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  • Source: 3rd Michigan Cavalry Regiment

    • The 3rd Michigan Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.


    Service


    The 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


    The 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.


    Commanders


    Colonel John Kemp Mizner


    See also


    List of Michigan Civil War Units
    Michigan in the American Civil War


    Notes




    References


    The Civil War Archive

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