Regimental History
ILLINOIS
7TH CAVALRY
(Three Years)
Seventh Cavalry.- Cols., William Pitt Kellogg, Edward
Prince, John M. Graham; Lieut.-Cols., Edward Prince, William
D. Blackburn, George W. Trafton, Henry C. Forbes; Majs., Cyrus
Hall, Jonas Rawalt, Zenas Applington, Henry Case, Horatio C.
Nelson, Antrim P. Koehler, William D. Blackburn, Henry C.
Forbes, John M. Graham, Asa W. McDonald, George A. Root, Miles
G. Wiley. This regiment was organized at Camp Butler and was
mustered into the U.S. service Oct. 13, 1861, for three years.
Col. Kellogg was absent in Nebraska during the early days of
the regiment, and the drilling, instruction and discipline
were mainly conducted by Lieut.-Col. Prince, until the last of
October, when he and Maj. Rawalt, with Cos. A, C, I and G,
were ordered to Bird's Point, where the other eight companies
arrived on Dec. 25. The first real engagement of the regiment
was at the battle of Iuka, and it also fought at Corinth in
Oct., 1862, losing about 40 officers and men killed, wounded
and missing. In November seven companies fought Richardson
near Summerville and captured 70 men and 2 stands of colors.
About half of the regiment marched over 900 miles during the
month of December, and was engaged with the enemy nearly every
day to a greater or less extent. On Dec. 26, 1863, the
regiment fought the entire force of Forrest without support,
coming out of course second best, and a few days later it was
engaged at Moscow, Tenn. In March, 1864, 289 officers and men
reenlisted and were furloughed in April. About 120 of the
non-veterans were at Guntown under Sturgis, in his celebrated
defeat at that place. When Forrest made his raid on Memphis,
seven companies of the regiment fought gallantly against the
entire force on the Hernando road, losing several men killed,
wounded and missing, and with the 6th cavalry followed him to
the Tallahatchie river. The loss to the regiment during the
first day's fighting at Nashville was 13 killed and wounded,
and during the second day it lost 26. After the surrender of
the Confederate armies, the regiment remained on guard duty in
the south, the greater part of the time at Decatur, Ala.,
until Oct. 20, when it marched to Nashville and was mustered
out. It received its final pay and discharge Nov. 17, 1865,
at Camp Butler.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 3
Battles Fought
Fought on 1 Jan 1862.
Fought on 10 Jan 1862 at Bird's Point, MO.
Fought on 1 Mar 1862.
Fought on 23 Mar 1862 at Point Pleasant, MO.
Fought on 1 Apr 1862 at Point Pleasant, MO.
Fought on 1 May 1862.
Fought on 15 May 1862.
Fought on 28 May 1862 at Hamburg Landing, TN.
Fought on 30 May 1862.
Fought on 20 Aug 1862 at Town Creek, NC.
Fought on 13 Sep 1862 at Iuka, MS.
Fought on 15 Oct 1862 at Corinth, MS.
Fought on 5 Dec 1862 at Coffeeville, MS.
Fought on 31 Dec 1862 at Murfreesboro, TN.
Fought on 25 Jan 1863.
Fought on 26 Feb 1863.
Fought on 24 Apr 1863 at Near Philadelphia, MS.
Fought on 1 May 1863 at Tickfaw River, MI.
Fought on 3 Jun 1863 at Baton Rouge, LA.
Fought on 21 Jun 1863 at Bradyville, TN.
Fought on 24 Jun 1863 at Bradyville, TN.
Fought on 20 Sep 1863 at Chickamauga, GA.
Fought on 11 Oct 1863.
Fought on 13 Oct 1863.
Fought on 4 Dec 1863.
Fought on 26 Dec 1863 at Sommerville, TN.
Fought on 26 Dec 1863.
Fought on 28 Jan 1864 at Mt Pleasant, MS.
Fought on 16 Feb 1864.
Fought on 20 Feb 1864.
Fought on 21 Feb 1864 at Okolona, MS.
Fought on 22 Feb 1864 at Okolona, MS.
Fought on 10 Jun 1864 at Guntown, MS.
Fought on 15 Jun 1864.
Fought on 21 Aug 1864 at Memphis, TN.
Fought on 15 Dec 1864 at Nashville, TN.
Fought on 16 Dec 1864 at Nashville, TN.
Fought on 17 Dec 1864 at Franklin, TN.
Fought on 25 Dec 1864 at Pulaski, TN.
He applied for an invalid pension and his widow filed for a pension. Widow was Mary J. Hood. State filed for pension was Iowa. Only difference is that on his pension card he is listed as Mahlon S. Hood Co C, 7th Ill Cav.
Iowa Civil War Soldier Burial Records
Name: Mahlon S Hood
Rank: Private
Unit: IL 7 Cav C
Cemetery: Waukee
Cemetery Location: Dallas CO IA
Comments: military stone no dates
Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1879-1903
Name: Mahlon S Hood
State of Cemetery: Iowa
Date of Death: 20 May 1880
Illinois Marriages, 1851-1900
Name: Mahlon S. Hood
Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Mary Jane Rhykert
Marriage Date: Aug 21, 1859
Marriage County: Warren
Comments: This record can be found at the County Court Records, Film # 1377920 - 1377922.
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