Maryland 3rd Volunteer Cavalry (Union)
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
08/08/1863
Organized - Maryland 3rd Volunteer Cavalry - Maryland
16/05/1864
Battle - Mansura - Mansura, Louisiana
18/05/1864
Battle - Yellow Bayou - Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
02/08/1864
Battle - Mobile Bay - Mobile Bay, Alabama
In the late summer of 1864, a Union combined Army-Navy force began operations to close Mobile Bay to blockade-running vessels from the port city of Mobile, Alabama. On August 3, infantry and cavalrymen under Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger landed on Dauphin Island and laid siege to Fort Gaines west of the main ship channel. Two days later, Rear Admiral David G. Farragut's fleet of eighteen ships, including four ironclad monitors, entered Mobile Bay and received devastating fire from both Fort Gaines and Fort Morg…READ MORE
27/03/1865
Battle - Spanish Fort - Baldwin, Alabama
07/09/1865
Mustered Out - Maryland 3rd Volunteer Cavalry - Maryland
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