3rd Missouri Cavalry Regiment (Union)

3rd Missouri Cavalry Regiment
3rd Missouri Cavalry Regiment
	Provisional Government of Missouri ; (Pro-Union)
Active	December 1861 to January 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Cavalry
Regimental Commander ; (August 5, 1861, to March 13, 1864)	Colonel John M. Glover

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.^[1]

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

References

^ "3rd Regiment, Missouri Cavalry". National Park Service. Retrieved 20 July 2023.

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.

[1] "3rd Regiment, Missouri Cavalry". National Park Service. Retrieved 20 July 2023.

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