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7th Infantry Regiment (South Africa)
7th Regiment, or 7th Infantry Regiment may refer to: Active units *7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery *7th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery *7th Field Artillery Regiment (United States) *7th Cavalry Regiment (United States) *7th Marine Regiment (United States) *7th Toronto Regiment, RCA - Canadian army *7th Infantry Regiment (South Korea) *7th Infantry Regiment (United States) *7th Army Aviation Regiment (Ukraine) *7th Infantry Regiment (Argentina) * 7th Infantry Regiment (Lithuania) Former Units *7th Queen's Own Hussars - British army cavalry *7th Royal Tank Regiment - World War II British army unit *7th Medium Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery - World War II Canadian army unit *2/7th Armoured Regiment (Australia) - World War II unit *7th Hariana Lancers - British Indian army unit *7th Light Cavalry - British Indian army unit *7th Regiment of Foot, later known as the Royal Fusiliers *7th Air Reconnaissance Regiment, Yugoslav Air Force unit American Civil War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
7th Parachute Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (7 Para RHA) is a regiment of the Royal Artillery in the British Army. It serves in the field artillery role with 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team, and is equipped with the L118 Light Gun. The regiment was constituted in 1961 out of existing batteries that have served continuously since the Napoleonic Wars. History The regiment was formed on 27 June 1961 with the re-designation of 33rd Parachute Light Regiment Royal Artillery as 7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery. The regiment first saw action in the middle-east in Kuwait in 1961 and then in Aden in 1963–65 where it was involved in fierce fighting in the Radfan mountains. The 1970s and 80s saw the regiment involved in four Northern Ireland tours in the infantry role as well as a period where they briefly lost their airborne status and were arms-plotted to Germany until 1984 when they joined newly formed 5th Airborne Brigade and returned to Aldershot. In 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th Regiment Of Foot
7 (seven) is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8. It is the only prime number preceding a cube. As an early prime number in the series of positive integers, the number seven has greatly symbolic associations in religion, mythology, superstition and philosophy. The seven Classical planets resulted in seven being the number of days in a week. It is often considered lucky in Western culture and is often seen as highly symbolic. Unlike Western culture, in Vietnamese culture, the number seven is sometimes considered unlucky. It is the first natural number whose pronunciation contains more than one syllable. Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, Indians wrote 7 more or less in one stroke as a curve that looks like an uppercase vertically inverted. The western Ghubar Arabs' main contribution was to make the longer line diagonal rather than straight, though they showed some tendencies to making the digit more rectilinear. The eastern Arabs developed the digit fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
The 7th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union (American Civil War), Union army during the American Civil War. It was formed on June 15, 1861, in Taunton, Massachusetts, Taunton. Its original commander was Colonel (United States), Colonel Darius N. Couch who would eventually be promoted to command the II Corps (Union Army), II Corps of the Army of the Potomac and, after that, the Department of the Susquehanna. Organization and early duty The 7th Massachusetts consisted almost entirely of men from Bristol County, Massachusetts. The regiment was trained at Camp Old Colony in Taunton, Massachusetts. On June 15, 1861, its members were mustered into service."Stevens" On July 11, the 7th Massachusetts left for Washington, D.C. where it remained encamped until the spring of 1862. For most of that period, the regiment was stationed in Brightwood (Washington, D.C.), Brightwood, now a neighborhood of Washington but, at the time, outside of the ur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th Regiment Maryland Volunteer Infantry
The 7th Regiment Maryland Volunteer Infantry was a regiment that participated in the American Civil War. The regiment was recruited from the northern line of Maryland counties, under the call of July 1, 1862, for "three years or the war". Toward the end of August, 1862, nine companies had been enrolled and mustered in Baltimore, and went into "Camp Harford", a spot now included within the limits of Druid Hill Park. The aggregate strength of the regiment at formation was 784 officers and men. Call of duty hurried it to the field before it had received its tenth company, the men recruited for which were mustered into other regiments. The tenth Company, K, was composed of the re-enlisted men of the Tenth Maryland (a six months' organization), and joined the regiment in April, 1864. The Seventh Regiment was raised and originally commanded by Colonel Edwin H. Webster, of Harford County, a representative from Maryland in Congress. Lieutenant Colonel Charles E. Phelps, subsequently promo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 7th Iowa Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 7th Iowa Infantry was organized at Burlington, Iowa and assembled into Federal service between July 24 and August 4, 1861. The regiment was sent out on July 12, 1865. Total strength and casualties Unit strength was 1552. The regiment lost 7 officers and 134 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 4 officers and 160 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 305 fatalities. 354 were wounded. Commanders *Colonel Jacob Gartner Lauman *Colonel Elliott W. Ricehttp://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan/mil309.htm Iowa Genweb Iowa in the Civil War Project after Logan, Guy E., Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 1 * Brevet Colonel James Corner Parrot See also * List of Iowa Civil War Units *Iowa in the American Civil War The state of Iowa played a significant role during the American Civil War in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th Regiment Indiana Infantry (3 Years)
