7th Michigan Cavalry Regiment

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|unit_name= 7th Michigan Cavalry Regiment

| image=Flag of Michigan.svg

| image_size = 100

|caption=Michigan state flag

|dates= October 1862 to December 15, 1865

|country= United States

|allegiance= Union

|branch= Cavalry

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|battles= {{Unbulleted list|Battle of Gettysburg|Kilpatrick's Raid on Richmond|Battle of the Wilderness|Battle of Yellow Tavern|Battle of Cedar Creek|Battle of Five Forks|Appomattox}}

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File:Captain George A. Armstrong of Co. D, 7th Michigan Cavalry Regiment.jpg

The 7th Michigan Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was a part of the famed Michigan Brigade, commanded for a time by Brigadier General George Armstrong Custer.

Service

The 7th Michigan Cavalry was organized at Grand Rapids, Michigan, in October 1862 by William d'Alton Mann, a future prominent Michigan newspaper and magazine publisher. He was later named as the regiment's colonel.

The regiment was mustered out of service on December 15, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 4 officers and 81 enlisted men killed in action or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 256 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 343 fatalities.[https://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmicav.htm#7th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959] Retrieved June 19, 2007

Commanders

Colonel William d'Alton Mann
Colonel Allyne C. Litchfield

Notable members

Private Abram Halstead Ellis, Company C – justice of the Kansas Supreme Court, (1901–1902)
First Sergeant Charles M. Holton, Company – Medal of Honor recipient