The 7th Regiment Indiana Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
| 7th Regiment Indiana Cavalry | |
|---|---|
| Active | February 22, 1863 – February 18, 1866 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Cavalry |
| Engagements | Battle of Brice's Crossroads Battle of Little Blue River Second Battle of Independence Battle of Byram's Ford Battle of Westport Battle of Marais des Cygnes Battle of Mine Creek Battle of Marmiton River Battle of Egypt Station |
Service
editThe 7th Indiana Cavalry was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, beginning February 22, 1863, and mustered on October 1, 1863, for three years service.
The regiment was attached to District of Columbus, Kentucky, 6th Division, XVI Corps, Army of the Tennessee, December 1863. Waring's Cavalry Brigade, XVI Corps, to January 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, XVI Corps, to June 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, District of West Tennessee, to November 1864. 2nd Brigade, Wilson's Cavalry Corps, Military Division of Mississippi, to December 1864. 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, District of West Tennessee, to June 1865. Department of Texas to February 1866.
The 7th Indiana Cavalry mustered out of service at Austin, Texas, on February 18, 1866.
Detailed service
editThe 7th Regiment left Indiana for Union City, Tennessee, on December 6, 1863. It then conducted an expedition to Paris, Tennessee, from December 14 to December 23, 1863. It saw action at Huntington, Tennessee, on December 27.
Subsequent activity is as follows:
January 22–24, 1864: Its first expedition was from Union City to Trenton, Tennessee
February 6: Bolivar (detachment).
February 11–26: Part of Smith's Expedition to Okolona, Mississippi
February 20–21: West Point
February 21–22: Okolona
February 22: Ivey's Hill
February 25: Hudsonville: The Regiment was complimented by Generals Smith and Grierson for soldierly bearing and conduct during the expedition.
April 3: Near Raleigh, Tennessee
April 8: Wolf River
April 9: Near Raleigh (detachment).
April 10: Cypress Swamp
April 30-May 9: Sturgis' Expedition to Ripley, Mississippi
June 1–13: Sturgis' Expedition to Guntown, Mississippi
June 7: Ripley
June 10: Brice's Crossroads, near Guntown
June 11: Ripley
June 20 and 26: White's Station
July 2: Byhalia Road, near Colliersville
July 17: Action at Port Gibson, Mississippi
July 19: Grand Gulf
August 1–30: Expedition to Oxford, Mississippi
August 7–9: Tallahatchie River
August 9, 13–14, and 19: Hurricane Creek
August 9 and 11: Oxford
August 14: Lamar
August 28: Colliersville
October 4: White Station
October 4: Near Memphis (1 company).
October 20 and 24: Memphis, Tennessee
October 29: Nonconah Creek (Company F).
September–November: March through Arkansas and Missouri in pursuit of Price
October 21: Action at Little Blue, Missouri
October 22: Independence
October 22: Big Blue and State Line
October 23: Westport
October 25: Mine Creek, Marias Des Cygnes
October 25: At the Marmiton
December 21, 1864 to January 15, 1865: Grierson's Expedition from Memphis to destroy Mobile & Ohio Railroad
December 25, 1864: Capture of Verona
December 28: Egypt Station
January 2, 1865: Lexington
until June: Duty at Memphis and along Memphis & Charleston Railroad
January 19–22: Expedition from Memphis to Marion, Arkansas (detachment).
March 3–11: Expedition from Memphis into northern Mississippi
June 6–16: Moved to Alexandria, Louisiana
July 21: Consolidated to six companies
August 5–26: It then marched to Hempstead, Texas
until February 1866: Duty there and at Austin, Texas
Casualties
editThe regiment lost a total of 294 men during service; 1 officer and 47 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 3 officers and 243 enlisted men died of disease.
Commanders
edit- Colonel John Peter Cleaver Shanks
- Major Samuel E. W. Simonson - commanded at the battles of Westport and Mine Creek
See also
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References
edit- Barnard, Sandy. A Hoosier Quaker Goes to War: The Life & Death of Major Joel H. Elliott, 7th Cavalry (Wake Forest, NC: AST Press), 2010. ISBN 0-9745-4094-3
- Cogley, Thomas Sydenham. History of the Seventh Indiana Cavalry Volunteers (La Porte, IN: Herald Co., Printers), 1876. [reprinted in 1991; ISBN 0-8902-9543-3]
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908.
- Lowes, James H. S. Unwritten History of the 7th Indiana Cavalry in the War of the Rebellion (Baltimore, MD: John Cox's Sons), 1899.
- Attribution
This article contains text from a text now in the public domain: Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Co.
