3rd Kentucky Cavalry (U)

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Regimental History and Service Record

Organized in Calhoun and McLean Counties, Ky., December 13, 1861. Attached to 5th Division, Army of the Ohio, to June, 1862. Cavalry Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to September, 1862. 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army Ohio, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Army Cumberland, to March, 1863. District of Western Kentucky, Dept. Ohio, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. Ohio, to August, 1863. Unattached, Hopkinsville, Ky., 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, to October, 1863. District of South Central Kentucky, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, to November, 1863. District of Nashville, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Military Division Mississippi, to July, 1865.

SERVICE.--Action at Woodbury, Ky., October 29; 1861. Brownsville, Ky., November 21. Sacramento December 28. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., February 15-March 8, 1862, and to Savannah, Tenn., March 18-April 6.

Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 12. Buell's Campaign in Northern Alabama and Middle Tennessee June to August. Columbia and Kinderhook August 11 (Detachment). Mt. Pleasant August 14. March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 21-September 26. Mumfordsville, Ky., September 22. Ashbysburg September 25. New Haven September 29. Capture of 3rd Georgia Cavairy. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-22. Near Perryville October 6-7. Near Mountain Gap October 14 and 16. Expedition to Big Hill and Richmond October 21. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 25-November 7. Duty there until December 26. Reconnaissance to Franklin December 11-12. Wilson's Creek Pike December 11. Franklin December 12. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Lavergne December 26-27. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Overall's Creek and Wilkinson's Cross Roads December 31. Lytle's Creek, Manchester Pike, January 5, 1863. Expedition to Franklin January 31-February 13. Unionville and Rover January 31. Rover February 13. Ordered to Kentucky February. Duty at Hopkinsville and Russellville and in District of West Kentucky until December, 1863. Action at Russellville June 28.

Near Volney October 22. Lafayette November 27 (Detachment). Ordered to Nashville December 17. Smith's Expedition from Nashville, Tenn., to Corinth, Miss., December 28, 1863, to January 18, 1864. Ringgold, Ga., April 27. Reconnaissance from Ringgold, Ga., toward Tunnel Hill April 29.

Camp Creek and near Atlanta September 30. Sweetwater and Noyes Creek near Powder Springs October 1-3. Van Wert October 9-10.

  • November 15-December 21, 1864 - The Savannah Campaign
    • East Macon November 20.
    • Griswoldsville November 22.
    • Sylvan Grove November 27.
    • Waynesboro November 27-28.
    • Near Waynesboro November 28.
    • Near Louisville November 30.
    • Millen or Shady Grove December 1.
    • Rocky Creek Church December 2.
    • Waynesboro December 4.
    • December 10-21, 1864 - Siege of Savannah, Georgia
  • January 1-April 26, 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
    • Blacksville, S.C., February 7.
    • Williston February 8.
    • Johnston's Station February 10.
    • About Columbia February 15-17.
    • Lancaster February 27.
    • Phillips' Cross Roads, N. C., March 4.
    • Rockingham March 7.
    • Monroe's Cross Roads March 10.
    • Averysboro, Taylor's Hole Creek March 16.
    • Battle of Bentonville March 19-21.
    • Occupation of Goldsboro March 24.
    • Morrisville and occupation of Raleigh April 13.
    • Chapel Hill April 15.
    • Bennett's House April 26.
      • Surrender of Johnston and his army.
  • Duty at Lexington, N. C, and in the Dept. of North Carolina until July.
  • Mustered out July 15, 1865.

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Regiment Statistical Information

  • Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 41 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 168 Enlisted men by disease. Total 215.

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