7th Pennsylvania Cavalry Monument - Chickamauga National Battlefield - Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

The 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry (USA) Monument is located at the NE entrance to the park on Reeds Bridge Rd at Jays Mill Rd., Chickamauga National Battlefield.

Inscription,
Seventh Pennsylvania Cavalry.

Minty’s (1st) Brigade, 2d Division, Cavalry Corps.
Army of the Cumberland

The plaque on the monument depicts a cavalryman on horseback, he holds his saber in his right hand, it is raised over his left shoulder as he prepares to slash down at his foe. He wears a wide brimmed hat and boots. His scabbard hangs from his left shoulder and cross to his right hip. A saddle bag and his bed roll hang are attached to his saddle behind him.

Source: Wikipedia - 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry

The 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The unit was frequently referred to as "80th Regiment".

Service
The 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry was organized at Camp Cameron in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania September through December 1861 and mustered in for a two year enlistment on December 19, 1861 under the command of Colonel George C. Wynkoop. The regiment was recruited in Allegheny, Berks, Bradford, Centre, Chester, Clinton, Cumberland, Dauphin, Luzerne, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Schuylkill and Tioga counties.

The regiment served unattached, Army of the Ohio, to March 1862. Negley's 7th Independent Brigade, Army of the Ohio (1st Battalion). Post of Nashville, Tennessee, Department of Ohio (2nd Battalion). 23rd Independent Brigade, Army of the Ohio (3rd Battalion), to September 1862. Cavalry, 8th Division, Army of the Ohio (1st and 2nd Battalions), Unattached, Army of the Ohio (3rd Battalion), to November 1862. 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of the Ohio, to January 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to November 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Military Division Mississippi, to July 1865.

The 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry mustered out of service at Nashville, Tennessee on August 13, 1865.

More Information:
Official Records - TOC for The Chickamauga Campaign

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