7th Ohio Cavalry
River Regiment

compiled by Larry Stevens

References for this Unit

• see also Bibliography of State-Wide References
• Ohio In The War-Volume II. Whitelaw Reid. Moore, Wilstach & Baldwin. Cincinnati 1868
• History of the Seventh Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. Written by Captain R.C. Rankin. 29 pgs. J.C. Newcomb, Printer. Ripley. O. 1881
  Reprint: History of the Seventh Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. Written by Captain R.C. Rankin. 29 pgs. Reprint by Arthur W. McGraw. ISBN 1-56651-202-6. Image clarified and copyrighted by Arthur McGraw. 1997
• Capture and Escape. A Personal Experience, 1863. Richard C. Rankin. 23 pgs. NP. ND.
• National Tribune. Pegram's Raid. The Battle of Dutton Hill. Theodore F. Allen. March 19, 1885
• National Tribune. The Cavalry at Nashville. William S. Archer. October 7, 1886
• National Tribune. In the Saddle. Services of the Cavalry at the Battle of Nashville. Harrison's Brigade of the Sixth Division, and Its Part in the Fight and Chase. 7th Ohio and 5th Iowa. Capt. R.C. Rankin. November 18, 1886
• National Tribune. Cavalry at Nashville. R.C. Rankin. May 5, 1887
• National Tribune. At Millen Prison. George A. Smith. May 12, 1887
• National Tribune. The 2nd and 7th Ohio Cavalry. Why They had So Few Men in the Fight at Buffington Island. R.C. Rankin. September 22, 1887
• National Tribune. They were not 'Suprised'. R.C. Rankin. October 20, 1887. [Morristown, TN 12/12/63]
• National Tribune. Wilson's Raid. R.C. Rankin. May 10, 1888
• National Tribune. An Escape Through the Bottom of the Car. George A. Smith. May 17, 1888
• National Tribune. Providential Spring. George A. Smith. September 27, 1888
• National Tribune. The Saunders Raid. R.C. Rankin. May 11, 1893
• National Tribune. The Saunders Raid. R.C. Rankin. August 3, 1893 and August 10, 1893
• National Tribune. The Story of a Fighting Regiment. The 7th Ohio Cav. And Its Service for the Union. R.C. Rankin. November 9, 1893, November 16, 1893 and November 23, 1893
• National Tribune. Add Their Testimony. Corroborating Letters About the Story of a Fighting Regiment. O.J. Jolley and J.M. Thomas. January 25, 1894
• National Tribune. First Company. Capt. Jacob Ammen's Little Band Signed to Go to War on April 13. R.C. Rankin. April 19, 1894
• National Tribune. Meant What He Says. Capt. Rankin Says Gen. Minty Misinterpreted His Words. R.C. Rankin. May 24, 1894
• National Tribune. Straightens Them Out. Capt. Rankin Tells How the Charge at Columbus, Ga., was Arranged. R.C. Rankin. July 12, 1894
• National Tribune. Tells All About It. Capt. Rankin Details the Rogersville Affair. R.C. Rankin. August 9, 1894
• National Tribune. The Morgan Raid. R.C. Rankin. February 18, 1897
• National Tribune. With the 7th Ohio Cav. Capt. Rankin Says He Confronted Dr. J.P. Cannon Several Times. R.C. Rankin. February 17, 1898. [Nashville Campaign]
• Letter to the Editor. Theodore F. Allen. pg. 581. Confederate Veteran. Volume V. Number 11. Nashville. Tennessee. November. 1897. Big Creek Tennessee, Nov. 1863
