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7th Regiment Michigan Cavalry
1862-1866
The Seventh Cavalry was raised under the supervision of the
Honorable F.W. Kellog, with its rendezvous at Grand Rapids,
its muster into the United States service was done piecemeal
and at different dates.The First Battalion of the Regiment, under the command of Colonel Mann, left its rendezvous at Grand Rapids on the 20th. of February, 1863, bound for Washington, where Michigan Cavalry units were being formed into a single Brigade, the remaining companies joining the following May.
During its entire time in the service of the United States, they were assigned to the famous, Michigan Brigade, under the command of Brigadier General George A. Custer.
The Seventh's history is found under that Brigade's history.
Total Enrollment--1779..... Killed in Action--49..... Died of Wounds--26..... Died of Disease--247
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