Michigan 3rd Volunteer Cavalry (Union)
24/08/1861
Organized - Michigan 3rd Volunteer Cavalry - Michigan
28/02/1862
Battle - Island Number Ten - New Madrid, Missouri; Lake County, Tennessee
In addition to prosecuting the coastal blockade and pursuing Confederate commerce raiders, the U.S. Navy's other main role in the Civil War, and arguably its most important one, was seizing and controlling the Mississippi River and its tributaries. In this effort, the main obstacle was not the tiny Confederate navy, but rather the formidable shore fortifications erected by the Confederates along the banks of the Tennessee, Cumberland and Mississippi Rivers. This war, therefore, was less often a matter of s…READ MORE
29/04/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Robert H.G. Minty
Lieutenant ColonelRobert H.G. Minty
29/04/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel John K. Mizner, and Colonel William P. Kellogg until 1 June
ColonelJohn K. Mizner
29/04/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Gordon Granger
Brigadier GeneralGordon Granger
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
03/05/1862
Battle - Farmington, Mississippi
28/06/1862
Battle - Blackland, Mississippi
13/09/1862
Battle - Iuka, Mississippi
19/09/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Lyman Wilcox
CaptainLyman Wilcox
19/09/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Colonel John K. Mizner
ColonelJohn K. Mizner
19/09/1862
Battle - Iuka - Tishomingo County, Mississippi
Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's Army of the West main column marched into Iuka, Mississippi, on September 14th. Price's superior, Gen. Braxton Bragg, had ordered Price to prevent Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans's Army of the Mississippi from moving into Tennessee and reinforcing Nashville. Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, commanding the Army of the Tennessee, feared that Price intended to go north to join Bragg. Grant devised a plan for his left wing commander, Maj. Gen. E.O.C. Ord, to advance on Iuka from the west;…READ MORE
03/10/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Lyman G. Willcox
CaptainLyman G. Willcox
03/10/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Albert L. Lee
ColonelAlbert L. Lee
03/10/1862
Battle - Battle of Corinth - Corinth, Mississippi
Not to be confused with Siege of Corinth. Also known as Second Battle of Corinth.READ MORE
29/11/1862
Battle - Holly Springs, Mississippi
05/12/1862
Battle - Coffeeville - Mississippi, Coffeeville
12/11/1863
Battle - Corinth, Mississippi
01/12/1863
Battle - Ripley, Mississippi
29/08/1864
Battle - Searcy, Arkansas
15/12/1864
Battle - Nashville - Nashville, Tennessee
Despite a series of defeats in the closing days of November, 1864, Confederate Lieut. Gen. John Bell Hood continued to drag his bloodied Army of Tennessee, approximately 30,000 strong, north towards Nashville. The city was protected by 55,000 Union soldiers, which should have precluded further offensive operations, but Hood was determined and his situation was dire. Hood reached Nashville on December 2nd and staked out a position south of the city, hoping to draw the Union forces into a costly attack. Ulys…READ MORE
15/03/1866
Mustered Out - Michigan 3rd Volunteer Cavalry - Michigan
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