7th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry
United States 
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Brief History
Organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, and mustered in October 1, 1863. Mustered out at Austin, Texas, February 18, 1866.[1]
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 Roster on page 123
- Company C - many men from Dearborn, Marion and Ripley counties - see Roster on page 104
- Company C - Reorganized Soldier - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 124
- Company D - many men from Marion, Jennings, St. Joseph, Dearborn,Ripley,Noble, Hamilton, Vermillion, and other counties - see Roster on page 105
- Company D - Reorganized Soldier - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 126
- Company E - many men from Wayne, Jay, Carroll, and Marion 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 Roster on page 129
- Company G -many men from Marion, Vigo, Franklin, Delaware, Lake, and other counties - see Roster on page 110
- Company H - many men from Marion, Tippecanoe, Porter, La Grange, and Wayne counties - see Roster on page 111
- Company I - many men from Kosciusko, Montgomery, Shelby, Decatur, Vigo, Greene, and other counties - see Roster on page 113
- Company K - many men from Vigo,Jay, Porter, Blackford, Clinton, Steuben, Porter, and other counties - see Roster on page 115
- Company L - many men from Wabash County - see Roster on page 116
- Company M - many men from Jefferson, La Grange, Noble, Marion and other counties - see Roster on page 118
- unassigned recruits - see Roster on page 119
- unassigned recruits - Reorganized Soldier - see Roster on 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)
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- 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 different counties - see Roster
- Company E - men from different counties - see Roster
- Company F - many men from La Porte 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 - see Roster
- Company L - many men from Wabash County - 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)
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- Company D -Steuben County [2]
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Companies B, C, D, I - many men from Noble County [3]
Other Sources
WEBSITES
- Indiana State Digital Achives for Civil War can be searched by soldier's name (accessed 1 May 2011)
- 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, & etc., of The 7th Indiana Cavalry.
BOOKS
- Cogley, T. S. (1876). History of the Seventh Indiana cavalry volunteers: And the expeditions, campaigns, raids, marches, and battles of the armies with which it was connected. with biographical sketches of Brevet Major General John P.C. Shanks, and of Brevet Brig. Gen. Thomas M. Browne, and other officers of the regiment; with an account of the burning of the steamer Sultana on the Mississippi river, and of the capture, trial conviction and execution of Dick Davis, the guerrilla. (Laporte, Ind: Herald Co., printers. ). FHL UC/CAN book 977.2 M25c' FHL Collection Google books Internet Archive
References
- ↑ National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (accessed 4 January 2011).
- ↑ *The War for the Union, 1861-1865. A Record of Its Defenders, Living and Dead, from Steuben County, Indiana; and History of Veteran Organizations and Kindred Associations by Jesse H. Carpenter, 1889 (Digitized book)
- ↑ "The First Call for Troops" in Counties of La Grange and Noble, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. (Salem, Mass: Higginson Book Co, 1993.) 977.27 H2c FHL US/CAN Book page 89-116, FHL Collection other library   INTERNET ARCHIVE