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 The 7th  West Virginia Infantry Regiment won its nickname, "the Bloody 7th",because it fought in more battles and suffered more losses than any other West Virginia regiment during the Civil War.

The unit was mustered out on July 1, 1865, at Louisville, Ky.

It was organized at Portland, Cameron, Grafton, Wheeling, Morgantown and Greenland between July 16 and December 3, 1861. The men in the unit were from Monongalia, Marion, Marshall, Tyler, Ohio and Preston counties in present-day West Virginia, as well as Monroe County, Ohio, and Greene County, Pa.

Made of blue silk, the regimental color includes a painted seal of the state of West Virginia surrounded by the battle honors.

It is part of the collection of the West Virginia State Museum, West Virginia Division of Culture and History.