The 7th Regiment Indiana Cavalry was a

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that served in the

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during the

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Service

The 7th Indiana Cavalry was organized at

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, 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,

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, 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.

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to February 1866. The 7th Indiana Cavalry mustered out of service at

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, on February 18, 1866.

Detailed service

The 7th Regiment left ''Indiana'' for ''

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'', on December 6, 1863. It then conducted an expedition to ''

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'', 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 ''

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'' February 6: ''Bolivar'' (detachment). February 11–26: Part of Smith's Expedition to ''

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'' 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: ''

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'' 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 ''

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'' until February 1866: Duty there and at ''

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Casualties

The 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

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John Peter Cleaver Shanks *

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Samuel E. W. Simonson - commanded at the battles of Westport and Mine Creek

References

* Barnard, Sandy. ''A Hoosier Quaker Goes to War: The Life & Death of Major Joel H. Elliott, 7th Cavalry'' (Wake Forest, NC: AST Press), 2010. * Cogley, Thomas Sydenham. ''History of the Seventh Indiana Cavalry Volunteers'' (La Porte, IN: Herald Co., Printers), 1876. eprinted in 1991; * 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 * {{Indiana in the Civil War Military units and formations established in 1863 Military units and formations disestablished in 1866 Units and formations of the Union Army from Indiana 1863 establishments in Indiana 1866 disestablishments in Indiana

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