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3rd Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry

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Country
  
United States

Branch
  
Cavalry

Allegiance
  
Union

Active
  
August 30, 1861 to August 9, 1865

Engagements
  
Battle of Pea Ridge Siege of Vicksburg Battle of Brice's Crossroads Battle of Mine Creek Battle of Columbus

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

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Service

The 3rd Iowa Cavalry was organized at Keokuk, Iowa and mustered in for three years of Federal service between August 30, 1861 and September 14, 1862.

The regiment was mustered out of Federal service on August 9, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

A total of 2,165 men served in the 3rd Iowa at one time or another during its existence. It suffered 5 officers and 79 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 4 officers and 230 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 318 fatalities.

Commanders

  • Colonel Cyrus Bussey
  • Colonel Henry C. Caldwell
  • Colonel John Willock Noble

    • Other Notable People

  • Charlotte Hatfield, may have served with the 3rd Iowa Cavalry under an assumed name
  • John Pickler, United States Representative from South Dakota

    • References

    3rd Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry Wikipedia
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