Medlock, Benjamin
Co F Private Private
Medlock, John
Co 1st F Private Private
Medlock, S. A.
Co A Private Private
7th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry
7th Infantry Regiment was assembled at Columbia, South Carolina, during the spring of 1861 and moved to Virginia in June. After fighting in Bonham's Brigade at First Manassas, the unit served under Generals Kershaw, Kennedy, and Conner. It participated in the campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days' Battles to Gettysburg, then accompanied Longstreet to Georgia. The 7th was active at Chickamauga and Knoxville, returned to Virginia, and saw action at The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor. It continued the fight in the Shenandoah Valley with Early and ended the war in North Carolina. This regiment totalled 581 officers and men in April, 1862 and sustained 82 casualties at Savage Station and 40 at Malvern Hill. During the Maryland Campaign, there were 13 killed and 100 wounded of 466 at Maryland Heights and 23 killed and 117 wounded of the 268 at Sharpsburg. It lost 4 killed, 57 wounded, and 61 missing at Fredericksburg, twenty-seven percent of the 408 engaged at Gettysburg, and 2 killed and 12 wounded at Bentonville. On March 23, 1865, there were 222 present for duty, and it surrendered in April. The field officers were Colonels D. Wyatt Aiken and Thomas G. Bacon; Lieutenant Colonels Elbert Bland, Robert A. Fair, Elijah J. Goggans, and Emmet Seibels; and Majors John S. Hard and William C. White.
Battles Fought
Fought on 21 Jul 1861 at Manassas, VA.
Fought on 17 Sep 1862 at Sharpsburg, MD.
Fought on 1 Jul 1863 at Gettysburg, PA.
Fought on 2 Jul 1863 at Gettysburg, PA.
Fought on 3 Jul 1863 at Gettysburg, PA.
Fought on 10 Jul 1863.
Fought on 15 Jul 1863.
Fought on 19 Sep 1863 at Chickamauga, GA.
Fought on 20 Sep 1863 at Chickamauga, GA.
Fought on 6 May 1864 at Wilderness, VA.
Fought on 20 May 1864 at North Anna River, VA.
Fought on 30 Jun 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
Fought on 28 Jul 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 21 Aug 1864.
Fought on 3 Sep 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
Fought on 19 Oct 1864.
1860 United States Federal Census
Name: John Medlock
Age in 1860: 22
Birth Year: abt 1838
Birthplace: South Carolina
Home in 1860: Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina
Gender: Male
Post Office: Graniteville
Household Members: Name Age
Wm Randall 25 Machinist
Nancy Randall 24
Emma Randall 1
Mary Medlock 37 F operative
Victoria Medlock 18 "
John Medlock 22 "
Cathrine Medlock 20 "
Benj Medlock 13
Betsy Medlock 16
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