The organization of the regiment was comprised of a regimental staff and twelve companies (the official term is company for both the cavalry and artillery regiments, troop and battery were unofficial names, although widely used).
The Regimental Staff of the Seventh Cavalry consisted of
Colonel Samuel D. Sturgis (detached service to St. Louis, Missouri
Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer (acting commander)
Major Joseph Tilford (leave of absence)
Major Lewis Merrill (detached service to Washington DC)
Major Marcus Reno
Adjutant First Lieutenant William Cooke (Custer Bn, killed in action)
Quartermaster First Lieutenant Henry Nowlan
Assistant Surgeon George Lord (Custer Bn, killed in action)
Acting Assistant Surgeon James DeWolf (Reno Bn, killed in action)
Acting Assistant Surgeon Henry Porter
Veterinary Surgeon C. A. Stein (detached to Yellowstone Depot)
Sergeant Major William Sharrow (Custer Bn, killed in action)
Quartermaster Sergeant (detached to Yellowstone Depot)
Commissary Sergeant
Saddler Sergeant John Tritten (detached to Yellowstone Depot)
Chief Trumpeter Henry Voss (Custer Bn, killed in action)
Chief Musician Felix Vinatieri (detached to Yellowstone Depot)
sixteen privates, regimental band, detached to Yellowstone Depot)
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