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7th Pennsylvania CavalryJuly 13, 1862 Murfreesboro
October 12, 1864 Rome Races

Also Known As:
  Unidentified

Command Assignments:
 
Minty's Brigade

Commanders:
 
Unknown

Engagements:
  Unidentified

Onsite Links
  ORs: Report of Maj. James J. Seibert, 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Marshall Texas Republican, August 9, 1862 - "Texas Rangers at Murfreesboro"
That Devil Forrest, 1899: Murfreesboro
Paul Scott's John A. Wharton: The Forgotten General
David Slay's The Rome Races

Offsite Links:
 
7th Pennsylvania Cavalry
Comprehensive History Site
Private John Earnest
Online collection of letters by
A Taste of Northern Steel
North & South article from January 1999
Editorial Musings by Walter S. Farquhar - "7th Pennsylvania Cavalry"
Article
The Miners' Journal and Pottsville General Advertiser, August 30, 1862
Article on the Death of Lieut. Nicholas Wynkoop
USAMHI Bibliographies: 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry (80th Regiment)
Bibliography
Pennsylvania Old Photos: Adam Frederick
Post War photo
The Patriots and Guerillas of East Tennessee and Kentucky
Online Book

Bibliography:
 

Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot,1993. Vol. 4, pp. 1114-66. (Brief history and roster of the regiment).

Dornblaser, T. F. My Life Story for Young and Old. Privately printed, 1930.

_____. Sabre Strokes of the Pennsylvania Dragoons in the War of l86l - l865; Interspersed with Personal Reminiscences. Phila: Lutheran Pub Soc, l884.

Mansfield Men in the Seventh Pennsylvania Cavalry, Eightieth Regiment, With Letters of Charles M. Rumsey and Personal War Sketches, l86l - l865. Mansfield, PA: Chester P. Bailey, l986.

Pennsylvania. 7th Cav Regt. History and Roster of the Seventh Pa. Cavalry Veteran Volunteers. n.p., 1904.

_____. Chickamauga and Chattanooga Battlefield Comm. Pennsylvania at Chickamauga and Chattanooga: Ceremonies at the Dedication of the Monuments.... Hbg, PA: W S Ray, 1900. (Addresses delivered at the dedication of the regimental monument at Chickamauga).

Reed, Francis W. Francis W. Reed Collection, 1861-1865. Pennsylvania State Archives.Correspondence.

Sauers, Richard A. Advance the Colors!: Pennsylvania Civil War Battle Flags. Vol. 1. Hbg, PA: Capitol Preservation Comm, 1987. (Brief unit history with emphasis on the regimental flags).

Sipes, William B. The Seventh Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Cavalry: Its Record, Reminiscences and Roster.... Pottsville, PA: Miners' Journal Print, l905.

Sipes, William B. The Saber Regiment, History of the 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Reprint of The Seventh Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Cavalry.

Thompson, Heber S. The First Defenders. n.p., 1910. Author served w/ 7th PA Cav

Vale, Joseph G. Minty and the Cavalry: A History of Cavalry Campaigns in the Western Armies. Harrisburg, PA: E. K. Meyers, l886.

The USAMHI Photo Archive includes images of individuals of this unit.

The following pertinent personal papers are in the USAMHI's Manuscript Archive:
Bretz, George Z. CWMiscColl (Assistant Surgeon's transcribed letter, Aug l6, l865)
Crandall Family CWMiscColl (Enlisted man's letter, Nov l4, l864)
Hays, William CWMiscColl (Officer's transcribed diary, Jan 3l Sep 8, l865)
Kurtz, Martin L. CWMiscColl (Enlisted man's letter, Aug 2l, l862)
Marvin, Charles A. CWMiscColl (Enlisted man's letter, Sep 28, l864)
Menges, Jacob CWTIColl (Corporal's memoirs, Aug l8, l86l Jun 9, l865)
Mick, Solomon OelligColl (Enlisted man's letters and papers, Sep 6, l86l May l, l865)
Pennsylvania 7th Cavalry Regimental Papers HackenburgColl (Enlisted man's letters, Oct 22-Nov l8, l86l)
Reed, Francis W. CWTIColl (Enlisted man's letters, Jun 7, l86l Feb l, l865)
Stoner, Ira C. CWMiscColl (Enlisted man's diary, Sep 6, l864 Jun 22, l865)
Thompson, Heber S. HCWRTColl (Officer's transcribed diary Apr 30 Jun 29, l864)
Vale, Joseph G. CWMiscColl (Pension attorney's official papers, l886, l888)