The Civil War in the East

3rd West Virginia Cavalry Regiment

 

The 3rd West Virginia Cavalry Regiment lost 6 officers and 40 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 136 enlisted men to disease. It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.

MOnument to the 3rd West Virginia Cavalry Regiment at Gettysburg

1862

December

Organized and attached to Railroad District, West Virginia

1862

March

Attached to Railroad District, Mountain Department

April 12

Monterey

April 23

Skirmish at Grass Lick, W. Va.

May

Assigned to Mountain Department

May 5

Franklin. Assigned as unattached, Mountain Department

May 30

Raid to Shaver River (Detachment)

June

Companies A and C attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of Virginia

June 1-2

Strasburg and Staunton Road

June 6

Harrisonburg

June 8

Cross Keys

June 13

Near Mt. Jackson

August 16-September 2

Pope's Virginia Campaign

August 29

Groveton

August 30

Bull Run

September

Companies A and C attached to Headquarters, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac

Companies D and E attached to Milroy's Command, Winchester, Va., 8th Army Corps, Middle Department

October 9

Aldie

October 24

Near Bristoe Station

November 16

Chester Gap

December

Companies A and C attached to Headquarters, Grand Reserve Division, Army of the Potomac

December 12

Dumfries

December 22 & 25

Wardensville

1862

January 3

Petersburg, W. Va. (Detachment)

February

Companies A and C attached to 3rd Brigade, Cavalry Division, 22nd Army Corps

February 9

Williamsport, Md. Companies D and E attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 8th Army Corps

February 20

Truce Fork, Mud River, W. Va.

March 19

Winchester

April 20

Reconnaissance toward Wardensville and Strasburg

April 22

Fisher's Hill, Strasburg Road

April 22

Lambert's Run

April 30

Near Simpson's Creek

May 4

Grove Church

May 5

Company E at Janelew

May 6

Strasburg

May 12-16

Operations about Front Royal, Road Ford and Buck's Ford

May 16

Piedmont Station

June

Companies A and C attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac

Companies D and E assigned to Bloody Run, Pa., Dept. of the Susquehanna, and Scammon's Division, Dept. of West Virginia

Companies F, H and I attached to 4th Separate Brigade, 8th Army Corps

June 9

Brandy Station and Beverly Ford

June 13-15

Winchester Companies D and E

June 21

Upperville

July

Companies D and E attached to McReynolds' Command, Martinsburg, W. Va., Dept. of West Virginia

July 1-3

Battle of Gettysburg

Companies A and C, were at Gettysburg, bringing 59 men to the field and losing four missing. They were commanded by Captain Seymour B. Conger.

July 8

Boonesborough, Md.

July 9

Benevola or Beaver Creek

July 10-13

Funkstown

July 14

Falling Waters

July 16

Shanghai, W. Va.

July 18-19

Near Hedgesville and Martinsburg (Compay C)

July 29

Hagerstown

July 31

Hancock

July 31-August 1

Kelly's Ford

August 1

Brandy Station

August 5-25

Averill's Raid through Hardy, Pendleton, Highland, Greenbrier, Bath and Pocahontas Counties, W. Va. (Companies E, H and I)

August 19

Affair near Franklin

August 25

Jackson River

August 26

Williamsport, Md.

August 30-September 2

Expedition to Leesburg

September 13-17

Advance to the Rapidan (Companies A and C)

September 13

Culpeper Court House (Companies A and C)

September 21

Fisher's Hill

October 9-22

Bristoe Campaign (Companies A and C)

October 10

Morton's Ford (Companies A and C)

October 11

Stevensburg and near Kelly's Ford and Brandy Station (Companies A and C)

October 12

Brandy Station and Fleetwood (Companies A and C)

October 14

Auburn and Bristoe (Companies A and C)

October 15

Oak Hill (Companies A and C)

November 1-17

Averill's Raid against Lewisburg and the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad (Companies E, H and I)

November

Companies A and C ordered to Dept. of West Virginia

November 4

Cackletown (Companies E, H and I)

November 6

Droop Mountain (Companies E, H and I)

November 7-8

Advance to line of the Rappahannock (Companies A and C)

November 24

Near Little Boston (Detachment)

November 26-December 2

Mine Run Campaign (Companies A and C)

December

1 company attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, West Virginia

3 companies attached to 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, West Virginia

2 companies attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, West Virginia

December 8-25

Averill's Raid from New Creek to Salem and Virginia & Tennessee Railroad (Companies E, H and I)

December 8-25

Scammon's Demonstration from Kanawha Valley (Detachment)

1864

January 27

Near Wayne Court House, W. Va. (Company G)

February 20

Near Hurricane Bridge

March

Regiment attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, West Virginia

May

Regiment attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, West Virginia

May 5-19

Averill's Raid on Virginia & Tennessee Railroad

May 10

Grassy Lick, Cove Mountain, near Wytheville

May 10

Wytheville

May 26-July 1

Hunter's Raid to Lynchburg

May 29

Hamlin

June

Companies F, H and I attached to 4th Separate Brigade, Dept. of West Virginia

June 11

Lexington

June 13

Near Buchanan

June 16

Otter Creek, near Liberty

June 17

Diamond Hill

June 17-18

Lynchburg

June 19

Liberty

June 20

Buford's Gap

June 21

Catawba Mountains and about Salem

July 17-18

Snicker's Ferry

July 19

Bunker Hill

July 21

Stephenson's Depot

July 21-22

Winchester

July 22

Newtown

July 24

Kernstown, Winchester

July 26

Martinsburg

July 30

McConnellsburg, Pa.

August 7-November 28

Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign

August 7

Near Moorefield

August 19

Franklin

August 25

Martinsburg

August 26

Williamsport

August 29

Big Springs

August 31

Martinsburg

September 2-3

Bunker Hill

September 4

Martinsburg

September 5

Stephenson's Depot

September 10

Darkesville

September 13

Bunker Hill

September 14

Near Berryville

September 19

Battle of Winchester

September 22

Fisher's Hill

September 23-24

Mt. Jackson

September 24

Forest Hill or Timberville

September 26

Browns Gap and Mt. Sidney

September 26-27

Weyer's Cave

September 27

Charlestown

September 28

Mt. Jackson

November

Regiment attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Corps, Middle Military Division

November 12

Nineveh

November 20

Rude's Hill

November 22

Near Mt. Jackson

December 19-28

Raid to Gordonsville

December 22

Liberty Mills

December 23

Jack's Shop, near Gordonsville

1865

February

Regiment attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac

February 25-
March 25

Sheridan's Expedition from Winchester

March 1

Mt. Crawford

March 2

Occupation of Staunton

March 2

Waynesboro

March 3

Charlottesville

March 10

Augusta Court House

March 12

Haydensville

March 15

Beaver Dam Station

March 28-April 9

Appomattox Campaign

March 29-31

Dinwiddie Court House

April 1

Five Forks

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 23-29

Expedition to Danville

May

March to Washington, D. C.

May 23

Grand Review

June 23

Mustered out