The 7th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment from the State of Indiana that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 7th Indiana Volunteer Infantry was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, between April 21 and April 27, 1861. The Regiment was sent to Grafton, Virginia (now West Virginia) on May 30, 1861, and participated in the Battle of Philippi, one of the first land battles of the Civil War, on June 3, 1861. As part of Brigadier General Thomas A. Morris' Indiana Brigade (of Major General George B. McClellan's Army of West Virginia), the 7th Indiana participated in the Rich Mountain Campaign from July 6 to 17. The regiment saw action at Laurel Hill (July 7), Belington (July 8), the Battle of Corrick's Ford (July 12–14), and in the pursuit of Brig. Gen. Robert S. Garnett's forces (July 15–17). The regiment was mustered out of service on August 2, 1861. A new 7th Indiana was organized from the three-month regiment at Indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th Regiment Indiana Infantry (3 Months)
The 7th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment from the State of Indiana that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 7th Indiana Volunteer Infantry was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, between April 21 and April 27, 1861. The Regiment was sent to Grafton, Virginia (now West Virginia) on May 30, 1861, and participated in the Battle of Philippi, one of the first land battles of the Civil War, on June 3, 1861. As part of Brigadier General Thomas A. Morris' Indiana Brigade (of Major General George B. McClellan's Army of West Virginia), the 7th Indiana participated in the Rich Mountain Campaign from July 6 to 17. The regiment saw action at Laurel Hill (July 7), Belington (July 8), the Battle of Corrick's Ford (July 12–14), and in the pursuit of Brig. Gen. Robert S. Garnett's forces (July 15–17). The regiment was mustered out of service on August 2, 1861. A new 7th Indiana was organized from the three-month regiment at Indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 7th Illinois Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service 3 month enlistments The regiment was created in response to Battle of Fort Sumter and President Abraham Lincoln's call for 75,000 volunteers to serve for 3 months (the longest time allowed by the Constitution without Congressional approval). At the very beginning of the war the only place for Illinoisans to enlist was the state capital at Springfield. Because of this the majority of recruits were from Sangamon County. This included several militia companies that were already uniformed and partially trained; notably the "Springfield Grays" which made up Company I. The recruits were organized at Camp Yates on the outskirts of Springfield and mustered into Federal service by Captain John Pope on April 25th, 1861 for 90-days service. Camp Yates was located at the old Illinois State Fairgrounds site (currently the site of Dubois Elementary School). Througho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th California Infantry Regiment (1861)
The 7th California Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It spent its entire term of service in the western United States, attached to the Department of the Pacific, serving in California and Arizona Territory. They were known as the "Gold Diggers" in reference to the large number of recruits from the California's "Mother Lode" region. Later, they were also called the "Hungry Seventh" for the privations they suffered in Arizona, particularly at Fort Mason. The Regiment included many veterans of the Mexican–American War. Regimental Flag While the Regiment was being organized and trained at the Presidio of San Francisco, Jonathan D. Stevenson presented them with the regimental flag of the unit he commanded in the Mexican–American War: The 7th New York Volunteers. The Regiment continued to carry this flag throughout its service, and it flew over Fort Mason during their time there. Company assignments *Company A was org ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
The 7th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 7th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment was organized from the 8th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment on January 26, 1864, which was recruited from the central and southern counties of Braxton, Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Putnam, Raleigh, Fayette, Boone, Logan and Wyoming. The 7th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment mustered out on August 1, 1865. Commanders * Colonel John H. Oley ReferencesThe Civil War Archive See also *West Virginia Units in the Civil War ...
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7th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
The 7th Michigan Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was a part of the famed Michigan Brigade, commanded for a time by Brigadier General George Armstrong Custer. Service The 7th Michigan Cavalry was organized at Grand Rapids, Michigan, in October 1862 by William d'Alton Mann, a future prominent Michigan newspaper and magazine publisher. He was later named as the regiment's colonel. The regiment was mustered out of service on December 15, 1865. Total strength and casualties The regiment suffered 4 officers and 81 enlisted men killed in action or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 256 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 343 fatalities. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry
The 7th Iowa Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the Indian Wars. In Chapter IX of MacKinlay Kantor's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "Andersonville" (1955), the father of one of the main characters is commissioned as a lieutenant in Company G of the Seventh Iowa Cavalry. Service The 7th Iowa Cavalry was mustered into Federal service at Davenport, Iowa, for a three-year enlistment between April 27 to July 13, 1863. On September 19, 1863, it was deployed to Omaha en route to the west. In 1864, three companies of the regiments were part of Lieutenant Colonel Samuel M. Pollock's 1st Brigade of Brigadier General Alfred Sully's District of Iowa. In this organization, these companies participated in the Northwestern Indian Expedition, fighting at the Battle of Killdeer Mountain and in the Battle of the Badlands. Units of the regiment were at Camp Rankin on the South Platte in January, 1865 when more than 1,000 plains Indians attacked the fort and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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