UNION WEST VIRGINIA VOLUNTEERS
3rd Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry
- Overview:
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Organized December, 1861. Attached to Railroad District,
West Virginia, to March, 1862. Railroad District, Mountain
Department, to May, 1862. Unattached, Mountain Department, to
June, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of
Virginia, to September, 1862 (Cos. "A" and "C"). District of
West Virginia, Dept. of the Ohio and Dept. of West Virginia.
Unassigned, to March, 1864 (Regiment). Milroy's Command,
Winchester, Va., 8th Army Corps, Middle Department, to February,
1863 (Cos. "D" and "E"). 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 8th Army
Corps, to June, 1863 (Cos. "D" and "E"). 4th Separate Brigade,
8th Army Corps, to June, 1864 (Cos. "F," "H" and "I"). 4th
Separate Brigade, Dept. of West Virginia, to December, 1863 (Cos.
"F," "H" and "I"). Bloody Run, Pa., Dept. of the Susquehanna,
and Scammon's Division, Dept. of West Virginia, to July, 1863
(Cos. "D" and "E"). McReynolds' Command, Martinsburg, W. Va.,
Dept. or West Virginia, to December, 1863 (Cos. "D" and "E").
1st Brigade, 3rd Division, West Virginia (1 Co.). 2nd Brigade,
4th Division, West Virginia (3 Cos.). 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division,
West Virginia (2 Cos.), to March, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry
Division, West Virginia, to May, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry
Division, West Virginia, to November, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd
Cavalry Corps, Middle Military Division, to February, 1865. 3rd
Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, to
June, 1865. Companies "A" and "C" attached to Headquarters, 11th
Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, September, 1862, to December,
1862. Headquarters, Grand Reserve Division, Army of the Potomac,
to February, 1863. 3rd Brigade, Cavalry Division, 22nd Army
Corps, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps,
Army of the Potomac, to November, 1863. Ordered to Dept. of West
Virginia November, 1863.
- Service:
- Duty in Railroad District, Mountain Department, to
May, 1862. Monterey April 12. Skirmish at Grass Lick, W. Va.,
April 23. Franklin May 5. Raid to Shaver River May 30
(Detachment). Strasburg and Staunton Road June 1-2.
Harrisonburg June 6. Cross
Keys June 8. Near Mt. Jackson June 13. Pope's Virginia
Campaign August 16-September 2. Groveton August 29. Bull Run August 30. Aldie
October 9. Near Bristoe Station October 24. Chester Gap
November 16. Dumfries December 12. Wardensville December 22 and
25. Petersburg, W. Va., January 3, 1863 (Detachment).
Williamsport, Md., February 9. Truce Fork, Mud River, W. Va.,
February 20. Winchester March 19. Reconnoissance toward
Wardensville and Strasburg April 20. Fisher's Hill, Strasburg
Road, April 22. Lambert's Run April 22. Near Simpson's Creek
April 30. Grove Church May 4. Janelew May
5 (Co. "E"). Strasburg May 6. Operations about Front Royal,
Road Ford and Buck's Ford, May 12-16. Piedmont Station May 16.
Brandy Station and Beverly
Ford June 9. Winchester
June 13-15 (Cos. "D" and "E"). Upperville June 21. Battle of
Gettysburg, Pa., July
1-3. Boonesborough, Md., July 8. Benevola or Beaver Creek July
9. Funkstown July 10-13. Williamsport July 14.
Shanghai, W. Va., July 16. Near Hedgesville and Martinsburg July
18-19 (Co. "C"). Hagerstown July 29. Hancock July 31. Kelly's
Ford July 31-August 1. Brandy Station August 1. Averill's Raid
through Hardy, Pendleton, Highland, Greenbrier, Bath and
Pocahontas Counties, W. Va., August 5-25 (Cos. "E," "H" and "I").
Affair near Franklin August 19. Jackson River August 25.
Williamsport, Md., August 26. Expedition to Leesburg August
30-September 2. Advance to the Rapldan September 13-17 (Cos. "A"
and "C"). Culpeper Court House September 13 (Cos. "A" and "C").
Fisher's Hill September
21. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22 (Cos. "A" and "C"). Morton's
Ford October 10 (Cos. "A" and "C"). Stevensburg and near Kelly's
Ford October 11 (Cos. "A" and "C"). Brandy Station October 11
(Cos. "A" and "C"). Brandy Station and Fleetwood October 12
(Cos. "A" and "C"). Auburn and Bristoe October 14 (Cos. "A"
and "C"). Oak Hill October 15 (Cos. "A" and "C"). Averill's
Raid against Lewisburg and the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad
November 1-17 (Cos. "E," "H" and "I"). Cackletown November 4
(Cos. "E," "H" and "I"). Droop Mountain November 6
(Cos. "E," "H" and "I"). Advance to line of the Rappahannock
November 7-8 (Cos. "A" and "C"). Near Little Boston November 24
(Detachment). Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2 (Cos. "A"
and "C"). Averill's Raid from New Creek to Salem and Virginia &
Tennessee Railroad December 8-25 (Cos. "E," "F" and "H").
Scammon's Demonstration from Kanawha Valley December 8-25
(Detachment). Near Wayne Court House, W. Va., January 27, 1864
(Co. "G"). Near Hurricane Bridge February 20. Averill's Raid on
Virginia & Tennessee Railroad May 5-19. Grassy Lick, Cove
Mountain, near Wytheville, May 10. Wytheville May 10. Hunter's
Raid to Lynchburg May 26-July 1. Hamlin May 29. Lexington June
11. Near Buchanan June 13. Otter Creek, near Liberty, June 16.
Diamond Hill June 17. Lynchburg June 17-18. Liberty
June 19. Buford's Gap June 20. Catawba Mountains and about
Salem June 21. Snicker's Ferry July 17-18. Bunker Hill July
19. Stephenson's Depot July 21. Winchester July 21-22. Newtown
July 22. Kernstown,
Winchester, July 24. Martinsburg July 26. McConnellsburg, Pa.,
July 30. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November
28. Near Moorefield August 7. Franklin August 19. Martinsburg
August 25. Williamsport August 26. Big Springs August 29.
Martinsburg August 31. Bunker Hill September 2-3. Martinsburg
September 4. Stephenson's Depot September 5. Darkesville
September 10. Bunker Hill September 13. Near Berryville
September 14. Battle of Winchester September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Mt.
Jackson September 23-24. Forest Hill or Timberville September
24. Browns Gap and Mt. Sidney September 26. Weyer's Cave
September 26-27. Charlestown September 27. Mt. Jackson
September 28. Nineveh November 12. Rude's Hill November 20.
Near Mt. Jackson November 22. Raid to Gordonsville December
19-28. Liberty Mills December 22. Jack's Shop, near
Gordonsville, December 23. Sheridan's Expedition from Winchester
February 25-March 25, 1865. Mt. Crawford March 1. Occupation of
Staunton March 2. Waynesboro March 2.
Charlottesville March 3. Augusta Court House March 10.
Haydensville March 12. Beaver Dam Station March 15. Appomattox
Campaign March 28-April 9. Dinwiddie Court House March
29-31. Five Forks April
1. Namozine Church April
3. Sailor's Creek April 6.
Appomattox Station April
8. Appomattox Courthouse
April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Expedition to Danville
April 23-29. March to Washington, D. C., May. Grand Review May
23. Mustered out June 23, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 40 Enlisted men
killed and mortally wounded and 136 Enlisted men by disease.
Total 132.
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