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7th Rhode Island Cavalry Squadron

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Served duty at Camp Clark and Camp Sprague, defenses of Washington, until July 25, 1862. Moved to Alexandria, Virginia, July 25, then to Winchester, Virginia, August 1. Served duty at Camp Sigel, Winchester, until September 3. Retreated to Newtown and Middleburg, then to Harpers Ferry, September 3–4.
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The companies moved to Washington, D.C., June 28–30 and were attached to Military District of Washington, Wadsworth's Command, to July 1862. Sturgis' Command, Military District of Washington, to August 1862. Winchester, Virginia, to September 1862. Miles' Command, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia,
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Maryland Heights September 12–13. Defense of Harpers Ferry September 13–15. Escaped through enemy's lines September 15 and participated in the capture of 100 wagons of Longstreet's supply train September 16.
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The College Cavaliers: A Sketch of the Service of a Company of College Students in the Union Army in 1862
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The Siege and Capture of Harper's Ferry by the Confederates, September, 1862
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The 7th Squadron, Rhode Island Cavalry mustered out September 26, 1862.
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Units and formations of the Union Army from Rhode Island
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The 7th Rhode Island Cavalry Squadron was organized in
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History of the Seventh Squadron, Rhode Island Cavalry
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1862
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United States
Union
Cavalry
Squadron
Battle of Harpers Ferry
cavalry
squadron
Union Army
American Civil War
Providence
Major
Augustus W. Corliss
American Civil War portal
Rhode Island portal
List of Rhode Island Civil War units
Rhode Island in the American Civil War
2nd Rhode Island Cavalry
lieutenant colonel
Nichols, William H. The Siege and Capture of Harper's Ferry by the Confederates, September, 1862 (Providence, RI: The Rhode Island Soldiers and Sailors Society), 1889.
Internet Archive
Pettengill, Samuel Barrett. The College Cavaliers: A Sketch of the Service of a Company of College Students in the Union Army in 1862 (Chicago, Illinois: H. McAllaster & Co., Printers), 1883.
Internet Archive
public domain
Dyer, Frederick H.
Categories
Military units and formations established in 1862
Military units and formations disestablished in 1862
Units and formations of the Union Army from Rhode Island
1862 establishments in Rhode Island

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