United States Regiments & Batteries > New Jersey > 3rd New Jersey Cavalry Regiment
The 3rd New Jersey Cavalry Regiment lost 3 officers and 47 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 105 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1863
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| November | The 3rd New Jersey Cavalry Regiment was organized at Camp Bayard, Trenton, New Jersey as the 36th Regiment of Volunteers and was mustered in by companies under the command of Colonel Andrew J. Morrison.
The regiment was designated as a Hussar regiment, one of only two in the United States Army and the only one in the Army of the Potomac. Hussars were light cavalry that wore a distinctive uniform of Hungarian origin. The 3rd New Jersey wore a navy blue dolman (jacket) with yellow braid on the chest and arms, blue hooded short cloaks with red lining, and a peakless forage cap. Officers also wore pelisses, a fur-trimmed jacket worn loosely over the left shoulder to protect against sword cuts. This unique and colorful uniform earned the the regiment the nickname of “Butterflies.” (see this 1/30 scale figure by John Jenkins Designs or this 1/20 scale figure by Rob Curtis.) They Butterflies were armed with a saber, two Remington revolvers, and a Spencer repeater carbine. |
| December 2 | Company D mustered in |
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1864
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| January 4 | 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, Maryland. |
| April 29 | Guarded the Orange & Alexandria Railroad. Attached to Cavalry, 9th Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| May 3-June 12 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the JamesAttached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| May 5-7 |
Battle of The Wilderness |
| May 5 | Near Germanin Ford |
| May 6 | Picket on the Rapidan |
| May 7 | Guard pontoons |
| May 8-9 | Expedition to Fredericksburg |
| May 9-21 |
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 |
First Assault on Petersburg |
| July 30 |
Mine Explosion, Petersburg (Companies A and E) |
| August 7- November 28 |
Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley CampaignThe regiment, with the rest of the 3rd Division of the Cavalry Corps, was transferred to Sheridan’s Army of the Valley. |
| August 17 | Winchester |
| August 21 | Summit Point |
| August 21 | Middleway |
| August 25 | Near Kearneysville |
| August 29 | Colonel Morrison resigned. Major Abram H. Krom took command of the regiment. |
| September 8 | Alexander C. M. Pennington (West Point Class of 1860) became colonel. Pennington was a captain (brevet major) commanding a battery of United States Regular Horse Artillery. He was from New Jersey and his father was a United States congressman, which helped him get a New Jersey commission as Colonel in the United States Volunteers. |
| September 13 | Abraham’s Creek, near Winchester |
| September 19 |
Third Battle of WinchesterColonel Pennington took over command of the brigade. Major Major Abram H. Krom took command of the regiment. |
| 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 CreekColonel Pennington was cited for gallantry and was given a promotion to brevet major in the Regular Army. |
| 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 |
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1865
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| February 27- March 24 |
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 HouseSurrender 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 1 | Mustered out at Washington, D, C. |