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7th South Carolina Cavalry

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Muster In: March 18, 18641
Muster Out: April 9, 18652

Commander(s):
Colonel Alexander C. Haskell
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Lieutenant Colonel Isaac G. McKissick
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Major Edward M. Boykin
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Captain John H. Tucker
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Commmander 5
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Gary’s Cavalry Brigade | Department of Richmond | Confederate Army 3

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Second Offensive Order of Battle: Gary’s Cavalry Brigade | Department of Richmond | Confederate Army 4

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Third Offensive Order of Battle: Gary’s Cavalry Brigade | Department of Richmond | Confederate Army5

  • Commander:
    • Lieutenant Colonel Isaac G. McKissick (went on leave July 19, 1864)6
    • ? (July 19-26 and July 28-30, 1864)7
    • Captain John H. Tucker (at least July 27, 1864)8
    • Colonel Alexander C. Haskell (July 31, 1864)9
  • Unit Strength:
    • 162 officers and men carried into action (July 27, 1864)10
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Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: Gary’s Cavalry Brigade | Department of Richmond | Confederate Army11

  • Commander: Colonel Alexander C. Haskell12
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Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: Gary’s Cavalry Brigade | Department of Richmond | Confederate Army13,14

  • Commander:
    • Colonel Alexander C. Haskell (at least September 29 & October 13, 1864)(wounded October 13, 1864)15,16
    • Major Edward M. Boykin (at various times and after Haskell’s wounding?)17,18
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Sixth Offensive Order of Battle: Gary’s Cavalry Brigade | Department of Richmond | Confederate Army19

  • Commander: Major Edward M. Boykin20
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Seventh Offensive Order of Battle: Gary’s Cavalry Brigade | Department of Richmond | Confederate Army21,22

  • Commander:
    • None listed. (November 1864)23
    • Major Edward M. Boykin (December 1864)24
    • ? (while Boykin was temporarily in command of the brigade in December)(December 1864)25
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Eighth Offensive Order of Battle:

Gary’s Cavalry Brigade | Department of Richmond | Confederate Army (January 1-at least 21, 1865)26

Gary’s Cavalry Brigade | Fitzhugh Lee’s Division | Cavalry Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army (January ?-31, 1865)27,28,29,30

  • Commander:
    • Major Edward M. Boykin (took a leave of absence starting January 22)(January 1865)31
    • Colonel Alexander C. Haskell (was in brigade command for at least part of February)(January & February 1865)32,33
    • ? (while Haskell commanded the brigade)(February 1865)34
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  • Note: At some point in January 1865, almost certainly after the January 20 return was compiled, Gary’s Cavalry Brigade moved from the Department of Richmond to Fitzhugh Lee’s Cavalry Brigade, Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia.  I do not know the exact date.  More research is needed.

Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: Gary’s Cavalry Brigade | Fitzhugh Lee’s Division | Cavalry Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army35,36

  • Commander: Colonel Alexander C. Haskell (March & April 1-2, 1865)37,38
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Sifakis’ Compendium Info:

Bibliography:

Petersburg Campaign Documents Which Mention This Unit:

Sources:

  1. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pages 46 & 49 ↩
  2. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pages 46 & 49 ↩
  3. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 117 ↩
  4.  The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 117 ↩
  5. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 126 ↩
  6. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 126 ↩
  7. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 126 ↩
  8. “List of Casualties.” Richmond Examiner. July 30, 1864, p. 1 col. 6 ↩
  9. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 126 ↩
  10. “List of Casualties.” Richmond Examiner. July 30, 1864, p. 1 col. 6 ↩
  11. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 135 ↩
  12. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 135 ↩
  13. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 143 ↩
  14. Sommers, Richard J. “Grant’s Fifth Offensive at Petersburg: A Study in Strategy, Tactics, and Generalship.  The Battle of Poplar Spring Church, the First Battle of the Darbytown Road, the Second Battle of the Squirrel Level Road, the Second Battle of the Darbytown Road (Ulysses S. Grant, Virginia).” Doctoral Thesis. Rice University, 1970. Print. p. 1315. ↩
  15. Field, Ron. Combat 2: Union Infantrymen Versus Confederate Infantrymen: Eastern Theater 1861-65 (Osprey: 2013), p. 61 ↩
  16. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 152 ↩
  17. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 143 ↩
  18. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 152 ↩
  19. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 152 ↩
  20. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 152 ↩
  21. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 160 ↩
  22. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 169 ↩
  23. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 160 ↩
  24. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 169 ↩
  25. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 169 ↩
  26. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 178 ↩
  27. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 177 ↩
  28. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 1175: “Organization of the Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by General R. E. Lee, January 31, 1865”; This list contains many commanders who were not there.  They were the “official” commanders but may have been gone on leave.  I have used none of the leaders from this list as a result. ↩
  29. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 187 ↩
  30. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 1274: “Organization of the Infantry and Cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia, General R. E. Lee, C. S. Army, commanding, February 28, 1865”; This order of battle was based off of inspection reports from February 28, 1865.  However, leaders listed are from January.  I’ve chosen to ignore the leaders and just use this source for the organization of the order of battle. ↩
  31. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 176 ↩
  32. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 176 ↩
  33. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 187 ↩
  34. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 187 ↩
  35. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 196 ↩
  36. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 205 ↩
  37. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 196 ↩
  38. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 205 ↩
  39. June 18, 1864 letter home from a cavalryman in the 7th.  A descendant of the soldier is transcribing all 260(!!!) of the letters he and his brothers wrote home during the war and hopes to publish them.  For now, I’ve been asked to keep the identity a secret.  I hope to replace this note with a link to a published book sooner rather than later.  More to come. ↩
  40. June 18, 1864 letter home from a cavalryman in the 7th.  A descendant of the soldier is transcribing all 260(!!!) of the letters he and his brothers wrote home during the war and hopes to publish them.  For now, I’ve been asked to keep the identity a secret.  I hope to replace this note with a link to a published book sooner rather than later.  More to come. ↩
  41. June 18, 1864 letter home from a cavalryman in the 7th.  A descendant of the soldier is transcribing all 260(!!!) of the letters he and his brothers wrote home during the war and hopes to publish them.  For now, I’ve been asked to keep the identity a secret.  I hope to replace this note with a link to a published book sooner rather than later.  More to come. ↩
  42. “List of Casualties.” Richmond Examiner. July 30, 1864, p. 1 col. 6 ↩

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