3rd New Jersey Cavalry
Regimental History and Service Record
36th Regiment of Volunteers
Organized at Camp Bayard, Trenton, N.J., and mustered in by Companies as follows: Company "A" January 26, Company "C" January 22, Company "E" January 4, Company "F" January 12, Companies "G" and "H" January 6, 1864; Company "D" December 2, 1863; Company "B" January 29, and Companies "I," "K," "L" and "M" March 24, 1864. March to Annapolis, Md., April 5-7, 1864. Guard Orange & Alexandria Railroad April 29-May 5. Attached to Cavalry, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac and Middle Military Division, to June, 1865. Defenses of Washington, D.C., to August, 1865.
SERVICE.--
- May 4-June 12, 1864 -
The Overland Campaign
- May 5-7, 1864 -
Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia
- Near Germanin Ford May 5.
- Picket on the Rapidan May 6.
- Guard pontoons May 7.
- Expedition to Fredericksburg May 8-9.
- May 8-21, 1864 -
Battles of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
- United States Ford May 19.
- May 22-26, 1864 -
Operations on Line of the North Anna River, Virginia
- May 26-28, 1864 -
Operations on Line of the Pamunkey River, Virginia
- May 28-31, 1864 -
Operations on Line of the Totopotomoy River, Virginia
- Mechump's Creek May 31.
- Ashland Station June 1.
- June 1-12, 1864 -
Battles of Cold Harbor, Virginia
- Totopotomoy, Gaines' Mill, Salem Church and Hawes' Shop June 2.
- Hawes' Shop June 3.
- June 11, 1864 -
Skirmish at Bethesda Church, Virginia
- May 5-7, 1864 -
- White Oak Swamp June 13.
- Smith's Store, near St. Mary's Church, June 15.
- Weldon Railroad June 20.
- Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23.
- June 27, 1864 -
Skirmish near Milford Station, Virginia
Picket duty at City Point until July 16. Duty at Light House Point July 16-25. Before Petersburg July 25. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30 (Cos. "A" and "E"). Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Winchester August 17. Summit Point August 21. Middleway August 21. Near Kearneysville August 25.
Battle of Winchester September 19. Near Cedarville September 20. Front Royal September 21.
Waynesboro September 29. Bridgewater October 2. Tom's Brook ("Woodstock Races") October 8-9. Picket at Cedar Creek until October 13. Cedar Creek October 13. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Newtown (or Middletown) November 12. Rude's Hill, near Mr. Jackson, November 22. Expedition from Kernstown to Lacey's Springs December 19-22. Lacey's Springs December 21. Sheridan's Raid from Winchester February 27-March 24, 1865. Occupation of Staunton March 2. Action at Waynesboro March 2. Occupation of Charlottesville March 3. Near Ashland March 15. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Dinwiddie Court House March 30-31. Five Forks April 1. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Namozine Church April 3. Sailor's Creek April 6. Appomattox Station April 8. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Expedition to Danville and South Boston April 23-27. March to Washington. D.C., May. Grand Review May 23. Mustered out at Washington, D, C., August l, 1865.
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Regiment Statistical Information
- Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 47 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 105 Enlisted men by disease. Total 157.
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Notes
Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 932, 933, 934, 938, 940, 941, 947, 952, 953, 1354)