• Federal Account of the Morgan Raid. Theodore F. Allen. pgs. 56-58. Confederate Veteran. Volume VI. Number 2. Nashville. Tennessee. February. 1898
• National Tribune. A Dangerous Mission. How a Rear-Rank Private of the 7th Ohio Cav. Won His Shoulder-Straps. T.F. Allen. April 7, 1898
• National Tribune. Met on the Field. Personal Recollections of Some Union Officers. T.F. Allen. October 13, 1898
• National Tribune. Wilson's Cavalry Corps. T.F. Allen. October 27, 1898
• Letter to the Editor. Theodore F. Allen. pg. 509. Confederate Veteran. Volume VI. Number 11. Nashville. Tennessee. November. 1898
• Six hundred miles of fried chicken. Theodore F. Allen. JUSCA. pgs. 162-175. Vol. XII. 1899
• National Tribune. Capt. Allen Rejoins. T.F. Allen. January 12, 1899
• National Tribune. At Duck River. T.F. Allen. January 19, 1899 (possibly article below-index indicates articles by Allen and Rankin-possibility of only one article)
• National Tribune. At Duck River. R.C. Rankin. January 19, 1899 (possibly article above-index indicates articles by Allen and Rankin-possibility of only one article)
• National Tribune. Captain Rankin Speaks Again. R.C. Rankin. March 30, 1899
• National Tribune. The Old Camp Ground. Capt. Allen Recalls Scenes of 35 Years Ago. T.F. Allen. June 15, 1899
• National Tribune. More About Wolford's Men. T.F. Allen. December 28, 1899
• National Tribune. Now All You Be Good. The Practical Joke Played by a Lt. On the Capt. of His Co. T.F. Allen. January 11, 1900
• National Tribune. Prisoners for Life. Cupid's Bow and Arrow During the Civil War. T.F. Allen. March 29, 1900
• National Tribune. Co. G's Repulse. Waiting for Morgan's Men, Some of Them Met with the Wonderful Adventure. William Batterson. April 26, 1900
• The Bow and Arrow In the Civil War. Theodore F. Allen. pg. 228. Confederate Veteran. Volume VIII. Number 11. Nashville. Tennessee. May. 1900
• National Tribune. The Last Raid of Morgan's Men. The Union Victory at Cynthiana, Ky., June 12, 1864. By Captain of Co. D. , 7th Ohio Cav. T.F. Allen. June 7-14, 1900
• National Tribune. Capture of Marysville. An Episode in the History of the 7th Ohio Cavalry. D. S. Brown. February 7, 1901
• National Tribune. Over the Mountains, Strawberry Plains and Other Events of Campaigning. Harvey Denny. February 21, 1901
• National Tribune. Gen. Israel Garrard. The Gallant Col. of the 7th Ohio Cav. T.F. Allen. October 3, 1901
• In Pursuit of John Morgan. Theodore F. Allen. Late Captain Seventh Ohio Cavalry. From: MOLLUS. Ohio. Sketches of War History. v. 5. pgs. 223-242. Cincinnati. 1903
• National Tribune. Valley Forge of the Civil War. East Tennessee Campaign of the Winter of 1863-1864. T.F. Allen. March 26, 1903
• National Tribune. Gen. Thomas Justified. Delay in Attacking Hood Unavoidable. T.F. Allen. August 27, 1903
• National Tribune. A Confederate Soldier's Thanks to the 7th Ohio Cavalry - An Interesting Correspondence. T.F. Allen. April 21, 1904
• National Tribune. Blind Tom. He is Discovered in the Wilds of Southern Georgia by the 7th Ohio Cav. D. S. Brown. June 16, 1904
