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I am looking for any regimental histories on the 7th ovi and also the 26th Tn Co H.Either pictures or anything that explains the uniforms and equipment they would have had.
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Brian, I just looked in my copy of the Military Annals of Tennessee and it unfortunately made no mention of uniforms and equipage. Perhaps you can take what little information is available and track down some answers. Here is a link to the online copy. https://archive.org/details/cu31924032778700 Good luck!Tyler Underwood
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Tyler,
That was helpful to know who the men were.ThanksBrian Maddox
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Also check out Mr. Larry Stevens page that list all of the known resources on the 7th. http://www.ohiocivilwar.com/cw7.html.
Buckeye Blood: Ohio at Gettysburg has a lot of photos of 7th Soldiers in it. Well worth the $ all around.JOSHUA MANN
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Brian, check this link out. http://www.tngenweb.org/civilwar/csainf/csa26.htmlTyler Underwood
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A great source of information for what the 7th OVI was originally issued can be found in the journal of the 8th OVI's surgeon. Why he wrote about them instead of the 8th, we will never know, but it gives some detail as to what they were initially issued. I believe both the Wetsern Reserve and the Ohio Hisorical Society have copies of these writings. In addiition, OHS also has the returns for the regiment in their collection as well.Todd Morris
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In Memorium: Pvt. Simon Morris, Co. G, 78th OVI Died: April 14, 1863 Jefferson Barracks, Missouri
Joseph Rezin Thompson, 1st W.Va. Light Artillery
Azville W. Lindsey, Co. G, 12th W.Va. Volunteer InfantryComment
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Brian, here is a link for the 7th OVI regimental.
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Here is a section of the bibliography from Larry Stevens site on the location of the Asst. Surgeons diary from the 8th.
"Samuel Sexton Papers. Samuel Sexton. Assistant Surgeon. 8th Regt. OVI. .75 cubic foot. Includes Civil War diary. Call# MSS 185. Ohio Historical Society. Columbus. Ohio"Todd Morris
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Canton Lodge #60 F&AM Canton, Ohio
In Memorium: Pvt. Simon Morris, Co. G, 78th OVI Died: April 14, 1863 Jefferson Barracks, Missouri
Joseph Rezin Thompson, 1st W.Va. Light Artillery
Azville W. Lindsey, Co. G, 12th W.Va. Volunteer InfantryComment
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Brian sorry this is off topic, but i've been trying to contact the 37th Tn with no luck so if you get a chance please email me at a1stainlesschad@gmail.com thanks.Hunter Greene
''Before us in proud humiliation stood the embodiment of manhood: men whom neither toils and sufferings, nor the fact of death, nor disaster, nor hopelessness could bend from their resolve; standing before us now, thin, worn, and famished, but erect, and with eyes looking level into ours, waking memories that bound us together as no other bond;— was] not such manhood to be welcomed back into a Union so tested and assured''Comment
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The 7th Ohio received 200 Enfield rifles and 800 smoothbores in June 1861. This letter from CPT Sprague, Co. E, published in the 25 June 1861 issue of the Western Reserve Chronicle describes the breakdown. "The Regiment is well armed; the two flank companies having Enfield Rifles, and the balance the late pattern of the U.S. muskets (a good arm). As we are the flank company, we drew rifles, this pleased the boys wonderfully." The 1862 annual report of Ohio's Quartermaster General indicates that the regiment carried these weapons through at least 1862 and into 1863. The quarterly Summary of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores in the National Archives will state when/where the weapons were replaced. Wilson's and Wood's regimental histories are silent on the subject as is Richard Staats, The Bully Seventh.. An unpublished masters thesis ( Timothy Mieyal, A Story of Valor, Kent State, 1998) is also silent. Based upon Sprague's description, it sounds like the 7th received M1842 muskets rather than smoothbore conversions.
In terms of uniforms, the details are less definitive. Newspaper accounts indicate that the regiment arrived at Camp Taylor (Cleveland) and passed through Camp Jackson (Columbus) wearing civilian clothes on their way to Camp Dennison (Cincinnati). Packages from home containing havelocks, oil cloths, and blankets periodically supplemented their kit. The state attempted to replace the civilian clothing with some type of uniform. Several records exist that mention Garibaldi outfits (red shirts, blue pants, black slouch hats, etc) being issued to the early volunteer regiments: 3rd through 21st OVM, but I haven't seen anything that specifically mentions the 7th being issued them. In early June, the Regiment moved to Camp Dennison and several letters state that they were issued "government clothing", but the descriptions end there. It's possible the National Archives has the clothing books for the 7th which would give a better picture.
I hope this helps,
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Brian,
Check out Confederate Voices by Debbie Moore. It will have some references to, maybe a picture or two of, members of the 26th Tennessee. There was a lot of Bradley County family history in it.
In the field near Blue Springs, Tennessee,
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