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Civil War
Seventh Regiment Infantry
This was bravely performed. The regiments leaped two fences between them and their foes, rushing upon the Confederate line and broke it into dire confusion. "
Following the battle of Bull Bun, the 7th entered upon the Maryland campaign, in command of Colonel Norman J. Hall, then a first lieutenant 5th U. S. Artillery, a graduate of the Military Academy from Michigan, who had been commissioned to the colonelcy of the regiment to rank, from July 7th preceding, vice Grosvenor, resigned.
At the battle of Antietam more than half its force engaged was disabled. Among the killed were Captain J. H. Turrill, Lieutenant J. P. Eberhard, and Lieutenant John A. Clark, while Captain Allen H. Zacharias was mortally
wounded.
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