7th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry The 7th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 7th Kentucky Cavalry was organized at large and mustered in for three years at Paris , Kentucky on August 16 , 1862 under the command of Colonel Leonidas Metcalfe . Company F was consolidated with Company M . In January 1864 , Capt . Geo . T . Stacey recruited a company for the 2nd Regiment Kentucky Heavy Artillery , but it was never organized . Instead , the recruits were assigned to Company F , and at the muster - out of the regiment they were transferred to Company H , 6th Kentucky Veteran Volunteer Cavalry . Company I was consolidated with Company B . In March 1864 , a re - enlisted a company from the 49th Kentucky Mounted Infantry was assigned as Company I , and at the muster - out of the regiment was transferred to Company B , 6th Kentucky Veteran Volunteer Cavalry . The regiment was attached to the Army of Kentucky , unassigned , Department of the Ohio , to November 1862 . District of Central Kentucky , Department of the Ohio , to March 1863 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , Cavalry Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to July 1863 . 3rd Brigade , 1st Division , Cavalry Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to November 1864 . 3rd Brigade , 1st Division , Cavalry Corps , Military Division Mississippi , to January 1865 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , Cavalry Corps , Military Division Mississippi , to July 1865 . The 7th Kentucky Cavalry mustered out of service at Nashville , Tennessee on July 10 , 1865 . Detailed service . Before muster participated in operations against Morgan July 4 – 28 , 1862 . Cynthiana , Ky . , July 17 ( detachment ) . Paris July 19 . Big Hill , Madison County , August 23 . Richmond August 30 . Moved to Tennessee December , 1862 . Hartsville December 7 . Scouting at Castillian Springs until March 1863 . Moved to Franklin , Tenn . Expedition from Franklin to Columbia March 8 – 12 . Thompson ' s Station March 9 . Rutherford Creek March 10 – 11 . Spring Hill March 18 – 19 . Columbia Pike April 1 . Thompson ' s Station May 2 . Moved to Triune June 2 – 4 . Franklin June 4 . Tullahoma Campaign June 23 - July 7 . Expedition to Huntsville July 13 – 22 . Detached at Bridgeport , Caperton ' s Ferry and Nashville until December . Operations about Mossy Creek and Dandridge , Tenn . , December 24 – 28 . Mossy Creek Station December 24 . Peck ' s House , near New Market , December 24 . Mossy Creek December 26 . Talbot ' s Station December 26 – 28 . Mossy Creek December 29 . Moved to Morristown . Kimbrough Cross Roads and bend of Chucky River January 16 , 1864 . Operations about Dandridge January 16 – 17 . Dandridge January 17 . Pigeon River , near Fair Garden , January 27 . Swann ' s Bridge , Paris Ford . January 28 . At Cleveland , Tenn . , until May . Atlanta Campaign May to September . Guarding railroad in rear of army , at Wauhatchie , Tenn . , May 5 to June 18 . At Lee and Gordon ' s Mills and Lafayette until August 4 . Action at Lafayette June 24 . Actions at Lost Mountain July 1 – 2 . At Calhoun and Dalton until October 12 . Pine Log Creek and near Fairmount August 14 . Dalton August 14 – 15 ( Company B ) . Rousseau ' s pursuit of Wheeler September 1 – 8 . Resaca October 12 – 13 . Surrender of Dalton October 13 ( Company B ) . Near Summerville October 18 . Little River , Ala . , October 20 . Leesburg October 21 . Ladiga , Terrapin Creek , October 28 ( detachment ) . Moved to Louisville , Ky . , November 3 – 9 . McCook ' s pursuit of Lyon December 6 – 28 . Hopkinsville , Ky . , December 16 . At Nashville , Tenn . , until January 9 , 1865 . Moved to Gravelly Springs , Ala . , and duty there and at Waterloo until March . Wilson ' s Raid from Chickasaw , Ala . , to Macon , Ga . , March 22 - April 24 . Selma April 2 . Montgomery April 12 . Columbus Road , near Tuskegee , April 14 . Fort Tyler , West Point , April 16 . Capture of Macon April 20 . Duty at Macon until June and at Nashville , Tenn . , until July . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 147 men during service ; 2 officers and 22 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 5 officers and 118 enlisted men died of disease .