7thDivision at Cumberland Gap 1862

Seventh Division Army of the Ohio Cumberland Gap 1862

The 7th Division at Cumberland Gap, September 14, 1862. The tents in the foreground belong to the 14th KY Infantry. The house shown on the right was General Baird's Headquarters.

Brig. Gen. George W. Morgan, Commander

24th Brigade Brig. Gen. Samuel P. Carter 49th Indiana-Lt. Col. James Keigwin 7th Kentucky-Col. T.T.Garrard 1st Tennessee- Col. Robert K. Byrd 2nd Tennessee- Col. James P.T. Carter

25th Brigade Brig. Gen. James G. Spears 3rd Tennessee- Col. Leonidas C. Houk 4th Tennessee- Col. Robert Johnson 5th Tennessee- Col. James T. Shelly 6th Tennessee- Col. Joseph A. Cooper

26th Brigade Col. John F. DeCourcy 22nd Kentucky- Col. Daniel W. Lindsey 16th Ohio- Lt. Col. George W. Bailey 42nd Ohio- Col. Lionel A. Sheldon

27th Brigade Brig. Gen. Absalom Baird 33rd Indiana- Col. John Coburn 14th Kentucky- Col. John Cochran 19th Kentucky- Col. William J. Landrum

Artillery Capt. Jacob T. Foster 7th Michigan- Capt. Charles H. Lamphere 9th Ohio- Lt. Leonard P. Barrows 1st Wisconsin- Lt. John D. Anderson Siege Battery- Lt. Daniel Webster

Cavalry Kentucky Battion-Lt. Col. Reuben Munday

Kentucky Engineers Capt. William F. Patterson

This Division occupied the Cumberland Gap, after the Confederates evactuated it on June 18th, 1862, until forced to evacuate September 17th, 1862. After the evacuation, the division set out for Greenup, Kentucky, having very little food, the men existing on green corn that was ground up by a plate, punched with holes from a bayonet, and used as a grater. The men arrived on October 3, 1862, with the loss of 80 men.

Listing taken from "Battles and Leaders of the Civil War" Volume 3 Copyright 1887 by the Century Co.

The 7th Division at Cumberland Gap, September 14, 1862. The tents in the foreground belong to the 14th KY Infantry. The house shown on the right was General Baird's Headquarters.

Taken from the 49th Indiana home page with permission.

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