Kansas 7th Volunteer Cavalry (Union)
28/10/1861
Organized - Kansas 7th Volunteer Cavalry - Kansas
26/11/1861
Battle - Independence, Missouri
09/01/1862
Battle - Columbus, Missouri
27/08/1862
Battle - Kossuth, Mississippi
19/09/1862
Battle - Iuka - Tishomingo County, Mississippi
Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's Army of the West main column marched into Iuka, Mississippi, on September 14th. Price's superior, Gen. Braxton Bragg, had ordered Price to prevent Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans's Army of the Mississippi from moving into Tennessee and reinforcing Nashville. Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, commanding the Army of the Tennessee, feared that Price intended to go north to join Bragg. Grant devised a plan for his left wing commander, Maj. Gen. E.O.C. Ord, to advance on Iuka from the west;…READ MORE
03/10/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel T.P. Herrick
Lieutenant ColonelT.P. Herrick
03/10/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Albert L. Lee
ColonelAlbert L. Lee
03/10/1862
Battle - Battle of Corinth - Corinth, Mississippi
Not to be confused with Siege of Corinth. Also known as Second Battle of Corinth.READ MORE
05/11/1862
Battle - Jumpertown, Mississippi
24/12/1862
Battle - Middleburg, Tennessee
03/01/1863
Battle - Somerville, Tennessee
27/01/1863
Battle - Germantown, Tennessee
01/04/1863
Battle - Germantown, Tennessee
28/05/1863
Battle - Florence, Alabama
02/05/1864
Battle - Memphis, Tennessee
21/10/1864
Battle - Little Blue River - Jackson County, Missouri
22/10/1864
Battle - Byram's Ford - Kansas City, Missouri
Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's Confederate Army of Missouri headed towards Kansas City, Missouri and Fort Leavenworth, hoping to capture Missouri for the South in the weeks prior to Abraham Lincoln's reelection in 1864. Union Maj. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis's Army of the Border, in and around Westport, was blocking Price's movement, while Maj. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton's provisional cavalry division was pressing Price's rearguard. On October 22nd, Maj. Gen. James G. Blunt's division held a defensive position on the we…READ MORE
22/10/1864
Battle - Second Independence - Independence, Missouri
23/10/1864
Leadership Change - Regiment - Major Francis Malone
MajorFrancis Malone
23/10/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General John McNeil
Brigadier GeneralJohn McNeil
23/10/1864
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Alfred Pleasonton
Major GeneralAlfred Pleasonton
23/10/1864
Battle - Westport - Westport, Missouri
The Battle of Westport, fought October 21-23, was the largest battle west of the Mississippi River and the decisive battle of Confederate Gen. Stirling Price's 1864 Missouri campaign. Directions guide the visitor to the first of twenty-five narrative markers on a 32-mile, self-guided automobile tour and a self-guided walking tour of Byram's Ford and the Big Blue Battlefield. Each marker provides directions to the next stop on the tour. A written brochure is available from the Battle of Westport Visitor Cen…READ MORE
25/10/1864
Battle - Mine Creek - Linn County, Kansas
About six miles south of Trading Post, Kansas, where the Marais de Cygnes cavalry engagement had occurred earlier in the day, the Union brigades of Col. Frederick Benteen and Col. John Phillips, of Maj. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton's Provisional Cavalry Division, overtook a retreating Confederate cavalry column from Maj. Gen Sterling Price's Army of Missouri crossing Mine Creek. The rebels, stalled by their 500-wagon supply train crossing the rain-swollen ford, formed a line of about 7,000 men on the north side…READ MORE
29/09/1865
Mustered Out - Kansas 7th Volunteer Cavalry - Kansas
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