7th Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry The 7th Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . The regiment was also known as the 2nd West Tennessee Cavalry . Service . The 7th Tennessee Cavalry was organized at Jackson , Grand Junction , and Trenton , Tennessee and mustered in August 28 , 1862 for a three year enlistment under the command of Colonel Isaac Roberts Hawkins . The regiment was attached to District of Jackson , Department of the Tennessee , to November 1862 . District of Jackson , XIII Corps , Department of the Tennessee , to December 1862 . Cavalry Brigade , District of Jackson , XVI Corps , to April 1863 . Unassigned , 1st Division , XVI Corps , to June 1863 . 4th Brigade , 1st Cavalry Division , XVI Corps , to August 1863 . District of Columbus , 6th Division , XVI Corps , to October 1863 . Detached Cavalry Brigade , XVI Corps , to December 1863 . Waring ' s Cavalry Brigade , XVI Corps , to January 1864 . District of Columbus , Kentucky , to August 1865 . The 7th Tennessee Cavalry mustered out of service August 9 , 1865 at Nashville , Tennessee . Detailed service . Duty in District of Jackson , Tenn . , until January 1863 . Actions at Salem Cemetery , near Jackson . December 19 , and near Jackson December 29 , 1862 . Near Middleburg December 24 . At LaGrange , Moscow and Germantown until June 1863 . Expedition to Clifton February 17 – 21 , 1863 ( detachment ) . Scout from LaGrange into northern Mississippi April 29 - May 5 . Operations in northwest Mississippi June 15 – 25 . Jack ' s Creek , Tenn . , June 20 . At Grand Junction June 1863 . Skirmishes at and near Union City , Tenn . , September 2 . At Union City and Colliersville , Tenn . , until January 1864 . Expedition to Toone Station September 11 – 16 , 1863 . Skirmish at Montezuma September 16 . ( Company A detached at Paducah , Ky . ) Skirmish at Dukedom February 28 , 1864 ( detachment ) . Skirmish near Union City March 12 . Operations against Forrest in western Tennessee March 16 - April 14 . Reynoldsburg March 21 . Attack on Union City March 24 ( most of the regiment captured ) . Scout from Columbus to Hickman , Ky . , July 17 – 18 ( detachment ) . Skirmish near Union City September 2 . Duty at Paducah , Ky . , until June 1865 . Ordered to Rockville , on Tennessee River , June 27 , and duty there until August . On March 24 , 1864 , at Union City , Tennessee , the regiment was attacked by the 7th Tennessee Cavalry , CSA , under Colonel William L . Duckworth . After repelling four assaults , with a loss of only one killed and two or three wounded , Lieutenant Colonel Hawkins was tricked into an unconditional surrender by Duckworth . Unknown to Hawkins , a federal force of some 2000 men six miles away were marching to his aid . The force surrendered was 16 officers and about 500 men . Captains John W . Beatty and T . P . Gray were among those surrendered , but escaped a few days later . Captain Beatty ' s report stated : " When we found that Colonel Hawkins had made an unconditional surrender , the officers and men cried like a whipped child . They also cursed Colonel Hawkins , and said he was a traitor , and that they would never serve under him again . " Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 337 men during service ; 8 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 1 officer and 328 enlisted men died of disease .