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3rd Regiment
Cavalry Organized at Camp Worcester September 4- December 11, 1861. Moved to Camp Dennison, near Cincinnati, Ohio, January 14, 1862 and
Jefferson Ind., February 21. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., March 2. Attached to 6th Division,
Army of Ohio, to June, 1862.Cavalry Brigade, Army Ohio, to September, 1862. 2nd Brigade,
Calvary Division, Army Ohio, to November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of the
Cumberland, to January, 1863.2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, army of the Cumberland, to
March 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, Army of the Cumberland, to October 1864.
2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Wilson's Cavalry Corps, Military Division Mississippi, to
August 1865.
Camp Worcester
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March with 6th Division, Army Ohio,
from Nashville to Savannah Tenn. March 29-April 6, 1862. Action at
Lawrenceburg April 4 (1st Battalion). Advance on and siege of Corinth,
Miss, April 29-May 30. Guard duty along Memphis & Charleston Railroad June to August.
Near Woodville Ala, August 4. Expedition from Woodville to Guntersville, Ala. (3rd Battalion). Guntersville and Law's Landing August 28 (3rd Battalion). Expedition to Dunlap
August 29-31. Old Deposit Ferry August 29 (3rd Battalion). March to Louisville, Ky., in
pursuit of Bragg September 3-25. Glassgow, Ky.,
September 18. Munfordsville
September 20-21 (1st Battalion). Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-15. Bardstown
Pike October 1. Near Bardstown October 4. Battle of Perryville October 8. Lexington October 17-18. Pursuit of Morgan to Gallatan,
Tenn. March to Nashville, Tenn, and on duty there until December 26. Tunnel Hill November
19. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Franklin December 26-27. Battle Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3,
1863. Overall's Creek December 31. Stewart's Creek and Lavergne January 1 1863. Conduct
trains to Nashville and return. Insane Asylum January 3. Shelbyville Pike January 5. Near
Woodbury January 19 (Cos. A,D,E and F). Bradysville Pike, near Murfreesboro, January 23.
Expedition to Liberty, Auburn and Alexandria February 3-5. Vaught's Hill, Milton, February
18. Bradysville March 1. Expedition toward Columbia March 4-14. Chapel Hill March 5.
Rutherford Creek March 10-11. Woodbury Pike March 27 (2nd Battalion). Expedition from Readyville to Woodbury April 2 (2nd Battalion).
Smith's Ford April 2. Expedition from Murfreesboro to Auburn, Snow Hill, Liberty, etc,
April 2-6. Snow Hill, Woodbury, April 3. Liberty April 3. Franklin April 9-10. Schoeppe
House May 9. Reconnaissance from Lavergne May 12. Middleton May 21-22. Scout to Smithville
June 4-5. Snow Hill June 4. Smithville June 5. Middle Tenn. or Tullahoma Campaign June
23-July 7. Morris Ford, Elk River, July 2. Occupation of Middle Tenn till August 16.
Expedition to Huntsville July 12-22. Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River,
and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August
16-September 22. Reconnaissance from Winston's Gap to Broomtown Valley September 5. Alpine
September 3 and 8. Reconnaissance from Alpine to Lafayette September 10. Battle of Chickamauga, Ga., September 19-21. Operations
against Wheeler and Roddy September 30-October 17. McMinnville October 4. Garrison's
Creek, near Fosterville, October 6 (1st Battalion). Wartrance October 6 (1st Battalion).
Farmington October 7. Sim's Farm, near Shelbyville, October 7. Chattanooga-Ringgold
Campaign November 23-27. Raid on East Tennessee & Georgia Railroad, November 24-27.
Charleston November 26. Cleveland November 27. March to relief of Knoxville November
28-December 8. Near Loudoun December 2. Philadelphia December 3. Expedition to Murphey,
N.C. December 6-11. Regmt. re-enlisted January 1864. Demonstration on Dalton, Ga.,
February 22-27. Near Dalton February 23. Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced
Ridge February 23-25. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1- September 8. Courtland Road Ala, May
26. Pond Springs near Courtland, May 27. Moulton May 26-29. Operations about Marietta and
against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 1. Rosswell June 10. McAffee's Cross Roads June 11.
Noonday Creek June 15-19 and 27. Powder Springs June 20. Near Marietta June 23. Assault on
Kenesaw June 27. Nickjack Creek July 2-5. Big Shanty June 3. Rottonwood Creek July 4. On
line of the Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Garrard's Raid to Covington July 22-24.
Covington July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 24- August 15. Garrard's raid to South River July
27-31. Flat Rock Bridge July 28. Peach Tree Road August 15. Kilpatrick's Raid around
Atlanta August 18-22. Red Oak, Flint River and Jonesborough August 19. Lovejoy Station August 20.
Jonesborough August 22. Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge August 26-September 2.
Occupation of Atlanta September 2. Florence September 17. Operations against Hood and
Forrest in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29 November 3. Near Lost Mountain
October 4-7. New Hope Church October 5. Dallas October 7. Rome October 10-11. Narrows
October 11. Coosaville Road near Rome, October 13. Near Summersville October 18. Little
River Ala., October 20. Lessburg and Blue Pond, October 23. King's Hill, near Gadsden,
Ala., October 23. Ladiga, Terrapin Creek, October 28. Ordered to Louisville Ky., and on
duty there until December. Ordered to Gravelly Springs, Ala. December 28, and on duty
there till March 1865. Wilson's Raid to Macon, Ga. March 22-April 24, Selma April 2. Montgomery April 12. Pleasant Hill April
18. Double Bridges, Flint River, April 18. Macon, Ga., April 20. Duty at Macon and in
Dept. of Georgia till August. Mustered out August 14 1865.
Regmt. lost
during service 1 Officer and 58 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 6 Officers
and 229 Enlisted men by disease. Total 294
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