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Virginia: 3rd Cavalry Regiment

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Unit History

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Organized with 11 companies in state service for one year as the 2nd Cavalry Regiment in May and June 1862.
Transferred to Confederate service on July 1, 1862.
Designated as the 3rd Cavalry Regiment ca. October 31, 1861.
Reorganized on April 26, 1862.
1st Company I became Company H, 5th Cavalry Regiment, on June 25, 1862, per S.O. #146, Adjutant and Inspector General's Office.
Surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.

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Field and Staff

Commander: Robert Johnston (Colonel)
Colonel: Thomas F. Goode (Lt. Col., Col.) and Thomas H. Owen (Lt. Col., Col.)
Lieutenant Colonel: William R. Carter (Major, Lt. Col.) and William M. Field (Major, Lt. Col.)
Major: Jefferson C. Phillips

Assignments

September-October 1861: Department of the Peninsula
October 1861-April 1862: Cavalry, Department of the Peninsula
January-February 1862: McLaws' Division, Department of the Peninsula
April-July 1862: Cavalry Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia
July 1862-September 1863: Fitz. Lee's Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of Northern Virginia
September 1863-July 1864: Wickham's Brigade, Fitz. Lee's Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
August 1864-January 1865: Wickham's Brigade, Fitz. Lee's-Rosser's Cavalry Division, Valley District, Department of Northern Virginia
February-April 1865: Wickham's-Munford's Brigade, Fitz. Lee's Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia

Companies & Counties of Origin

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Battles, Skirmishes and Engagements

near New Market Bridge [detachment] (July 19, 1861)
Back River Road [detachment] (July 19, 1861)
Back River [squadron] (July 19, 1861)
near New Market Bridge [detachment] (November 11, 1861)
Yorktown Siege (April-May 1862)
Williamsburg (May 5, 1862)
Seven Days Battles (June 25-July 1, 1862)
Scout in King William, King and Queen and Gloucester counties [detachment] (July 22-30, 1862)
Stuart's Expedition from Hanover Court House to near Fredericksburg (August 2-8, 1862)
2nd Bull Run (August 28-30, 1862)
Antietam (September 17, 1862)
Mountville, Virginia (October 31, 1862)
Corbin's Crossroads, near Amissville, Virginia (November 10, 1862)
Fredericksburg (December 13, 1862)
Raid on Dumfries and Fairfax Station (December 27-29, 1862)

Hartwood Church (February 25, 1863)
Kelly's Ford (March 17, 1863)
Chancellorsville (May 1-4, 1863)
Brandy Station (June 9, 1863)
Aldie (June 17, 1863)
Middleburg (June 19, 1863)
Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863)
Bristoe Campaign (October 1863)
Mine Run Campaign (November-December 1863)
Upperville (December 17, 1863)
The Wilderness (May 5-6, 1864)
Spotsylvania Court House (May 8-21, 1864)
North Anna (May 23-26, 1864)
Haw's Shop (May 28, 1864)
Cold Harbor (June 1-3, 1864)
Trevilian Station (June 11-12, 1864)
Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
Reams' Station (June 29, 1864)
3rd Winchester (September 19, 1864)
Tom's Brook (October 9, 1864)
Cedar Creek (October 19, 1864)
Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)