7th Squadron, Rhode Island Cavalry

7th Squadron, Rhode Island Volunteer Cavalry
Active	June 24, 1862 to September 26, 1862
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Cavalry
Engagements	Battle of Harpers Ferry

The 7th Squadron, Rhode Island Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry squadron that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Contents 1 Service 2 Commanders 3 See also 4 Notes 5 References

Service

The 7th Squadron, Rhode Island Cavalry was organized in Providence, Rhode Island and mustered in June 24, 1862 for three months' service. It consisted of two companies, Company A and Company B, under the command of Major Augustus Whittemore Corliss.^[1]

The companies moved to Washington, D.C., June 28-30 and were attached to Military District of Washington, Wadsworth's Command, to July 1862. Sturgis' Command, Military District of Washington, to August 1862. Winchester, Virginia, to September 1862. Miles' Command, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, September, 1862.

Served duty at Camp Clark and Camp Sprague, defenses of Washington, until July 25, 1862. Moved to Alexandria, Virginia, July 25, then to Winchester, Virginia, August 1. Served duty at Camp Sigel, Winchester, until September 3. Retreated to Newtown and Middleburg, then to Harpers Ferry, September 3-4. Maryland Heights September 12-13. Defense of Harpers Ferry September 13-15. Escaped through enemy's lines September 15 and participated in the capture of 100 wagons of Longstreet's supply train September 16.

The 7th Squadron, Rhode Island Cavalry mustered out September 26, 1862.

Commanders

• Major Augustus Whittemore Corliss

See also

• List of Rhode Island Civil War units
• Rhode Island in the American Civil War

Notes

References

• Corliss, Augustus Whittemore. History of the Seventh Squadron, Rhode Island Cavalry (Yarmouth, ME: "Old Times" Office), 1879.
• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908.
• Nichols, William H. The Siege and Capture of Harper's Ferry by the Confederates, September, 1862 (Providence, RI: The Rhode Island Soldiers and Sailors Society), 1889. [Author was a corporal in Company A.]
• Pettengill, Samuel Barrett. The College Cavaliers: A Sketch of the Service of a Company of College Students in the Union Army in 1862 (Chicago, IL: H. McAllaster & Co., Printers), 1883. [Author was a private and veterinary surgeon in Company B.]

Attribution

• This article contains text from "A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" (1908) by Frederick Henry Dyer. a text now in the public domain.