Michigan 7th Volunteer Cavalry (Union)
1863-01-16
Organized - Michigan 7th Volunteer Cavalry - Michigan
1863-05-14
Battle - Warrenton Junction, Virginia
1863-06-30
Battle - Hanover - Hanover, Pennsylvania
1863-06-30
Battle - Hanover, Pennsylvania
1863-07-01
Battle - Gettysburg - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
In the summer of 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee launched his second invasion of the Northern states. Lee sought to capitalize on recent Confederate victories and defeat the Union army on Northern soil, which he hoped would force the Lincoln administration to negotiate for peace. Lee also sought to take the war out of the ravaged Virginia farmland and gather supplies for his Army of Northern Virginia. Using the Shenandoah Valley as cover for his army, Lee was pursued first by Union Maj. Gen. Joseph Ho…READ MORE
1863-07-06
Battle - Williamsport - Washington County, Maryland
During the night of July 4-5th, General Robert E. Lee's battered army began its retreat from Gettysburg, moving southwest toward Hagerstown and the Potomac River crossing at Williamsport, screened by Maj. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart's cavalry. Lee's infantry reached the rain-swollen Potomac but could not cross, the pontoon bridge having been destroyed by a cavalry raid. On July 11th, Lee entrenched a line protecting the river crossings at Williamsport and waited for Maj. Gen. George G. Meade's army to advance. On…READ MORE
1863-07-06
Battle - Hagerstown, Maryland
1863-07-08
Battle - Boonsboro - Washington County, Maryland
1863-07-08
Battle - Williamsport, Maryland
1864-05-05
Battle - Wilderness - Spotsylvania County, Virginia; Orange County, Virginia
The first battle between Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. Robert E. Lee erupted late in the morning of May 5, 1864, as Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren's Union V Corps attacked Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell's Second Corps on the Orange Turnpike southwest of the old Chancellorsville battlefield. Although Federal infantry managed to break through at several points, the Confederate line held. Fighting shifted to the south as Lt. Gen. A.P. Hill's Third Corps engaged Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock's II Corps and ele…READ MORE
1864-05-11
Battle - Yellow Tavern - Henrico, Virginia
It was early morning when the column of gray- and butternut-clad horsemen reined up and came to a halt along the Telegraph Road. Exhausted, they dismounted and put their horses under cover near a ramshackle, three-story structure. Once a wayside inn, it had long since been abandoned, but was still known locally for the color of its failing siding: Yellow Tavern.READ MORE
1864-05-17
Battle - Malvern Hill, Virginia
1864-05-31
Battle - Cold Harbor - Hanover County; near Mechanicsville, Virginia
After two days of inconclusive fighting along Totopotomoy Creek northeast of Richmond, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. Robert E. Lee turned their sights on the crossroads of Cold Harbor. Roads emanating through this critical junction led to Richmond as well as supply and reinforcement sources for the Union army. On May 31, 1864, Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan's cavalry captured Cold Harbor. The next day, Sheridan held the crossroads against a Confederate attack. With reinforcements from both armies arriving…READ MORE
1864-06-02
Battle - Salem Church, Virginia
1864-06-11
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Melvin Brewer, and Major Alexander Walker
Lieutenant ColonelMelvin Brewer
MajorAlexander Walker
1864-06-11
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Alfred T. A. Torbert
Brigadier GeneralAlfred T. A. Torbert
1864-06-11
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Melvin Brewer
Lieutenant ColonelMelvin Brewer
1864-06-11
Battle - Trevilian Station - Louisa County, Virginia
In June of 1864, hoping to draw attention away from Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's movement south, destroy supply lines, and join up with Brig. Gen. David Hunter in Charlottesville, Union cavalry commander Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan embarked on a cavalry raid. Near Trevilian Station, Virginia, he clashed with Confederate cavalry under Maj. Gens. Wade Hampton and Fitzhugh Lee. On June 11th, while Hampton's men struggled against Union forces on one road, Lee's men advancing on a parallel road fell back, allow…READ MORE
1864-09-03
Battle - Berryville - Clarke County, Virginia
1864-09-04
Battle - Berryville, Virginia
1864-09-19
Battle - Third Winchester - Frederick County, Virginia; Winchester, Virginia
To clear the Shenandoah River valley of Confederates, Maj. Gen. Phil Sheridan moved on Winchester in mid-September 1864. Sheridan's force of over 39,000 men was more than twice the size of Maj. Gen. Jubal Early's Confederate army defending the valley. After Brig. Gen. Joseph Kershaw's division left Winchester to rejoin Robert E. Lee's army at Petersburg, Early renewed his raids on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Martinsburg in the lower valley, dispersing his four remaining infantry divisions. On Septem…READ MORE
1864-10-19
Leadership Change - Regiment - Major Daniel H. Darling
MajorDaniel H. Darling
1864-10-19
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel James H. Kidd
ColonelJames H. Kidd
1864-10-19
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Wesley Merritt
Brigadier GeneralWesley Merritt
1864-10-19
Battle - Cedar Creek - Frederick County, Virginia; Shenandoah County, Virginia; Warren County, Virginia
Also known as: Cedar Creek, Belle GroveREAD MORE
1865-04-01
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel George G. Briggs
Lieutenant ColonelGeorge G. Briggs
1865-04-01
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Peter Stagg
ColonelPeter Stagg
1865-04-01
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Thomas Devin
Brigadier GeneralThomas Devin
1865-04-01
Battle - Five Forks - Five Forks, Virginia
The Union victory along the White Oak Road on March 31st threatened to destabilize the entire Confederate line west of Petersburg. General Robert E. Lee ordered Maj. Gen. George Pickett with his infantry division and the cavalry divisions of Col. Thomas Munford, Maj. Gen. W.H.F. Lee, and Maj. Gen Thomas Rosser to hold the vital crossroads of Five Forks, along the White Oak Road five miles west of the previous fighting there. Pickett's defensive line was not well constructed, and much of his cavalry force w…READ MORE
1865-04-09
Battle - Appomattox Court House - Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Between 26,000 and 28,000 Confederate soldiers surrendered and were paroled.READ MORE
1865-12-15
Mustered Out - Michigan 7th Volunteer Cavalry - Michigan
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