7th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment

Confederate Army cavalry regiment from 1863 to 1865

7th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment
Active	1863–1865
Country	Confederate States of America
Allegiance	CSA
Branch	Infantry

Military unit

The 7th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment (1863–1865) was a Confederate Army cavalry regiment during the American Civil War.

Organization

This regiment was formed on July 25, 1863, by adding independent companies to J. F. Hill's Arkansas Cavalry Battalion. The 7th Cavalry was commanded by Colonel John Fry Hill, Lieutenant Colonel Oliver Basham, and Majors J. L. Adams and J. C. Ward.^[1] Many former members of the 10th Arkansas Militia Regiment^[2] joined this unit. The unit was composed of companies from the following counties:^[3]

Company A – Pope County
Company B – Johnson County
Company C – Searcy County
Company D – Pope County
Company F – Unknown
Company G – Madison County
Company H – Pope and Johnson County
Company K – Johnson County
Company L – Johnson County
Company M – Johnson County

Battles

The unit served in General Cabell's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department, and fought in the following engagements:^[3]

Battle of Devil's Backbone, Arkansas, September 1, 1863
Battle of Poison Spring, Arkansas, April 18, 1864
Battle of Marks' Mills, Arkansas, April 25, 1864
Battle of Pine Bluff, Arkansas,
Battle of Dardanelle, Arkansas,
Price's Missouri Raid, Arkansas-Missouri-Kansas, September, 1864
Battle of Marais des Cygnes, Linn County, Kansas, October 25, 1864

Surrender

This regiment surrendered at Galveston, Texas.

References

This article incorporates public domain material from Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System. National Park Service.

^ "Confederate Arkansas Troops: 7th Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry". Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 14 July 2001. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
^ "10th Arkansas Militia Regiment (Johnson County)". Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Home Page. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
^ ^a ^b "7th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment". Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Home Page. Retrieved 28 January 2011.

External links

Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Home Page
Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture
The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
The Arkansas History Commission, State Archives, Civil War in Arkansas

American Civil War

Origins

Origins	Timeline leading to the War Bleeding Kansas Border states Compromise of 1850 John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry Kansas-Nebraska Act Lincoln–Douglas debates Missouri Compromise Nullification crisis Origins of the American Civil War Panic of 1857 Popular sovereignty Secession South Carolina Declaration of Secession States' rights President Lincoln's 75,000 volunteers
Slavery	African Americans Cornerstone Speech Crittenden Compromise Dred Scott v. Sandford Emancipation Proclamation Fire-Eaters Fugitive slave laws Plantations in the American South Positive good Slave Power Slavery in the United States Treatment of slaves in the United States Uncle Tom's Cabin
Abolitionism	Abolitionism in the United States Susan B. Anthony James G. Birney John Brown Frederick Douglass William Lloyd Garrison Lane Debates on Slavery Elijah Parish Lovejoy J. Sella Martin Lysander Spooner George Luther Stearns Thaddeus Stevens Charles Sumner Caning Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad

Combatants
Theaters
Campaigns
Battles
States

Combatants

Union	Army Navy Marine Corps Revenue Cutter Service
Confederacy	Army Navy Marine Corps

Theaters

Major campaigns

Major battles

Involvement

States and
territories

Cities

Leaders

Confederate

Military	R. H. Anderson Beauregard Bragg Buchanan Cooper Early Ewell Forrest Gorgas Hill Hood Jackson A. S. Johnston J. E. Johnston Lee Longstreet Morgan Mosby Polk Price Semmes E. K. Smith Stuart Taylor Wheeler
Civilian	Benjamin Bocock Breckinridge Davis Hunter Mallory Memminger Seddon Stephens

Union

Military	Anderson Buell Burnside Butler Du Pont Farragut Foote Frémont Grant Halleck Hooker Hunt McClellan McDowell Meade Meigs Ord Pope D. D. Porter Rosecrans Scott Sheridan Sherman Thomas
Civilian	Adams Chase Ericsson Hamlin Lincoln Pinkerton Seward Stanton Stevens Wade Welles

Aftermath

Constitution

Reconstruction Amendments

Reconstruction

Post-
Reconstruction

Monuments
and memorials

Union	List Grand Army of the Republic memorials to Lincoln
Confederate	List artworks in Capitol memorials to Davis memorials to Lee Removal

Cemeteries

Veterans

Related topics

Military	Arms Campaign Medal Cavalry Confederate Home Guard Confederate railroads Confederate revolving cannon Field artillery Medal of Honor recipients Medicine Naval battles Official Records Partisan rangers POW camps Rations Signal Corps Turning point Union corps badges U.S. Balloon Corps U.S. Home Guard U.S. Military Railroad
Political	Committee on the Conduct of the War Confederate States presidential election of 1861 Confiscation Act of 1861 Confiscation Act of 1862 Copperheads Diplomacy Emancipation Proclamation Habeas Corpus Act of 1863 Hampton Roads Conference National Union Party Politicians killed Radical Republicans Trent Affair Union Leagues U.S. Presidential Election of 1864 War Democrats
Music	Battle Hymn of the Republic Dixie John Brown's Body A Lincoln Portrait Marching Through Georgia Maryland, My Maryland When Johnny Comes Marching Home Daar kom die Alibama
Other topics	Baltimore riot of 1861 Battlefield preservation Bibliography Confederate war finance Confederate States dollar Espionage Confederate Secret Service Great Revival of 1863 Gender issues Juneteenth Naming the war Native Americans Catawba Cherokee Choctaw Seminole New York City Gold Hoax of 1864 New York City riots of 1863 Photographers Richmond riots of 1863 Salt Supreme Court cases Tokens U.S. Sanitary Commission Women soldiers
Related	List of films and television shows about the American Civil War