• National Tribune. The company blacksmith. The man who stands behind the man who stands behind the gun. By Madison Eppert. Madison Eppert. August 4, 1904
• National Tribune. The Selma Campaign. L.M. Hosea. November 10 and November 17, 1904
• National Tribune. Christmas was Postponed. T.F. Allen. January 12, 1905
• National Tribune. Critter-Back Companies. T.F. Allen. February 16, 1905
• National Tribune. In Pursuit of Hood. T.F. Allen. February 23, 1905
• Soldier of the Blue at the Reunion. Theodore F. Allen. pgs. 411-412. Confederate Veteran. Volume XIII. Number 11. Nashville. Tennessee. September. 1905
• National Tribune. A Badly Mortified Captain. T.F. Allen. September 14, 1905
• The Flag Still There. T.F. Allen. 26 pgs. Western Library Press. Cincinnati. Ohio. ND. According to Steve Ward possibly 1906
• National Tribune. His First Ride. Gen. Dan. Mcauley's First Experience as Adj. Of His Regiment. T.F. Allen. June 14, 1906
• National Tribune. The Call of the Battlefield. A Delightful Trip from Cincinnati Thru Central Kentucky to Chattanooga and Chickamauga. T.F. Allen. March 14, 1907
• National Tribune. At Columbus, Ga. A Monument to Mark the Site of the Last Battle of the Civil War. T.F. Allen. February 6, 1908
• The Last Battle of the Civil War. Theodore F. Allen. JUSCA. pgs 785-786. Vol. XVII. 1908
• The "Underground Railroad" and the "Grapevine Telegraph." An Escaping Prisoner's Experience - 1863. Theodore F. Allen. From: MOLLUS. Ohio. Sketches of War History. v. 6. pgs. 147-167. Cincinnati. 1908
• Confederate Breech-Loading Cannon. By Theodore F. Allen, Cincinnati, Ohio. Theodore F. Allen. pg. 581-582. Confederate Veteran. Volume XVI. Number 11. Nashville. Tennessee. November. 1908. Blue Springs, Tennessee, Oct. 10, 1863
• Capture and Escape, A Personal Experience. Theodore F. Allen. 23 pgs. NP. ND.
• Field Notes of the Selma Campaign. Charles D. Mitchell. From: MOLLUS. Ohio. Sketches of War History. v. 6. pgs. 174-194. Cincinnati. 1908
• The Sanders Raid Into East Tennessee, June, 1863. Charles D. Mitchell. From: MOLLUS. Ohio. Sketches of War History. v. 6. pgs. 238-251. Cincinnati. 1908
• National Tribune. The Last Battle. D. S. Brown. December 17, 1908. [Columbus, GA. 4/16/65]
• National Tribune. The Selma Campaign. David. S. Brown. September 5, 1912
• National Tribune. Cavalry a Necessity. Charles A. Miller. January 28, 1915
• National Tribune. All About Saunder's Raid. Harvey Denny. September 9, 1915
• Unit Bibliography. U.S. Army Military History Institute. Carlisle Barracks. PA. 1995
• The River Regiment. Roger D. Cunningham. pgs. 30-31. Military Images. Volume XXIII. Number 2. September/October. 2001
• Private Albert McKinney, Company A, 7th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. Ron Whitacre. pg. 182. Ohio Civil War Genealogy Journal. Volume VII. Number 4. 2003. Ohio Genealogical Society. Mansfield
• Do They Miss Me at Home?: The Civil War Letters of William McKnight, Seventh Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. William McKnight. 7th OVC. 1832-1864. Editors Donald C. Maness and H. Jason Combs. 320 pgs. Hardcover. Ohio University Press. Athens. Ohio. 2010

