List of Illustrations
Preface: The Bloody Seventh?
1. War in West Virginia, 1859-1861: “We Are for the West”
2. Fighting Stonewall from Romney to the Valley: “1,010 Brave Men”
3. Assignment to the Army of the Potomac: “Worthy to Lead”
4. Toward the Bloodiest Day: The Gibraltar Brigade and “a Dear Bought Name”
5. Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville: “Active Service with Its Hard Fought Battles Has Told Fearfully upon Our Ranks”
6. The Gettysburg Campaign: “A Hand to Hand & Steel to Steel Fight”
7. A New Birth of Freedom and a New General in Chief: “Always among the First and Foremost in Battle”
8. The Overland Campaign: “One of the Hardest Fought Campaigns of the War”
9. The Petersburg Campaign: “Old Grant Is Going to Put the War through Now before He Stops”
10. An End and a Beginning: “The Rebellion Had Now Played Out Beyond All Question”
Epilogue. The Seventh West Virginia and the Legacy of the Civil War: “Their Deeds Are Their Monuments”
Appendix 1. Seventh West Virginia Infantry Age Distribution
Appendix 2. Seventh West Virginia Infantry Place of Birth
Appendix 3. Seventh West Virginia Infantry: Prewar Occupational Categories
Appendix 4: Seventh West Virginia Infantry Hospitalization Statistics
Notes
Bibliography
Index