7th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry

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7th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry
Iowa state flag
Active	April 27, 1863 to June 22, 1866
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Cavalry

The 7th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry was an cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Contents 1 Service 2 Total strength and casualties 3 Commanders 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References

[edit] Service

The 7th Iowa Cavalry was mustered into Federal service at Davenport, Iowa for a three year enlistment between April 27 to July 13, 1863.

The regiment was mustered out of Federal service on June 22, 1866.

[edit] Total strength and casualties

A total of 1420 men served in the 7th Iowa at one time or another during its existence.^[1] It suffered 1 officer and 21 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 1 officer and 74 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 97 fatalities.^[2]

[edit] Commanders

• Colonel Samuel W. Summers
• Colonel Herman H. Heath^[3]

[edit] See also

• List of Iowa Civil War Units
• Iowa in the American Civil War

[edit] Notes

1. ^ http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan/mil607.htm Iowa Genweb Iowa in the Civil War Project after Logan, Guy E., Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 1
2. ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/uniacav.htm#7thcav The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
3. ^ Iowa Genweb Iowa in the Civil War Project after Logan, Guy E., Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 1

[edit] References

• The Civil War Archive