The 3rd Michigan Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 3rd Michigan Cavalry was organized at Grand Rapids, Michigan, between August 24 and November 28, 1861.

3rd Michigan Cavalry Regiment

Private James H. Robinson of Company B would later be awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery at a fight at Brownsville, Arkansas, on January 27, 1864.

3rd Michigan Cavalry Regiment

The regiment was mustered out of service on March 15, 1866.

3rd Michigan Cavalry Regiment

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 3 officers and 27 enlisted men killed in action or mortally wounded and 4 officers and 380 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 414 fatalities.

Commanders

Colonel John Kemp Mizner

See also

List of Michigan Civil War Units

Michigan in the American Civil War

Notes

References

The Civil War Archive

Cavalry

1865 disestablishments in Michigan

Military units and formations disestablished in 1865

1861 establishments in Michigan

Military units and formations established in 1861

Military units and formations disestablished in 1866