pertaining to the Vicksburg Campaign
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