Kansas 7th Volunteer Cavalry (Union)
28/10/61
Organized - Kansas 7th Volunteer Cavalry - Kansas
26/11/61
Battle - Independence, Missouri
9/01/62
Battle - Columbus, Missouri
27/08/62
Battle - Kossuth, Mississippi
19/09/62
Battle - Iuka - Tishomingo County, Mississippi
Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's Army of the West main column marched into Iuka, Mississippi, on September 14th. Price's superior, Gen. Braxton Bragg, had ordered Price to prevent Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans's Army of the Mississippi from moving into Tennessee and reinforcing Nashville. Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, commanding the Army of the Tennessee, feared that Price intended to go north to join Bragg. Grant devised a plan for his left wing commander, Maj. Gen. E.O.C. Ord, to advance on Iuka from the west;…READ MORE
3/10/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel T.P. Herrick
Lieutenant ColonelT.P. Herrick
3/10/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Albert L. Lee
ColonelAlbert L. Lee
3/10/62
Battle - Battle of Corinth - Corinth, Mississippi
Not to be confused with Siege of Corinth. Also known as Second Battle of Corinth.READ MORE
5/11/62
Battle - Jumpertown, Mississippi
24/12/62
Battle - Middleburg, Tennessee
3/01/63
Battle - Somerville, Tennessee
27/01/63
Battle - Germantown, Tennessee
1/04/63
Battle - Germantown, Tennessee
28/05/63
Battle - Florence, Alabama
2/05/64
Battle - Memphis, Tennessee
21/10/64
Battle - Little Blue River - Jackson County, Missouri
22/10/64
Battle - Byram's Ford - Kansas City, Missouri
Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's Confederate Army of Missouri headed towards Kansas City, Missouri and Fort Leavenworth, hoping to capture Missouri for the South in the weeks prior to Abraham Lincoln's reelection in 1864. Union Maj. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis's Army of the Border, in and around Westport, was blocking Price's movement, while Maj. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton's provisional cavalry division was pressing Price's rearguard. On October 22nd, Maj. Gen. James G. Blunt's division held a defensive position on the we…READ MORE
22/10/64
Battle - Second Independence - Independence, Missouri
23/10/64
Leadership Change - Regiment - Major Francis Malone
MajorFrancis Malone
23/10/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General John McNeil
Brigadier GeneralJohn McNeil
23/10/64
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Alfred Pleasonton
Major GeneralAlfred Pleasonton
23/10/64
Battle - Westport - Westport, Missouri
The Battle of Westport, fought October 21-23, was the largest battle west of the Mississippi River and the decisive battle of Confederate Gen. Stirling Price's 1864 Missouri campaign. Directions guide the visitor to the first of twenty-five narrative markers on a 32-mile, self-guided automobile tour and a self-guided walking tour of Byram's Ford and the Big Blue Battlefield. Each marker provides directions to the next stop on the tour. A written brochure is available from the Battle of Westport Visitor Cen…READ MORE
25/10/64
Battle - Mine Creek - Linn County, Kansas
About six miles south of Trading Post, Kansas, where the Marais de Cygnes cavalry engagement had occurred earlier in the day, the Union brigades of Col. Frederick Benteen and Col. John Phillips, of Maj. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton's Provisional Cavalry Division, overtook a retreating Confederate cavalry column from Maj. Gen Sterling Price's Army of Missouri crossing Mine Creek. The rebels, stalled by their 500-wagon supply train crossing the rain-swollen ford, formed a line of about 7,000 men on the north side…READ MORE
29/09/65
Mustered Out - Kansas 7th Volunteer Cavalry - Kansas
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