7th North Carolina Cavalry Battalion: Statistics

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7th North Carolina Cavalry Battalion: Statistics*

[6th North Carolina Cavalry Regiment was officially organized by the consolidation of the 5th and 7th North Carolina Cavalry Battalions. The unit was also known as the 65th North Carolina Regiment-6th Cavalry and the 65th North Carolina State Troops.]

- Organized on Nov 1 1862
- Mustered out on Aug 3 1863

Available statistics for total numbers of men listed as:
- Enlisted or commissioned: 741
- Drafted: 1
- Transferred in: 3
- Killed or died of wounds: 3
- Died of disease: 11
- Prisoner of war: 19
- Disabled: 13
- Deserted: 15
- Discharged: 21
- Transferred out: 647

* Information obtained through: Confederate Military History, Extended Edition (19 Volumes); The Union Army (9 Volumes); Walter Clark, Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions From North Carolina in the Great War 1861-1865 (5 Volumes); North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster (15 Volumes); Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies.

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