Ohio 3rd Volunteer Cavalry (Union)
11/12/1861
Organized - Ohio 3rd Volunteer Cavalry - Ohio
04/10/1862
Battle - Bardstown, Kentucky
18/10/1862
Battle - Lexington, Kentucky
31/12/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Douglas A. Murray
Lieutenant ColonelDouglas A. Murray
31/12/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Lewis Zahm
ColonelLewis Zahm
31/12/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Colonel John Kennett
ColonelJohn Kennett
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 - 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
19/09/1863
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Charles B. Seidel
Lieutenant ColonelCharles B. Seidel
19/09/1863
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Eli Long
ColonelEli Long
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
07/10/1863
Battle - Farmington - Farmington, Tennessee
The Battle of Farmington, Tennessee was fought October 7, 1863 in Farmington, Marshall County, Tennessee as part of Confederate Major General Joseph Wheeler's October 1863 Raid in the American Civil War. The battle was fought as Wheeler was retreating back to the Confederate lines. Following a Union cavalry charge, the Confederates were routed, with an entire regiment deserting.READ MORE
02/12/1863
Battle - Philadelphia, Tennessee
23/02/1864
Battle - Dalton, Georgia
29/05/1864
Battle - Moulton, Alabama
31/08/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Beroth Bullard Eggleston
ColonelBeroth Bullard Eggleston
31/08/1864
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Kenner Garrard
Brigadier GeneralKenner Garrard
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
02/04/1865
Battle - Selma - Selma, Alabama
The war was almost over when Union troops under the leadership of Gen. James H. Wilson and 13,500 cavalry and mounted infantry (the Raiders) invaded Alabama. Anticipating invasion, Selma prepared as best it could. But Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's highly outnumbered 2,000 men, consisting of mostly old men and boys, could not hold Wilson's Raiders. The people of Selma were doomed even before the battle started on April 2, 1865. Selma has the largest historic district in Alabama, and it is the second-old…READ MORE
16/04/1865
Battle - Columbus - Columbus, Georgia
04/08/1865
Mustered Out - Ohio 3rd Volunteer Cavalry - Ohio
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