CONFEDERATE GEORGIA TROOPS
3rd Regiment, Georgia Cavalry
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3rd Cavalry Regiment was organized by Colonel M. J. Crawford and mustered into
Confederate service at Athens, Georgia, during the early summer of 1862. Some of the men were
from Rabun, Whitfield, and Cherokee counties. It fought in Kentucky with General Wheeler, but
at New Haven most of the unit was captured. A detachment saw action at Murfreesboro and
after those captured were exchanged, the command was assigned to J.J. Morrison's, C.C. Crews',
and Iverson's Brigade. It participated in the campaigns of Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Knoxville, and Atlanta, was involved in Northern Alabama
and Georgia, and in 1865 participated in various conflicts in the Carolinas. On April 26, 1865, it
surrendered with the Army of Tennessee. Their field officers were Colonels Martin J. Crawford,
Richard E. Kennon, and Robert Thompson; Lieutenant Colonel James T. Thornton; and Majors
Daniel F. Booton and Hiram H. Johnson.
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