3rd Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment


The 3rd Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry 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.
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.
The regiment was mustered out of service on March 15, 1866.

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