The 7th Regiment, Minnesota Volunteer Infantry was an infantry

Infantry

Infantrymen are soldiers who are specifically trained for the role of fighting on foot to engage the enemy face to face and have historically borne the brunt of the casualties of combat in wars. As the oldest branch of combat arms, they are the backbone of armies...

 regiment

Regiment

A regiment is a major tactical military unit, composed of variable numbers of batteries, squadrons or battalions, commanded by a colonel or lieutenant colonel...

 in the Union Army

Union Army

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 that served in the Western Theater of the American Civil War

Western Theater of the American Civil War

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. Elijah Evan Edwards was chaplin of the 7th Minnesota Infantry.

Service

The 7th Minnesota was mustered into Federal service at Camp Release, Fort Snelling, and St. Peter, Minnesota

St. Peter, Minnesota

St. Peter is a city in Nicollet County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 11,196 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Nicollet County.St...

, between August 16 and October 30, 1862.

It was mustered out in St. Paul, Minnesota, on August 16, 1865.

Casualties

The 7th Minnesota Infantry suffered 2 officers and 31 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 138 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 171 fatalities.

Colonels

• Colonel Stephen Miller - August 24, 1862, to November 6, 1863.
• Colonel William Rainey Marshall - November 6, 1863, to August 16, 1865.