7th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment

Volunteers was a heavy artillery regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

The regiment operated as both heavy artillery and infantry beginning in December 1862 while serving in the defenses of Washington, D.C., and continued in both capacities until the end of the war.

The regiment was attached to Defenses North of the Potomac River, September 1862 to February 1863.

2nd Brigade, Haskin's Division, XXII Corps, Department of Washington, to May 1864.

Tyler's Heavy Artillery Division, II Corps, Army of the Potomac, May 18–29, 1864.

Defenses of Baltimore, Maryland, VIII Corps, Middle Department, to August 1865.

Moved to Washington, D.C., August 19, 1862, and duty in the defenses of that city until December 19, 1862.

7th New York Heavy Artillery (serving as infantry) preparing to leave the trenches and charge the Confederate line in Barlows charge near Cold Harbor Friday June 3rd, 1864, sketched by Alfred Waud .
This print, based on the sketch of the same by Alfred Waud , was the centerfold for the June 25, 1864 edition of Harper's Weekly.
"Unburied Dead on Battlefield" (by John Reekie ; issued as Stero #914 being taken on the 1862 Battlefield of Gaines Mills aka First Cold Harbor April 1865; taken near the Adams Farm where 7th New York artillery was stationed June 1864 see Civil war Talk .