Indiana 3rd Cavalry (Union)
22/08/1861
Organized - Indiana 3rd Cavalry - Indiana
29/04/1862
Battle - Siege of Corinth - Corinth, Mississippi
Union forces had captured the railroad junction and important transportation center at Corinth, Mississippi in the spring of 1862 after their victory at Shiloh. After the Battle of Iuka in September, Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's Confederate Army of the West marched to Ripley, Mississippi where it joined Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn's Army of West Tennessee. Van Dorn took command of the combined force numbering about 22,000 men. The Rebels marched southeast toward Corinth, hoping to recapture it and then sweep int…READ MORE
17/09/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Major George H. Chapman
MajorGeorge H. Chapman
17/09/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel John F. Farnsworth
ColonelJohn F. Farnsworth
17/09/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Alfred Pleasonton
Brigadier GeneralAlfred Pleasonton
31/12/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Major Robert Klein
MajorRobert Klein
31/12/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Richard W. Johnson
Brigadier GeneralRichard W. Johnson
31/12/1862
Battle - Stones River - Murfreesboro, Tennessee
After his October 1862 defeat at Perryville in Kentucky, Gen. Braxton Bragg withdrew his army into middle Tennessee and resupplied his men near Murfreesboro.READ MORE
10/04/1863
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Robert Klein
Lieutenant ColonelRobert Klein
10/04/1863
Leadership Change - Brigade - Lieutenant Colonel Oliver P. Robie
Lieutenant ColonelOliver P. Robie
10/04/1863
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General David S. Stanley
Brigadier GeneralDavid S. Stanley
10/04/1863
Battle - Franklin (1863) - Williamson County, Tennessee
The Battle of Franklin fought on April 10 1863, was a mere skirmish fought at the same location that the major Battle of Franklin would be fought in 1864.READ MORE
30/04/1863
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel George H. Chapman
ColonelGeorge H. Chapman
30/04/1863
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Benjamin F. Davis
ColonelBenjamin F. Davis
30/04/1863
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Alfred Pleasonton
Brigadier GeneralAlfred Pleasonton
30/04/1863
Battle - Chancellorsville - Spotsylvania County, Virginia
On April 27, 1863, Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker launched a turning movement designed to pry Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia out of its lines at Fredericksburg.READ MORE
09/06/1863
Leadership Change - Regiment - Major Charles Lemmon, and Major William S. McClure
MajorCharles Lemmon
MajorWilliam S. McClure
09/06/1863
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Benjamin F. Davis, and Major William S. McClure
ColonelBenjamin F. Davis
MajorWilliam S. McClure
09/06/1863
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General John Buford, and Colonel Thomas C. Devin
Brigadier GeneralJohn Buford
ColonelThomas C. Devin
09/06/1863
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Benjamin F. Davis
ColonelBenjamin F. Davis
09/06/1863
Battle - Brandy Station - Culpeper County, Virginia
> *As we emerged from the woods into an open space or field where our mounted skirmishers were deployed, it was clearly discovered that our troops were confronted with a heavy line of infantry, who, with weapons of a longer range than that of our carbines, were dismounting our men at a fearful rate, whilst they were unable to inflict any punishment upon the enemy. As Colonel Devin approached the skirmish line, he at once became the target for the Rebel sharp shooters and, the way the minnie balls were whiz…READ MORE
01/07/1863
Battle - Gettysburg - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
In the summer of 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee launched his second invasion of the Northern states. Lee sought to capitalize on recent Confederate victories and defeat the Union army on Northern soil, which he hoped would force the Lincoln administration to negotiate for peace. Lee also sought to take the war out of the ravaged Virginia farmland and gather supplies for his Army of Northern Virginia. Using the Shenandoah Valley as cover for his army, Lee was pursued first by Union Maj. Gen. Joseph Ho…READ MORE
19/09/1863
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Robert Klein
Lieutenant ColonelRobert Klein
19/09/1863
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Robert H. G. Minty
ColonelRobert H. G. Minty
19/09/1863
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General George Crook
Brigadier GeneralGeorge Crook
19/09/1863
Battle - Chickamauga - Catoosa County, Georgia; Walker County, Georgia
After the successful Tullahoma Campaign, Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans continued the Union offensive, aiming to force Gen. Braxton Bragg's Confederate army out of Chattanooga. Through a series of skillful marches towards the Confederate-held city, Rosecrans forced Bragg out of Chattanooga and into Georgia. Determined to reoccupy the city, Bragg followed the Federals north, brushing with Rosecrans' army at Davis' Cross Roads. While they marched on September 18th, his cavalry and infantry skirmished with Un…READ MORE
