Download or read book History and Roster of the Seventh Pa. Cavalry, Veteran Volunteers, 1861-1965 (Classic Reprint) written by United State Army and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-08 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History and Roster of the Seventh Pa. Cavalry, Veteran Volunteers, 1861-1965 Forrest, near mcminnville, and drove him into the Cumberland Mountains. About two weeks later, this battalion, with two companies of the Fourth Kentucky Cavalry, were met by Forrest at Readyville, and were driven back in the direction of Mur freesboro, with a loss of six taken prisoners. Taking advantage of the information gained from some Union scouts whom he-had captured, Forrest made a sudden dash upon Murfreesboro, on the 13th of July, surprised the garrison, consisting of Compa nies B, G, L and M, under Major Seibert, the Ninth Michigan Infantry, Second Minnesota Infantry, and the Fourth Kentucky Battery, all under command of General Crittenden, and, after a hard contest, lasting nearly eight hours, compelled its sur render. A court of inquiry, appointed by an order from head quarters o-f the Department of the Cumberland, reported, after a careful examination, that the Seventh Pennsylvania Cavalry was immediately overpowered. Officers and men who were able to reach the infantry joined and fought in the ranks. The cavalry was now kept actively employed in defending the flanks of the army against the irregular bands of the enemy's horse that were prowling on every hand. On the lst of July, the First, Battalion, under command of Major Wynkoop, mov ing with General Smith's Brigade, occupied Manchester. On the following day, Captain C. C. Davis, of Company I, with nine men, was captured while on the picket line. Early in July, the Second and Third Battalions, under Lieutenant Col onel Sipes, led the advance of General Dum'ont's expedition, across the Cumberland Mountains, to Pikeville, where the ene my was met and routed. Shortly afterwards, the same bat' talions formed part of General Nelson's command in his ad vance from mcminnville to Sparta. At Calf Killer River, For rest was overtaken and a'sharp engagement ensued, in which the battalion lost three men taken prisoners. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.