7th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry

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Brief History
Organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, and mustered in October 1, 1863. Mustered out at Austin, Texas, February 18, 1866.

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. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.


 * Officer and Non-Commissioned Office - see Roster
 * Company A - many men from Porter County - see Roster
 * Company B - many men from Randolph County - see Roster
 * Company C - many men from Dearborn County and then from different counties - see Roster
 * Company D - men from mixture of County (country given) - see Roster
 * Company E - men from mixter of County (city given) - see Roster
 * Company F - many men from LaPorte County - see Roster
 * Company G - many men from Vigo County - see Roster
 * Company H - many men from Marion County and then from different counties - see Roster
 * Company I - many men from Marion County and then from different counties - see Roster
 * Company K - men from different counties (country given) - see Roster
 * Company L - many men from Wabash Country - see Roster
 * Company M - men from different counties - see Roster
 * Unassigned Troops - see Roster

The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the 7th Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry web site. (accessed 10 Jan 2011)

Other Sources
WEBSITES


 * Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (accessed 13 Dec 2010) can be searched by soldier's name or by regiment; includes regimental rosters and additional history of the regiment.


 * The Civil War Archive. (accessed 23 Dec 2010) Brief history of the 7th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry.


 * Wikipedia (accessed 23 Dec 2010) article on the 7th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry.


 * Union Army Regimental History Index (accessed 14 Dec 2010) Index Of Regimental Histories: Artillery, Cavalry, Infantry, and other units, states Alabama to Indiana


 * The 7th Indiana Cavalry (accessed 23 Dec 2010) Roster, history, diaries, &amp; etc., of The 7th Indiana Cavalry.

BOOKS


 * History of the Seventh Indiana Cavalry(accessed 23 Dec 2010) Cogley, Thomas Sydenham.History of the Seventh Indiana Cavalry Volunteers'', has company A-M roster (Laporte, Indiana:Herald Company Steam Printers c1876) . FLH Collection. FHL UC/CAN book 977.2 M25c'