05/05/1864
Battle - Wilderness - Spotsylvania County, Virginia; Orange County, Virginia
The first battle between Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. Robert E. Lee erupted late in the morning of May 5, 1864, as Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren's Union V Corps attacked Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell's Second Corps on the Orange Turnpike southwest of the old Chancellorsville battlefield. Although Federal infantry managed to break through at several points, the Confederate line held. Fighting shifted to the south as Lt. Gen. A.P. Hill's Third Corps engaged Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock's II Corps and ele…READ MORE
08/05/1864
Battle - Spotsylvania Court House - Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Following the Battle of the Wilderness, Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant marched the Union army south with the hope of capturing Spotsylvania Court House and preventing Robert E. Lee's army from retreating further. Lee's Confederates, however, managed to get ahead of the Federals and block the road. Fighting began on May 8th, when the Union Fifth Corps under Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren and the Sixth Corps under Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick engaged Confederate Maj. Gen. Richard Anderson's First Corps at Laurel Hi…READ MORE
31/08/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Lieutenant Colonel Robert Klein
Lieutenant ColonelRobert Klein
31/08/1864
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Judson Kilpatrick
Brigadier GeneralJudson Kilpatrick
31/08/1864
Battle - Jonesborough - Clayton County, Georgia
By late August 1865, the city of Atlanta was not yet subdued by Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's armies. A few supply lines remained open to the city supporting the army of Lieut. Gen. John B. Hood encircled there. Union cavalry raids inflicted only superficial damage, quickly repaired by the Confederates. Sherman determined that if he could destroy the Macon & Western and Atlanta & West Point Railroads to the south the Rebel army would be forced to evacuate the city. On August 25, Union infantry beg…READ MORE
19/09/1864
Battle - Third Winchester - Frederick County, Virginia; Winchester, Virginia
To clear the Shenandoah River valley of Confederates, Maj. Gen. Phil Sheridan moved on Winchester in mid-September 1864. Sheridan's force of over 39,000 men was more than twice the size of Maj. Gen. Jubal Early's Confederate army defending the valley. After Brig. Gen. Joseph Kershaw's division left Winchester to rejoin Robert E. Lee's army at Petersburg, Early renewed his raids on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Martinsburg in the lower valley, dispersing his four remaining infantry divisions. On Septem…READ MORE
19/10/1864
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Benjamin F. Gilbert
LieutenantBenjamin F. Gilbert
19/10/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel William Wells
ColonelWilliam Wells
19/10/1864
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General George Armstrong Custer
Brigadier GeneralGeorge Armstrong Custer
19/10/1864
Battle - Cedar Creek - Frederick County, Virginia; Shenandoah County, Virginia; Warren County, Virginia
Also known as: Cedar Creek, Belle GroveREAD MORE
19/03/1865
Leadership Change - Division - undefined Bvt MG Judson Kilpatrick
19/03/1865
Battle - Bentonville - Bentonville, North Carolina
After his march to the sea, Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman headed north in early 1865 to unite with Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's army in Virginia. Only Confederate Gen. Joseph Johnston's army stood between Sherman and Grant. After briefly blocking Sherman's advance at Averasboro, North Carolina on March 16, Johnston struck Maj. Gen. Henry Slocum's wing of Sherman's army near Bentonville on March 19. The Confederates ran into stiff resistance, as Slocum established a defensive position. Johnston's assaults con…READ MORE
01/04/1865
Leadership Change - Brigade - undefined Bvt BG William Wells
01/04/1865
Leadership Change - Division - undefined Bvt MG George Armstrong Custer
01/04/1865
Battle - Five Forks - Five Forks, Virginia
The Union victory along the White Oak Road on March 31st threatened to destabilize the entire Confederate line west of Petersburg. General Robert E. Lee ordered Maj. Gen. George Pickett with his infantry division and the cavalry divisions of Col. Thomas Munford, Maj. Gen. W.H.F. Lee, and Maj. Gen Thomas Rosser to hold the vital crossroads of Five Forks, along the White Oak Road five miles west of the previous fighting there. Pickett's defensive line was not well constructed, and much of his cavalry force w…READ MORE
07/08/1865
Mustered Out - Indiana 3rd Cavalry - Indiana
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