7th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment

The 7th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

7th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment
Flag of West Virginia
Active	January 26, 1864, to August 1, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Cavalry
Engagements	Cross Keys (infantry) Second Bull Run (infantry) White Sulphur Springs (mtd infantry) Droop Mountain (mtd infantry) Cloyd's Mountain (cav det) Winfield (Co. D only) Hunter’s Raid to Lynchburg

Service

The 7th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment was organized from the 8th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment on January 26, 1864, which was recruited from the central and southern counties of Braxton, Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Putnam, Raleigh, Fayette, Boone, Logan and Wyoming.

The 7th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment mustered out on August 1, 1865.

Commanders

• Colonel John H. Oley

References

• The Civil War Archive

7th West Virginia Cavalry web site

See also

• West Virginia Units in the Civil War
• West Virginia in the Civil War