The following names were extracted from a partial list of monthly reports of absent officers and enlisted men in the 7th Cavalry.
| LAST NAME | FIRST NAME | RANK | WHERE | DATE | DUTY or CAUSE |
| SCHMIDT | Mas | Sgt | Ft. Lincoln, DT | April 1873 | Detached Service |
| AKEST | John | Pvt | Ft. Lincoln, DT | April 1873 | Detached Service |
| ISACK | Charles L | Pvt | Ft. Lincoln, DT | April 1873 | Detached Service |
| KAUFFMAN | Otto | Pvt | Ft. Lincoln, DT | April 1873 | Detached Service |
| KRAUSE | Wilhelm | Pvt | Ft. Lincoln, DT | April 1873 | Detached Service |
| KNESSBUHLOR | Joseph | Pvt | Ft. Lincoln, DT | April 1873 | Detached Service |
| LEWIS | George | Pvt | Ft. Lincoln, DT | April 1873 | Detached Service |
| LOBERING | Louis | Pvt | Ft. Lincoln, DT | April 1873 | Detached Service |
| LOMBARD | Frank | Pvt | Ft. Lincoln, DT | April 1873 | Detached Service |
| O'NEILL | Bernard | Pvt | Ft. Lincoln, DT | April 1873 | Detached Service |
| RYAN | James | Pvt | Ft. Lincoln, DT | April 1873 | Detached Service |
| RUDOLPH | George | Pvt | Ft. Lincoln, DT | April 1873 | Detached Service |
| SMITH | Philips C. | Pvt | Ft. McHenry, MD | October 1873 | Detached Service |
| WEIS | John | Pvt | St. Louis, MO | December 1873 | Detached Service |
| HILTON | Harvey | Pvt | Mt. Vernon, IL | December 1873 | Detached Service |
| MILLER | Charles R. | Pvt | Bismarck, DT | April 1874 | Detached Service |
| HOLMSTED | Frederick | Pvt | St. Paul, MN | April 1874 | Regiment |
| ECKARD | Frederick | ? | Ft. Rice, DT | April 1874 | With Leave |
| ALEXANDER | John | Pvt | Ft. Rice, DT | April 1874 | Without leave |
| ROBINSON | Thomas | Pvt | DT | December 1873 | Detached Service-Herding |
| RANDALL | Charles | Pvt | St. Louis, MO | January 1874 | Detached Service-Herding |
| MOORE | James | Pvt | IN | April 1874 | On furlough |
| HINDLEY | John | Sgt | Philadelphia, PA | April 1874 | On furlough |
| DEFORD | Hamlin | Sgt | Ft. Lincoln, DT | April 1874 | Detached Service |
| McCREADY | Thomas | Pvt | Ft. Lincoln, DT | April 1874 | Detached Service |
| ARNOLD | Herbert | Pvt | Ft. Rock, DT | April 1874 | Detached Service |
| LEWIS | John | ? | Ft. Lincoln, DT | April 1874 | Detached Service |
| BROWN | Julius | Pvt | Bismarck, DT | April 1874 | Detached Service |
| MOORE | Daniel | Corp | Bismarck, DT | April 1874 | Detached Service |
| HARRISON | Thomas W | Sgt | St. Paul, MN | March 1874 | Detached Service |
| HARDDEN | William | Pvt | St. Paul, MN | June 1873 | Detached Service-Regimt. |
| DAY | Clarence | Pvt | Ft. Rice | Oct 1873 | Detached Service |
| MALONEY | Michael | Pvt | St. Paul, MN | Oct 1873 | Detached Service |
| HOUSEN | Edward | Pvt | Ft. Snelling, MN | November 1873 | Detached Service |
| HOBOUGH | Charles W | Pvt | Ft. Brigden, WT | Mar 1873 | Detached Service |
| ALLEN | Yidon | Pvt | Ft. Dodge, KS | December 1873 | Detached service |
| KEEN | Selden P | Pvt | Camp Dirappend, WT | December 1873 | Detached Service |
| DONAHUE | Frank | Pvt | Ft. Seward, DT | November 1873 | In hospital |
| FLANAGAN | James | Corp | Ft. Abercrombie | April 1874 | Detached Service |
| SPENCER | Alfred B | Pvt | Ft. Abercrombie | April 1874 | Detached Service |
| CUNNINGHAM | A. J. | Pvt | Ft. Abercrombie | April 1874 | Detached Service |
| HARRIS | William H | Pvt | Ft. Abercrombie | April 1874 | Detached Service |
| CHARLEY | Vincent | Pvt | Ft. Abercrombie | April 1874 | Detached Service |
| KELLER | John | Pvt | Ft. Abercrombie | April 1874 | Detached Service |
| BREWER | George E | Pvt | Ft. Abercrombie | April 1874 | Detached Service |
| HELLER | Jacob | Pvt | Ft. Abercrombie | April 1874 | Detached Service |
| STEVENSON | Peter | Pvt | Ft. Seward, WT | April 1874 | Detached Service |
| MANNING | David | Pvt | Cheyenne, WT | April 1874 | Detached Service |
| BUTTER | Daniel | Pvt | Railriver, DT | December 1873 | Detached Service-Herding |
| ADAMS | Frank W | Pvt | Railriver, DT | March 1874 | Detached Service-Herding |
| McPEAK | Alexander | Pvt | Ft. Randall | December 1873 | Detached Service |
