3rd West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment

3rd West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment

Flag of West Virginia
Active December, 1861 to June 23, 1865
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Cavalry
Engagements Battle of Cross Keys
Battle of Second Bull Run
Battle of Brandy Station
Second Battle of Winchester
Battle of Upperville
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Williamsport
Battle of Bristoe Station
Battle of Lynchburg
Battle of Kernstown II
Battle of Moorefield
Battle of Opequon
Battle of Fisher's Hill
Battle of Waynesboro, Virginia
Battle of Dinwiddie Court House
Battle of Five Forks
Battle of Sailor's Creek
Battle of Namozine Church
Battle of Sailor's Creek
Battle of Appomattox Station
Battle of Appomattox Court House
Commanders
Lt. Colonel David H. Strother 1862–1864
Colonel John L. McGee 1864–65

The 3rd West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. In 1864, the regiment had an important part in the Battle of Moorefield, where a surprise attack led by General William W. Averell routed Confederate cavalry. The regiment also fought in the latter part of General Philip H. Sheridan's Valley Campaign, and was part of Capehart's Fighting Brigade in General George Armstrong Custer's Third Division. It was present at General Robert E. Lee's surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at the Battle of Appomattox Court House.

Organization

The 3rd West Virginia Cavalry was organized in western Virginia between December, 1861. Among the later recruits was Fremont, Ohio, dentist Everton Conger, who later in the war led the cavalry that tracked down and killed President Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth.

The regiment participated in the Grand Review of the Armies and then was mustered out on June 23, 1865.

Casualties

The 3rd West Virginia Cavalry suffered 6 officers and 40 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded in battle and 136 enlisted men dead from disease for a total of 182 fatalities.

Commanders

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