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The 7th Kentucky Veteran Volunteer Infantry, composed of the veterans and recruits of the
7th, 19th, and 22nd Regiments of Kentucky Infantry, was organized on the 24th day of
December, 1864, at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in compliance with Special Order No. 334,
Department of the Gulf, Series of 1864, General E. R. S. Canby commanding.
A portion of each of the Regiments which were consolidated to form the 7th Veteran Infantry
veteranized as early as December, 1863, and January, 1864; but, owing to the fact that many
of them had not then been in service "the two years required by law and the orders of the
War Department," they were not mustered in as veterans until March, 1864, and for some
time even after that period were refused the thirty days furlough promised them upon
re-enlistment. In May they were ordered to join the Red River expedition under command
of General Banks, in which campaign they suffered severly in killed, wounded, and prisoners.
On the 1st of June, 1864, the expedition returned to Morganza, Louisiana, and about the 1st
of September the veterans received their furlough, at the expiration of which they rejoined
their commands. The consolidation not having been made at the time of veteranizing, the
history of the veterans and recruits constituting the 7th Veteran Infantry is identical with
that of the non-veteran organizations from which they were transferred, viz: 7th, 19th, and
22nd Kentucky Infantry Regiments, up to the date of their consolidation to form the 7th
Kentucky Veteran Infantry, which was commanded by Colonel George W. Monroe, who had
succeeded Colonel D. W. Lindsey in command of the 22nd, and who, having the larger
number of veterans, was thus entitled to the position of Colonel in the consolidated veteran
organization.
The Regiment remained at Baton Rouge doing garrison duty until May 1, 1865, when it was
ordered to Clinton, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. It remained at Clinton until ordered
to Baton Rouge, where it was mustered out on the 11th March, 1866, and embarked,
destined for Louisville, Kentucky, at which place it received final payment and discharge.
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Regimental Roster
The Men Who Served in the 7th Kentucky Veteran Infantry
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Regimental Timeline
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