7th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry

Brief History
This Unit was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, and mustered in October 1, 1863. They mustered out at Austin, Texas, February 18, 1866.

For more information on the history of this unit, see:


 * 7th Regiment Cavalry at The Civil War Archive.
 * 7th Regiment Indiana Cavalry at Wikipedia.

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived, though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. If you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.


 * Field & Staff with Officers of Companies Roster at Ranger95.
 * Companies A-M and Unassigned Rosters at Ranger95.
 * 7th Regiment Cavalry Re-organized Roster at Ranger95.

Companies and general counties of enlistment:
 * Company A - many men from Porter County
 * Company C - many men from Dearborn, Marion and Ripley counties
 * Company D - many men from Marion, Jennings, St. Joseph, Dearborn, Ripley, Noble, Hamilton, Vermillion, and other counties
 * Company E - many men from Wayne, Jay, Carroll, and Marion counties
 * Company G -many men from Marion, Vigo, Franklin, Delaware, Lake, and other counties
 * Company H - many men from Marion, Tippecanoe, Porter, La Grange, and Wayne counties
 * Company I - many men from Kosciusko, Montgomery, Shelby, Decatur, Vigo, Greene, and other counties
 * Company K - many men from Vigo,Jay, Porter, Blackford, Clinton, Steuben, Porter, and other counties
 * Company L - many men from Wabash County
 * Company M - many men from Jefferson, La Grange, Noble, Marion, and other counties

Residence is not included for all listed on these rosters. Combine this information with that found by looking up the regiment or individual soldier on The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System and other sources listed below for additional details.
 * Company D - men from Steuben County. "Seventh Indiana Cavalry" in The War for the Union, 1861-1865. A Record of Its Defenders, Living and Dead, from Steuben County, Indiana.... By Jesse H. Carpenter, 1889. Online at: Allen County Public Library (ACPL) Genealogy Center.


 * Companies B, C, D, I - many men from Noble County. "The First Call for Troops" in Counties of La Grange and Noble, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. Salem, Mass: Higginson Book Co, 1993. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive.

Other Sources

 * Indiana State Digital Archives for Civil War can be searched by soldier's name.


 * Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in ‘Indiana in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).


 * National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.


 * Indiana in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Indiana, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * Cogley, T. S. (1876). History of the Seventh Indiana cavalry volunteers.... Laporte, Ind: Herald Co., printers., . Online at: Internet Archive.