3rd Michigan Cavalry Regiment
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The 3rd Michigan Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
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Active | August 24, 1861, to March 15, 1866 |
Country | United States |
Allegiance | Union |
Branch | Cavalry |
Engagements | Island No. 10 Battle of Corinth Battle of Coffeeville Battle of Franklin Nashville |
Service
editThe 3rd Michigan Cavalry was organized at Grand Rapids, Michigan, between August 24 and November 28, 1861.
Private James H. Robinson of Company B would later be awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery at a fight at Brownsville, Arkansas, on January 27, 1864.
The regiment was mustered out of service on March 15, 1866.
Total strength and casualties
editThe regiment suffered 3 officers and 27 enlisted men killed in action or mortally wounded and 4 officers and 380 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 414 fatalities.[1]
Commanders
edit- Colonel John Kemp Mizner
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmicav.htm#3rd The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959. Retrieved June 19, 2007.
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