CONFEDERATE MISSOURI TROOPS
3rd Battalion, Missouri Cavalry
- Overview:
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3rd Cavalry Battalion was formed early in 1862 with about 400 officers and men. Ordered
east of the Mississippi River, the unit was dismounted. It took an active part in the conflicts at Iuka and Corinth, then was assigned to General
Buford's Brigade in the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. The battalion was
involved in the Vicksburg
operations and in November, 1863 consolidated with the 1st Missouri Cavalry Regiment.
Assigned to General Cockrell's Brigade, it fought in the Atlanta Campaign and in Tennessee with
Hood. Later it shared in the defense of Mobile. The unit lost more than twenty-five percent of
the 388 engaged at Iuka and sustained 100 casualties at Corinth. During the Atlanta Campaign,
May 18 to September 5, the 1st/3rd Battalion reported 25 killed, 80 wounded, and 3 missing, and
there were 56 disabled at Allatoona. Few surrendered in May, 1865. Its commanders were
Lieutenant Colonels L.C. Campbell and D.Todd Samuel, and Major Thomas J. McQuiddy.
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