7th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment (Confederate)

7th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment
Active1862–1865
Country Confederate States
Allegiance Tennessee
Branch Army
TypeCavalry
SizeRegiment
Nicknames
  • Logwood's Cavalry Battalion (6th Battalion)
  • Jackson's 1st Tennessee Cavalry (1st Tennessee Cavalry)
  • Duckworth's 7th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment
EngagementsAmerican Civil War
Commanders
ColonelWilliam Lafayette Duckworth
ColonelWilliam Hicks Jackson
ColonelJohn G. Stocks
Lieutenant ColonelWilliam Fletcher Taylor
MajorClement Claiborne Clay

The 7th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment recruited from the state of Tennessee and served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The regiment fought in both the Western theater of the American Civil War and the Trans-Mississippi theater of the American Civil War. While the majority of the regiment came from Tennessee a minority came from Alabama, Kentucky, Missouri, and Mississippi. Although a regiment, the unit frequently served as a detachment in various armies including the Army of Tennessee, the Army of the West, and the Army of the Trans-Mississippi among others.