CONFEDERATE MISSOURI TROOPS
7th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry
- Overview:
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7th Cavalry Regiment [also called 10th Regiment] was organized on July 9, 1863, using
Kitchen's Missouri Cavalry Battalion as its nucleus. The unit was assigned to C. Greene's,
Marmaduke's, and J.B. Clark's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department. It was active in
Marmaduke's operations in Missouri, skirmished in Arkansas, then was part of Price's Missouri
Expedition. It lost 1 killed, 9 wounded, and 2 missing with Marmaduke and 13 killed, 39
wounded, and 69 missing with Price. However, 13 officers and 252 men deserted on October 25,
1864. The regiment was included in the surrender in June, 1865. Its commanders were Colonel
Solomon G. Kitchen, Lieutenant Colonel Jesse Ellison, and Major James A. Walker.
Associated unit:
Kitchen's Cavalry Battalion was organized in April, 1863, in Greene County, Arkansas,
with eight companies. The unit served in General Shelby's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi
Department, and was active in Marmaduke's Expedition into Missouri and the attack at Helena. It lost 2 killed and 2 wounded with
Marmaduke, and on July 9, 1863, it merged with the 7th Missouri Cavalry Regiment. Lieutenant
Colonel Solomon G. Kitchen was in command.
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