3rd Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment

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3rd Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry
Michigan state flag
Active	August 24, 1861 to March 15, 1866
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Cavalry
Engagements	Island No. 10 Battle of Corinth Battle of Franklin Nashville

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

Contents 1 Service 2 Total strength and casualties 3 Commanders 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References

[edit] 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.

[edit] Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered3 officers and 27 enlistedmen killed in action or mortally wounded and 4 officers and 380 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 342 fatalities.^[1]

[edit] Commanders

• Colonel

[edit] See also

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

[edit] Notes

1. ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmicav.htm#3rd The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959. Retrieved June 19, 2007.

[edit] References

• The Civil War Archive