The Civil War in the East

Loudon Rangers "Mean's"

 

The 7th lost 9 officers and 133 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 officers and 154 enlisted men to disease, a total of 300. It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.

 

7th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment

June 20, 1862

Company A organized organized at Waterford, Va., and Point of Rocks, Md. Attached to Point of Rocks, Md., Middle Department.

July

Duty at and about Point of Rocks and guarding fords of the Potomac River from Monocacy River to Brunswick. Attached to Railroad District, Middle Department, 8th Army Corps

August 27

Action at Upperville

September 1

Hillsboro

September 2

Leesburg

September 4

Edward's Ferry

September 12-14

Siege of Harper's Ferry

September 15

Capture of Longstreet's ammunition train at Sharpsburg, Md.

September 16-17

Battle of Antietam

September

Duty at Point of Rocks, Md. attached to Railroad District, Dept. of West Virginia

January, 1863

Attached to Point of Rocks, Md., 8th Corps, Middle Department

February 1

Moved to Brunswick

March 1

To Bolivar Heights. Attached to 8th Corps.

April

To Berryville. Scouting in the Shenandoah Valley

May

Attached to 3rd Separate Brigade, 8th Corps

June 18

Moved to Harper's Ferry, thence to Frederick, Md. and attached to Lockwood's Command, 8th Corps

July

Attached to 3rd Separate Brigade, 8th Corps. Duty at Harpers Ferry scouting and keeping open communications between Washington, D. C, and Baltimore, Md., during Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign.

July 15 - September 12

At Dripping Springs, near Point of Rocks

August

Attached to 2nd Brigade, Maryland Heights Division, Dept. of West Virginia

September 12-16

Scout into Loudon County

September 14

Snickersville, Leesburg, Rector's Cross Roads and Bloomfield

September 30

Neersville

October

At Harper's Ferry

October 18

Charlestown (Detachment)

October 26

Scout to Leesburg and skirmish at Big Springs

November

At Brunswick

December

Attached to 1st Division, Dept. of West Virginia

January, 1864

At Point of Rocks

January 26

Company B organized

April

Attached to Reserve Division, Dept. of West Virginia

May 16

Actions with Mosby at Big Springs and Hillsboro

May 17

Waterford

June 10

Near Wheatland

July 4

Mosby's attack on Point of Rocks

July 7

Near Middletown and Solomon's Gap

July 8

Frederick

July 9

Monocacy

August 21

Leesburg and Hamilton

September

Duty in Military District of Harper's Ferry

October 14

Adamstown

November 28

Leesburg

December 1

Paxton's Store, Hillsboro

January, 1865

Attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, Dept. of West Virginia

March 20-25

Expedition into Loudon County, Va.

March 21

Purcellsville and Hamilton

April

Attached to 2nd Division, Dept. of West Virginia

May 31, 1865

Mustered out at Bolivar, W. Va.