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  • Source: 3rd Missouri Cavalry Regiment (Union)

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


    Timeline


    The 3rd Missouri Cavalry Regiment was recruited and organized at Palmyra, Missouri, under the lead of John M. Glover. Recruitment commenced on June 1, 1861.
    December 1861: Began its duty in Southeast Missouri and District of Rolla. Began under command of General Benjamin Prentiss and Colonel John McNeil. Action near Hallsville, Missouri
    December 27, 1861: Battle of Mount Zion Church
    December 28, 1861: Inman's Hollow
    July 7, 1862: (Companies B, D, G, H). Mountain Store, Big Piney
    July 25-2~, 1862: (Companies E, F). Scout and skirmish in Sinking Creek
    August 4–11, 1862: (Detachment) Salem
    August 9, 1862: Wayman's Mills and Spring Creek
    August 23, 1862: Scout from Salem to Current River
    August 24–28, 1862: (Company E). Beaver Creek, Texas County
    November 24, 1862: Expedition from Rolla to Ozark Mountains
    November 30-December 6, 1862: (Companies A, B) Ozark
    December 2, 1862: (Companies A, B) Wood's Creek
    January 11, 1863: Harteville, Wood's Fork
    January 11, 1863: Batesville, Arkansas
    February 4, 1863: Operations against Marmaduke
    April 17-May 2, 1863: Castor River, near Bloomfield
    April 29, 1863: Bloomfield
    April 30, 1863: Coal Bluff, St. Francis River,
    April 30-May 1, 1863: Expedition against Little Rock, Arkansas
    July 1-September 10, 1863: Moved from Wittsburg to Clarendon
    August 1–8, 1863: Near Bayou Metoe
    August 26, 1863: Bayou Metoe (or Reed's Bridge)
    August 27, 1863: Advance on Little Rock
    September 1–10, 1863: Bayou Fourche and capture of Little Rock
    September 10, 1863: Brownsville
    September 16, 1863: At Jacksonport, Arkansas
    November 1863 to March 1864. Affair at Jackeonport
    November 21, 1863: (Company E). Reconnoissance from Little Rock
    December 5–13, 1863: Jacksonport
    December 23, 1863: Scouts from Brownsville
    January 17–19, 1864: Hot Springs
    February 4, 1864: Steele's Expedition to Camden
    March 23-May 3, 1864: Elkins' Ferry, Little Missouri River,
    April 3–4, 1864: Mark's Mills
    April 5, 1864: Little Missouri River
    April 6, 1864: Prairie D'Ann
    April 9–12, 1864: Camden
    April 15–24, 1864: Mt. Elba Ferry
    April 26, 1864: Princeton
    April 29, 1864: Operations against Shelby north of Arkansas River,
    May 18–31, 1864: At Little Rock till June, 1865. Benton Road, near Little Rock,
    July 19, 1864: Benton
    July 25, 1864: (Company C). Scatterville
    July 28, 1864: (Detachment). Expedition from Little Rock to Little Red River
    August 6–16, 1864: At Tannery, near Little Rock
    September 2, 1864: (Detachment). Expedition from Little Rock to Fort Smith
    September 25-October 13, 1864: (Detachment). Reconnaissance from Little Rock toward Monticello and Mt. Elba
    October 4–11, 1864: Reconnaissance from Little Rock to Princeton
    October 19–23, 1864: Princeton
    October 23, 1864: Expedition from Little Rock to Saline River
    November 17–18, 1864: (Detachment). Expedition from Little Rock to Benton
    November 27–30, 1864: (Detachment).
    Mustered out June 14, 1865: (Company "M" at Headquarters Department of Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri, November 1862 to June 1863.)


    Casualties


    The regiment lost 3 Officers and 37 Enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 Officer and 172 Enlisted men killed by disease. In total, 213 men were killed over the duration of service.


    Regimental Organization




    = Headquarters

    =
    The Commander of the Regiment was Colonel John Montgomery Glover from August 5, 1861, through March 13, 1864.


    = Company A

    =
    Commander: Captain James Howland
    Executive Officer: 1st Lieutenant B. Triplett


    = Company B

    =
    This company was formed from Missouri men from Marion and Knox Counties.

    Commander: Captain John Yates
    Executive Officer: 2nd Lieutenant James J. Agnew


    = Company C

    =
    Company C was mostly Illinois men. Company C sustained a greater percentage of losses as compared to the other companies of the Regiment.

    Commander: Captain Thomas G. Black


    = Company D

    =
    Company D was composed of equal numbers of Missouri and Illinois men.

    Commander: Captain John H. Reed


    = Company E

    =
    Commander: Captain George D. Bradway
    Executive Officer: 1st Lieutenant Joseph Biggerstaff
    2nd Lieutenant Nelson Young


    = Company F

    =
    Commander: Captain James Call
    Executive Officer: 1st Lieutenant Francis Wilcox
    B Q Master: 1st Lieutenant James. C. Agnew


    = Company G

    =
    Commander: Captain Willcox
    Executive Officer: 2nd Lieutenant George Felt


    = Company H

    =
    Commander: Captain A. N. Graham
    Executive Officer: 1st Lieutenant S. Graham


    = Company I

    =
    Commander: Captain John A. Lennon
    Captain Omer Kennen 3rd Regiment
    Executive Officer: 1st Lieutenant John Avery
    2nd Lieutenant Alexander Lacy


    See also



    Missouri Civil War Union units
    Missouri in the Civil War


    References



    Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908.
    Petty, A. W. M. A History of the Third Missouri Cavalry: From its Organization at Palmyra, Missouri, 1861 up to November sixth, 1864 (Little Rock: J. Wm. Demby), 1865.

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