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Kentucky 7th Volunteer Cavalry (Union)

7/17/62

Battle - Cynthiana, Kentucky

8/16/62

Organized - Kentucky 7th Volunteer Cavalry - Kentucky

8/23/62

Battle - Big Hill - Big Hill, Kentucky

8/30/62

Battle - Richmond, Kentucky - Madison County, Kentucky

Richmond, Kentucky
Richmond, Kentucky

In Maj. Gen. Kirby Smith's 1862 Confederate offensive into Kentucky, Brig. Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne led the advance with Col. John S. Scott's cavalry out in front. The Rebel cavalry, while moving north from Big Hill on the road to Richmond, Kentucky, encountered Union troopers on August 29th and began skirmishing. After noon, Union artillery and infantry joined the fray, forcing the Confederate cavalry to retreat to Big Hill. At that time, Brig. Gen. Mahlon D. Manson, who commanded Union forces in the area…READ MORE

3/5/63

Battle - Thompson's Station - Williamson County, Tennessee

Thompson's Station
Thompson's Station

On March 5, 1863, Thompson's Station, Tennessee, was a no-man's-land. It stood in the center of a battle line that stretched 1,100 miles, from the cavalry-strewn banks of Virginia's Rappahannock River to the blue-clad battalions snaking their way down the Mississippi and beyond. The coming summer would shape the nation's destiny as much as any other single season in American history. Here in Tennessee, the advantage was anyone's for the taking.READ MORE

12/29/63

Battle - Mossy Creek - Jefferson County, Tennessee

1/17/64

Battle - Dandridge - Jefferson County, Tennessee

8/14/64

Battle - Second Dalton - Whitfield County, Georgia

11/24/64

Battle - Columbia - Maury County, Tennessee

11/29/64

Battle - Spring Hill - Maury County, Tennessee

Spring Hill
Spring Hill

On the night of November 28, 1864, Lieut. Gen. John Bell Hood's Army of Tennessee marched toward Spring Hill to get astride Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield's Union army's supply line. Hood was pursuing Schofield as the Yankees withdrew north from Columbia towards Nashville. Cavalry skirmishing between Brig. Gen. James H. Wilson's Union cavalry and Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's Confederate troopers continued throughout the day as the Confederates advanced. On November 29th, Hood's infantry crossed the Duck…READ MORE

4/2/65

Battle - Selma - Selma, Alabama

Selma
Selma

The war was almost over when Union troops under the leadership of Gen. James H. Wilson and 13,500 cavalry and mounted infantry (the Raiders) invaded Alabama. Anticipating invasion, Selma prepared as best it could. But Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's highly outnumbered 2,000 men, consisting of mostly old men and boys, could not hold Wilson's Raiders. The people of Selma were doomed even before the battle started on April 2, 1865. Selma has the largest historic district in Alabama, and it is the second-old…READ MORE

4/12/65

Battle - Montgomery, Alabama

7/10/65

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