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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Headquarters[edit]

The Commander of the Regiment was Colonel John Montgomery Glover from August 5, 1861, through March 13, 1864.

Company A[edit]

Commander: Captain James Howland
Executive Officer: 1st Lieutenant B. Triplett

Company B[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Company D was composed of equal numbers of Missouri and Illinois men.

Commander: Captain John H. Reed

Company E[edit]

Commander: Captain George D. Bradway
Executive Officer: 1st Lieutenant Joseph Biggerstaff
2nd Lieutenant Nelson Young

Company F[edit]

Commander: Captain James Call
Executive Officer: 1st Lieutenant Francis Wilcox
B Q Master: 1st Lieutenant James. C. Agnew

Company G[edit]

Commander: Captain Willcox
Executive Officer: 2nd Lieutenant George Felt

Company H[edit]

Commander: Captain A. N. Graham
Executive Officer: 1st Lieutenant S. Graham

Company I[edit]

Commander: Captain John A. Lennon
Executive Officer: 1st Lieutenant John Avery
2nd Lieutenant Alexander Lacy

References[edit]

^ "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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