7th New York Infantry Regiment

The 7th New York Infantry Regiment, later reorganized at the 7th Veteran Infantry Regiment, was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was composed almost entirely of German immigrants and is also known as the Steuben Guard or the Steuben Regiment. It should not be confused with the 7th New York Militia, an entirely different regiment whose service overlapped with the 7th New York Volunteers.

7th New York Infantry Regiment

April 23, 1861 – May 8, 1863

United States

Union

Infantry

700,^[1]^{[note 1]} 800^[2]^{[note 2]}, 783^[3]

Steuben Guard; Steuben Regiment

800 Model 1842 Springfield Muskets (.69 caliber, smoothbore), ^{[note 3]} Pattern 1856 Percussion Short Rifle, model 1855, 1861^{[note 4]}

Service[edit]

1861[edit]

The regiment was organized in New York City and was mustered in for a two-year enlistment on April 23, 1861.^[7] It was nicknamed "The Steuben Rangers". Early in its training, it was so poorly equipped that a civilian who visited the troops wrote a letter to the editor of The New York Times (published May 16, 1861) complaining that tailors within the regiment had to resew the uniforms and put buttons on them, and that some of the soldiers were wearing "flip-flaps". The letter-writer was impressed (spelling and punctuation as in the original):

John E. Bendix

Edward Kapff

George W. Von Schack

Colonels

Lieutenant Colonels

Majors

Affiliations, battle honors, detailed service, and casualties[edit]

Organizational affiliation[edit]

Attached to:^[13]^[14]^[15]

Casualties[edit]

During its service the 7th New York lost by death, killed in action, 9 officers and 76 enlisted men; of wounds received in action, 5 officers and 34 enlisted men; of disease and other causes, 1 officer and 60 enlisted men. Total: 15 officers, 170 enlisted men; aggregate, 185; of whom 7 enlisted men died in the hands of the enemy as prisoners of war.

A — 17 49 Springfield Rifled Muskets, , 1861, National Armory (NA)^{[note 5]} and contract, (.58 Cal.)

model 1855

B — 27 Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, NA and contract, (.58 Cal.)

C — 5 Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, NA and contract, (.58 Cal.); 2 .^[30]^[31]^[32]^{[note 6]} (.58 and .577 Cal.); 40 Model 1842 Muskets smooth-bored Muskets, model 1842. Calibre .69

P53 Enfield Rifled Muskets

D — 4 Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, N.A. and contract. Calibre .58; 2 P53 Enfield Rifled Muskets, Calibre .58 and .577; 17 Model 1842 Muskets smooth-bored Muskets, model 1842. Calibre. 69

E — 1 Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, N.A. and contract. Calibre .58; 1 P53 Enfield Rifled Muskets, Calibre .58 or .577; 39 Model 1842 Muskets smooth-bored Muskets, model 1842. Calibre. 69

F - 17 P53 Enfield Rifled Muskets, Calibre .58 and .577; 17 Model 1842 Muskets smooth-bored Muskets, model 1842. Calibre. 69

G - 7 Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, N.A. and contract. Calibre .58; 10 P53 Enfield Rifled Muskets, Calibre .58 or .577

H - 32 Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, N.A. and contract. Calibre .58; 1 P53 Enfield Rifled Muskets, Calibre .58 or .577

I - 21 Model 1842 Muskets smooth-bored Muskets, model 1842. Calibre. 69

K - 32 Model 1842 Muskets smooth-bored Muskets, model 1842. Calibre. 69

List of New York Civil War regiments

7th New York Militia

History, photographs, table of battles and casualties, Civil War newspaper clippings, and historical sketch, for the 7th New York Infantry Regiment.

New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center - Civil War - 7th Infantry Regiment

at the Internet Archive

Recollections of the early days of the National Guard: comprising the prominent events in the history of the famous Seventh Regiment New York Militia (1868)

7th New York Infantry Regiment