3rd New Jersey Cavalry Regiment (39th Volunteers)

Regiment lost 3 officers and 47 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 officers and 105 enlisted men to disease, a total of 157.

 

Timeline of the 3rd New Jersey Cavalry Regiment

 

Organized at Camp Bayard, Trenton, N.J. and mustered in by companies

December 2, 1863

Company D mustered in

January 4, 1864

Company E mustered in

January 6

Companies G and H mustered in

January 12

Company F mustered in

January 22

Company C mustered in

January 26

Company A mustered in

January 29

Company B mustered in

March 24

Companies I, K, L and M mustered in

April 5-7

March to Annapolis, Md.

April 29

Guard Orange & Alexandria Railroad attached to Cavalry, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac

May 3-June 12

Campaign from the Rapidan to the James attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac

May 5-7

Wilderness

May 5

Near Germanin Ford

May 6

Picket on the Rapidan

May 7

Guard pontoons

May 8-9

Expedition to Fredericksburg

May 9-12

Spotsylvania

May 12-21

Spotsylvania Court House

May 19

United States Ford

May 23-26

North Anna River

May 26-28

On line of the Pamunkey

May 28-31

Totopotomoy

May 31

Mechump's Creek

June 1

Ashland Station

June 1-12

Cold Harbor

June 2

Totopotomoy, Gaines' Mill, Salem Church and Hawes' Shop

June 3

Hawes' Shop

June 11

Bethesda Church

June 13

White Oak Swamp

June 15

Smith's Store, near St. Mary's Church

June 20

Weldon Railroad

June 22-23

Jerusalem Plank Road

June 27

Milford Station

June 27-July 16

Picket duty at City Point

July 16-25

Duty at Light House Point

July 25

Before Petersburg

July 30

Mine Explosion, Petersburg (Companies A and E)

August 7-November 28

Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign

August 17

Winchester

August 21

Summit Point

August 21

Middleway

August 25

Near Kearneysville

September 13

Abraham's Creek, near Winchester

September 19

Battle of Winchester

September 20

Near Cedarville

September 21

Front Royal

September 22

Milford

September 29

Waynesboro

October 2

Bridgewater

October 8-9

Tom's Brook ("Woodstock Races")

October 10-13

Picket at Cedar Creek

October 13

Cedar Creek

October 19

Battle of Cedar Creek

November 12

Newtown (or Middletown)

November 22

Rude's Hill, near Mr. Jackson

December 19-22

Expedition from Kernstown to Lacey's Springs

December 21

Lacey's Springs

February 27-
March 24, 1865

Sheridan's Raid from Winchester

March 2

Occupation of Staunton and Action at Waynesboro

March 3

Occupation of Charlottesville

March 15

Near Ashland

March 28-April 9

Appomattox Campaign

March 30-31

Dinwiddie Court House

April 1

Five Forks

April 2

Fall of Petersburg

April 3

Namozine Church

April 6

Sailor's Creek

April 8

Appomattox Station

April 9

Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army.

April 23-27

Expedition to Danville and South Boston

May

March to Washington. D.C.

May 23

Grand Review

August l, 1865

Mustered out at Washington, D, C.