The Camp takes it name from the 7th Battalion Mississippi Infantry that was formed at Quitman, MS. on May 3, 1862. The Battalion was mustered into the service of the Confederate States and organized by the election of Lieutenant-Colonel Terral and Major Welborn. It was with Gen. Sterling Price in the movement to Iuka, where a battle was fought September 19, 1862. The battalion was actively engaged in the battle of Corinth, October 3-4, where Lieutenant-Colonel Terral received wounds from which he died. There was a fight at Hatchie Bridge on the retreat, and the battalion moved with Price and Gen. Van Dorn by way of Ripley back to Oxford and thence to Grenada during Grant's advance along the railroad from Memphis. With Hebert's Brigade of Maury's Division, they moved to Yazoo City and took boat for Snyder's Bluff, arriving December 31, 1862, just at the close of the attack along that line by General Sherman. They remained with Hebert's Brigade at Snyder's Bluff until the night of May 17-18, when, Pemberton having retreated across the Big Black, they marched to Vicksburg, and by 8 o’clock of the 18th were in line in the trenches just in time to meet the advance of Grant's army, and give his victorious troops a check. It is here they remained until Vicksburg fell on July 4, at 10 o'clock. The soldiers stacked arms in front of the works, and marched back to bivouac, where they were paroled. In parole camp at Enterprise the battalion was reorganized. The brigade arrived at the scene of battle near Resaca, Ga., May 16, and thereafter was almost continuously engaged on the line which swung down around and past Atlanta. It saw action at Cassville, New Hope Church, Latimer House, Kenesaw Mountain, Smyrna, Chattahoochee River, Siege of Atlanta, & Lovejoy's Station. The battalion took part in the attack of French's Division upon the works held by General Corse at the railroad cut near Allatoona, October 5, 1864, during Hood's campaign against Sherman's communications and captured the blockhouse at Tilton, Ga., October 13; was next in battle before Decatur, Ala., October 26-29; moved thence to Tuscumbia, crossed the Tennessee River November 20; moved upon Columbia and took part in the flank movement toward Spring Hill, followed Schofield's corps to Franklin and participated in the attack at Franklin by Stewart's and Cheatham's Corps. After this the brigade was with Forrest at Murfreesboro, fighting at Overall's Creek, December 4, and in front of Murfreesboro December 7; and on Walthall's line at Nashville December 15-16; crossed the Tennessee River December 26, and marched to winter quarters in northeast Mississippi.French's Division was ordered to report to General Maury at Mobile, February 1, 1865. The return of March 10 showed Sears' Brigade commanded by Col. Thomas N. Adair, the Seventh Battalion commanded by Capt. Samuel D. Harris.The remnant of the battalion were among the defenders of Spanish Fort, east of Mobile, and being captured there April 8, 1865, were sent as prisoners of war to Ship Island, and from there to Meridian, where they were paroled. The 7th Batt. Miss. Inf. Camp meets the first Thursday of each month at the community center across from Ace Hardware in Purvis, MS.