Art McGraw's Reprint of R.C. Rankin's
History of the Seventh Ohio Volunteer Cavalry

History

This regiment was organized October 3, 1862, under Col. Israel Garrard. It operated in Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina, and in July, 1864, joined Sherman's Atlanta campaign, fighting almost daily. After the fall of that city it moved north and met the enemy at Franklin and Nashville under Thomas, then followed in the pursuit of Hood across the Tennessee River. In March 1865, the Seventh Cavalry joined Wilson's raid, fighting its way to Selma, Ala., and while pursuing the enemy to Andersonville, the news of Lee's surrender was recieved. The Seventh was mustered out July 4, 1865.
From: War History of Union County. by W.L. Curry. Marysville. Ohio. 1883

From Dyer's Compendium

7th Regiment Cavalry--"River Regiment." Regiment organized at Ripley, Ohio, October, 1862, and duty there till December, 1862. First Battalion (Cos. "A," "B," "C," "D"), ordered to Lexington, Ky., November 22, 1862, and duty there till December 21. 2nd Battalion ordered to Lexington, Ky., December 20, 1862, and 3rd Battalion to same point December 31, 1862. Attached to District of Central Kentucky, Dept. Ohio, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, District of Central Kentucky, to April, 1863. 1st Provisional Cavalry Brigade, 23rd Army Corps, Army Ohio, to June, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, to August, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, to November, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Dept. Ohio, to May, 1864. 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, District of Kentucky, 5th Division, 23rd Army Corps, to July, 1864. 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, 23rd Army Corps, to August, 1864. Mounted Brigade, Cavalry Division, 23rd Army Corps, to September, 1864. 2nd Brigade, Cavalry Division, 23rd Army Corps, to November, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 6th Division, Wilson's Cavalry Corps, Military Division Mississippi, to December, 1864. 1st Brigade, 6th Division, Cavalry Corps, to February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, Cavalry Corps, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--1st Battalion participated in Carter's Raid into East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia December 21, 1862, to January 5, 1863. Passage of Moccasin Gap December 29, 1862. Actions at Zollicoffer Station December 30. Watauga Bridge, Carter's Station, December 30 (Cos. "A," "D"). Regiment participated in operations in Central Kentucky against Cluke's forces February 18-March 5, 1863. Slate Creek near Mt. Sterling February 24 and March 2. Operations against Pegram March 22-April 1. Dutton's Hill March 30. Expedition to Monticello and operations in Southeast Kentucky April 26-May 12. Monticello May 1. Rocky Gap, Monticello, June 9. Carter's Raid in East Tennessee June 16-24. Knoxville June 19-20. Roger's Gap June 20. Powder Springs Gap June 21. Scout to Creelsborough June 28-30. Pursuit of Morgan July 1-25. Buffington Island, Ohio, July 19. Operations against Scott in Eastern Kentucky July 26-August 6. Near Rogersville July 27. Richmond July 28. Lancaster July 31. Paint Lick Bridge July 31. Lancaster August 1. Burnside's Campaign in East Tennessee August 16-October 19. Winter's Gap August 31. Expedition to Cumberland Gap September 4-9. Capture of Cumberland Gap September 9. Carter's Station September 22. Zollicoffer September 24. Jonesboro September 28. Blue Springs October 5 and 10. Sweetwater October 10-11. Pursuit to Bristol October 11-17. Blountsville October 13-14. Moved to Rogersville October 17-19. Knoxville Campaign November 4-December 23. Action at Rogersville November 6. Stock Creek November 14. Defence of Cumberland Gap during siege of Knoxville November 17-December 5. Morristown December 10. Cheek's Cross Roads December 12. Russellville December 12-13. Bean's Station December 14. Rutledge December 16. Blain's Cross Roads December 16-19. Rutledge December 18. Stone's Mill December 19. New Market December 23. Dandridge December 24. Mossy Creek December 26. Operations about Dandridge January 16-17, 1864. Kimbrough's Cross Roads January 16. Dandridge January 17. Operations about Dandridge January 26-28. Fair Garden January 27. Ordered to Nicholasville, Ky., FebrUary. Operations against Morgan in Kentucky May 31-June 20 (Detachment). Cynthiana June 12. March to Atlanta, Ga., July 4-26. Siege of Atlanta July 26-September 2. Stoneman's Raid to Macon July 27-August 6 (Co. "D"). Clinton and Macon July 30 (Co. "D"). Hillsborough July 30-31 (Co. "D"). Sandtown and Fairburn August 15. At Decatur till October 4. At Atlanta till November 6. Moved to Nashville, Tenn. Nashville Campaign November-December. Henryville November 23. Columbia, Duck River, November 24-27. Duck River Crossing November 28. Columbia Ford November 29. Franklin November 30. Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. West Harpeth River and Franklin December 17. Spring Hill December 18. Richland Creek December 24. Pulaski December 25-26. Moved to Gravelly Springs, Ala., and duty there till March, 1865. Wilson's Raid from Chickasaw, Ala., to Macon, Ga., March 22-April 24. Montevallo March 31. Ebenezer Creek near Mapleville April 1. Selma April 2. Montgomery April 12. Columbia, Ga., April 16. Capture of Macon April 20. Scout duty in Northern Georgia till May 15. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., and duty there till July. Mustered out July 4, 1865. Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 26 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 197 Enlisted men by disease. Total 229.

Thanks to Dr. Richard A. Sauers for the initial research and indexing of the National Tribune articles.

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