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: Advance upon Little Rock July 1-September 10, 1863: Moved from Wittsburg to Clarendon August 1–8, 1863: Near Bayou Metoe August 26, 1863: Bayou Meto (or Reed's Bridge) 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 M. 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
Further reading 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.