United States Regiments & Batteries * West Virginia
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 on the Gettysburg battlefield.
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1861
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| December | Organized and attached to Railroad District, West Virginia |
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1862
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| 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 |
Second Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) |
| 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 |
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1863
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| 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 & 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 were attached to 4th Separate Brigade, 8th Army Corps |
| June 9 |
Battle of Brandy StationCompanies A & C were commanded by Captain Seymour B. Conger |
| 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 GettysburgCompanies A & C were at Gettysburg, bringing 59 men to the field and losing four missing. They were commanded by Captain Seymour B. Conger. There is a monument to the 3rd West Virginia Cavalry at Gettysburg along Buford Avenue on the first day’s battlefield northwest of town. |
| 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 & C) |
| December | 1 company was attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, West Virginia 3 companies were attached to 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, West Virginia 2 companies were 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) |
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1864
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| 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 |
Third Battle of Winchester (Opequon) |
| 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 |
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1865
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| 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 |
Battle of Five Forks |
| April 3 |
Namozine Church |
| April 6 |
Sailor’s Creek |
| April 8 |
Appomattox Station |
| April 9 |
Appomattox Court HouseSurrender of Lee and his army. |
| April 23-29 | Expedition to Danville |
| May | March to Washington, D. C. |
| May 23 | Grand Review |
| June 23 | Mustered out |