The 7th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment was organized at large and mustered in for three years at Paris, Kentucky, on August 16, 1862, under the command of Colonel Leonidas Metcalfe.
The regiment was attached to the Army of Kentucky, unassigned, Department of the Ohio, to November 1862.
District of Central Kentucky, Department of the Ohio, to March 1863.
1st Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to July 1863.
3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to November 1864.
The 7th Kentucky Cavalry mustered out of service at Nashville, Tennessee, on July 10, 1865.
Detached at Bridgeport, Caperton's Ferry and Nashville until December.
Operations about Mossy Creek and Dandridge, Tennessee, December 24–28.
Kimbrough Cross Roads and bend of Chucky River January 16, 1864.
Guarding railroad in rear of army, at Wauhatchie, Tennessee, May 5 to June 18.
Moved to Gravelly Springs, Alabama, and duty there and at Waterloo until March.
Wilson's Raid from Chickasaw, Alabama, to Macon, Georgia, March 22-April 24.
Duty at Macon until June and at Nashville, Tennessee, until July.
The 7th Kentucky Cavalry was initially armed with Wesson carbines, 500 having been received prior to July 29, 1862.
In December 1863, the records show the 7th armed with 120 .54 caliber Burnside's breech-loading carbines and 59 .54 caliber Sharps' rifled breech-loading carbines.
The state of Kentucky purchased 700 Smith & Wesson Model No.