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 Staff - see Roster


 * Company A - many men from Porter County- see Roster on page 100
 * Company A - Reorganized Soldier - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 120
 * Company B - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 101
 * Company B - Reorganized Soldier - no cities or counties given - see Rosteron page 123
 * Company C - many men from Dearborn, Marionand RipleyCounties - see Rosteron page 104
 * Company C - Reorganized Soldier - no cities or counties given - see Rosteron page 124
 * Company D - men from different counties - see Rosteron page 105
 * Company D - Reorganized Soldier - no cities or counties given - see Rosteron page 126
 * Company E - men from different counties - see Roster on page 106
 * Company E - Reorganized Soldier - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 127
 * Company F - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 108
 * Company F - Reorganized Soldier no cities or counties given - see Rosteron page 129
 * Company G -men from different counties - see Rosteron page 110
 * Company H - men from different counties - see Rosteron page 111
 * Company I - men from different counties - see Rosteron page 113
 * Company K - men from different counties - see Roster on page 115
 * Company L - many men from Wabash County- see Roster on page 116
 * Company M - men from different counties - see Rosteron page 118
 * unassigned recruits - see Rosteron page 119
 * unassigned recruits - Reorganized Soldier - see Rosteron page 107

The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the 119th Indiana Regiment/ 7th Indiana Cavalry on CIVIL WAR INDEX web site. (accessed 29 Jan 2011) ____________________________________________________________________


 * 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 Countyand then from different counties - see Roster
 * Company D - men from different counties - see Roster
 * Company E - men from different counties - 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 Countyand then from different counties - see Roster
 * Company I - many men from Marion Countyand then from different counties - see Roster
 * Company K - men from different counties - 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'