title: 7th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment
text: # 7th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment
  
  The 7th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
  
  ## Service
  
  The 7th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment was organized from the 8th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment on January 26, 1864, which was recruited from the central and southern counties of Braxton, Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Putnam, Raleigh, Fayette, Boone, Logan and Wyoming.
  
  The 7th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment mustered out on August 1, 1865.
  
  ## Commanders
  
  * Colonel John H. Oley
  