| BATES | Joseph | Pvt | St. Louis, MO | December 1872 | In. confinement |
| COLLINS | Michael | Pvt | Washington, D.C. | April 1874 | Detached Service |
| LEWIS | Joshua | Pvt | Ft. Abercrombie, DT | April 1874 | Detached service |
| DRISCOLL | Edward | Pvt | Ft. Abercrombie, DT | April 1874 | Detached Service |
| SIMMONS | Albert | Pvt | Ft. Abercrombie, DT | April 1874 | Detached Service |
| BISHOP | George | Pvt | St. Paul, MN | May 1874 | Detached Service-Regiment |
| HUGHES | Robert | Corp | Ft. Lincoln, DT | April 1874 | Detached Service |
| NEALY | Frank | ? | Ft. Snelling, MN | November 1873 | Detached Service |
| VENALIERI | Felix | Chf. Mus. | Ft. Lincoln, DT | Mar 1873 | Detached Service |
| ARNDT | Otto | Pvt | Ft. Lincoln, DT | July 1874 | Detached Service |
| COLLINS | John C. | Pvt | St. Paul, MN | April 1873 | Detached Service |
| MARLIN | James | Pvt | St. Louis, MO | December 1873 | In confinement |
| NISSLE | Kinny | Sgt | Ft. Rice, DT | June 1874 | Detached Service |
| McBRIDE | Thomas | Pvt | Ft. Ontario, NY | December 1873 | Detached Service |
| REASDON | Edmund | Pvt | Ft. Russell, WT | December 1873 | Detached Service |
| PLUMB | Alonzo | Pvt | Ft. Rice, DT | June 1874 | Detached Service |
| WERNER | John | Pvt | Ft. Rice, DT | June 1874 | Detached Service |
| MARSHALL | John M. | ? | Ft. Rice, DT | June 1874 | Detached Service |
| ROY | Stanislaus | Pvt | Ft. Rice, DT | May 1874 | Sick |
| EVANS | Charles | Sgt | Ft. Snelling, MN | May 1874 | Detached Service |
| O'BRYAN | John | Pvt | Ft. Snelling, MN | February 1873 | Detached Service |
| REED | William | Pvt | Ft. Snelling, MN | May 1874 | Detached Service |
| JOYCE | Patrick | Pvt | Tatten, DT | May 1874 | Detached Service |
| McGHARGEY | Archibald | Pvt | Tatten, DT | May 1874 | Detached Service |
| KELLY | Patrick | Pvt | St. Paul, MN | May 1874 | Detached Service |
| FARBOR | Conrad | Pvt | St. Paul, MN | December 1873 | Detached Service |
| GROSS | George H | Pvt | St. Louis, MO | December 1873 | In confinement |
| CAUTHIE | Charlie | Pvt | Ft. Be??ton, MT | July 1874 | In confinement |
| FERGUSON | George L. | Pvt | Ft. Be??ton, MT | July 1874 | In confinement |
| LONG | Peter | Pvt | N. of B, KY | June 1874 | In confinement |
| NICHOLS | Andrew | Pvt | Ft. Columbus, NY | Mar 1874 | In confinement |
| FRRAVALE | Andres | Pvt | Ft. Plaski, GA | May 1874 | Detached Service |
| FOLKHARDT | John J. | Pvt | St. Paul, MN | August 1874 | Detached Service |
| PLUNT | George | Pvt | Ft. Rice, DT | June 1874 | Detached Service |
| HIPKINS | John | Pvt | Ft. Rice, DT | June 1874 | Detached Service |
| LASLEY | William | Pvt | Ft. Rice, DT | June 1874 | Detached Service |
| YOUNG | James | Pvt | Ft. Rice, DT | June 1874 | Sick |
| HEMBRICK | John | Pvt | Ft. Rice, DT | June 1874 | In confinement |
| REIBOLD | Christian | Pvt | Omaha, NE | May 1874 | In confinement |
| TRITTEN | John | Pvt | St. Paul, MN | July 1874 | Detached Service |
| SMITH | James | Sgt | Ft. Lincoln, DT | June 1874 | Sick |
| CASEY | John | Pvt | Omaha, NE | January 1874 | Detached Service |
| CUNIN | Michael | Pvt | Ft. Lincoln, DT | June 1874 | Detached Service |
| TEGIER | Abraham | Pvt | Ft. Lincoln, DT | June 1874 | Sick |
| PRANKS | John W. | Pvt | Ft. Lincoln, DT | June 1874 | Detached Service |
| MULLER | Charles | Pvt | Ft. Lincoln, DT | June 1874 | Sick |
| MALONEY | Thomas | Sgt | Ft. Lincoln, DT | September 1873 | Detached Service |
| GRASEL | John | Pvt | Ft. Lincoln, DT | September 1873 | Detached Service |
| McCORMICK | James | Pvt | Ft. Lincoln, DT | September 1873 | Detached Service |
| WALLIS | Henry | Pvt | Wadsworth, NY | November 1873 | Detached Service |
| TOLL | DeWitt W. | Sgt | Ft. Rice, DT | June 1874 | Detached Service |
| NODMAYER | Louis | Pvt | Ft. Rice, DT | June 1874 | Detached Service |
| TURLEY | Henry | Pvt | Ft. Rice, DT | June 1874 | Detached Service |
| VOIGT | Henry C. | Pvt | Ft. Rice, DT | June 1874 | Sick |
| EISENHARDT | Peter | Pvt | Ft. Rice, DT | June 1874 | In confinement |