3rd Confederate States Cavalry

Regimental History and Service Record

• Also referred to as the"
  • 11th Alabama Cavalry Battalion
  • 11th Confederate States Cavalry
  • 13th Confederate States Cavalry

• May 1862-August 20, 1862 - Organized
  • Companies A/B/C had previously served in (Smith's) 2nd Tennessee Cavalry
• June 7, 1862 - near Readyville
• August 27, 1862 - Bridgeport and Battle Creek
• November 19, 1862 - Skirmish near Tompkinsville
• December 31, 1862-January 3, 1863 - Murfreesboro
• February 3, 1863 - Fort Donelson
• March, 1863 - Fort Donelson
• June-July 1863 - The Tullahoma Campaign
  • June 11, 1863 - Triune
  • June 24-26, 1863 - Hoover's Gap
• September 19-20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
• September-November, 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
• October 20, 1863 - Philadelphia
• November 23-25, 1863 - Chattanooga
• April 12, 1864 - Bridgeport
• May-September, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
  • June 11, 1864 - McAfee's Cross Roads
  • June 15, 1864 - Trenton
  • June 21, 1864 - Noonday Creek
  • July-September, 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
• November-December, 1864 - The Savannah Campaign
• February-April, 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
  • March 19-21, 1865 - Bentonville
  • April 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General Joseph E. Johnston at Durham Station, Orange County, North Carolina

DESIGNATIONS

• May-August 1862 - Department of East Tennessee / Unattached
• October-November 1862 - Department of East Tennessee / Pegram's Cavalry Brigade
• November-December 1862 - Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Wharton's Cavalry Brigade
• December 1862-March 1863 - Army of Tennessee / Wheeler's Cavalry Division / Wharton's Brigade
• March-September 1863 - Army of Tennessee / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Wharton's Division / Harrison's Brigade
• October 1863-November 1864 - Army of Tennessee / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Kelly's Division / Wade's/Hume's/Allen's/Anderson's Brigade
• November 1864-February 1865 - Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Kelly's/Anderson's Division / Anderson's Brigade
• February-April 1865 - Hampton's Cavalry Command / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Allen's Division / Anderson's Brigade
• April 1865 - Army of Tennessee / Hampton's Cavalry Command / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Allen's Division / Anderson's Brigade

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: James R. Howard (Colonel)
• Francis N. Corns (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• William N. Estes (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• John McCaskill (Lieutenant Colonel)
• P.H. Rice (Colonel)
• G.C. Sandusky (Major)
• James G. Yeiser (Major)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Alabama. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Page 38)
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, the Confederate Units, and the Indian Units. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 168-169, 173, 174)