# 3rd Missouri Cavalry Regiment (Union)

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

## Timeline

    The 3rd Missouri Cavalry Regiment was recruited and organized at Palmyra, Missouri, under the lead of John M. Glover. Recruitment commenced on June 1, 1861.
   * December 1861: Began its duty in Southeast Missouri and District of Rolla. Began under command of General Benjamin Prentiss and Colonel John McNeil. Action near Hallsville, Missouri
   * December 27, 1861: Battle of Mount Zion Church
   * December 28, 1861: Inman's Hollow
   * July 7, 1862: (Companies B, D, G, H). Mountain Store, Big Piney
   * July 25-2~, 1862: (Companies E, F). Scout and skirmish in Sinking Creek
   * August 4–11, 1862: (Detachment) Salem
   * August 9, 1862: Wayman's Mills and Spring Creek
   * August 23, 1862: Scout from Salem to Current River
   * August 24–28, 1862: (Company E). Beaver Creek, Texas County
   * November 24, 1862: Expedition from Rolla to Ozark Mountains
   * November 30-December 6, 1862: (Companies A, B) Ozark
   * December 2, 1862: (Companies A, B) Wood's Creek
   * January 11, 1863: Harteville, Wood's Fork
   * January 11, 1863: Batesville, Arkansas
   * February 4, 1863: Operations against Marmaduke
   * April 17-May 2, 1863: Castor River, near Bloomfield
   * April 29, 1863: Bloomfield
   * April 30, 1863: Coal Bluff, St. Francis River,
   * April 30-May 1, 1863: Advance upon Little Rock
   * July 1-September 10, 1863: Moved from Wittsburg to Clarendon
   * August 1–8, 1863: Near Bayou Metoe
   * August 26, 1863: Bayou Meto (or Reed's Bridge)
   * September 1–10, 1863: Bayou Fourche and capture of Little Rock
   * September 10, 1863: Brownsville
   * September 16, 1863: At Jacksonport, Arkansas
   * November 1863 to March 1864. Affair at Jackeonport
   * November 21, 1863: (Company E). Reconnoissance from Little Rock
   * December 5–13, 1863: Jacksonport
   * December 23, 1863: Scouts from Brownsville
   * January 17–19, 1864: Hot Springs
   * February 4, 1864: Steele's Expedition to Camden
   * March 23-May 3, 1864: Elkins' Ferry, Little Missouri River,
   * April 3–4, 1864: Mark's Mills
   * April 5, 1864: Little Missouri River
   * April 6, 1864: Prairie D'Ann
   * April 9–12, 1864: Camden
   * April 15–24, 1864: Mt. Elba Ferry
   * April 26, 1864: Princeton
   * April 29, 1864: Operations against Shelby north of Arkansas River,
   * May 18–31, 1864: At Little Rock till June, 1865. Benton Road, near Little Rock,
   * July 19, 1864: Benton
   * July 25, 1864: (Company C). Scatterville
   * July 28, 1864: (Detachment). Expedition from Little Rock to Little Red River
   * August 6–16, 1864: At Tannery, near Little Rock
   * September 2, 1864: (Detachment). Expedition from Little Rock to Fort Smith
   * September 25-October 13, 1864: (Detachment). Reconnaissance from Little Rock toward Monticello and Mt. Elba
   * October 4–11, 1864: Reconnaissance from Little Rock to Princeton
   * October 19–23, 1864: Princeton
   * October 23, 1864: Expedition from Little Rock to Saline River
   * November 17–18, 1864: (Detachment). Expedition from Little Rock to Benton
   * November 27–30, 1864: (Detachment).
    Mustered out June 14, 1865: (Company "M" at Headquarters Department of Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri, November 1862 to June 1863.)

## Casualties

The regiment lost 3 Officers and 37 Enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 Officer and 172 Enlisted men killed by disease. In total, 213 men were killed over the duration of service.

## Regimental Organization
### Headquarters

The Commander of the Regiment was Colonel John M. Glover from August 5, 1861, through March 13, 1864.

### Company A

* Commander: Captain James Howland
* Executive Officer: 1st Lieutenant B. Triplett

### Company B

This company was formed from Missouri men from Marion and Knox Counties.
* Commander: Captain John Yates
* Executive Officer: 2nd Lieutenant James J. Agnew

### Company C

Company C was mostly Illinois men. Company C sustained a greater percentage of losses as compared to the other companies of the Regiment.
* Commander: Captain Thomas G. Black

### Company D

Company D was composed of equal numbers of Missouri and Illinois men.
* Commander: Captain John H. Reed

### Company E

* Commander: Captain George D. Bradway
* Executive Officer: 1st Lieutenant Joseph Biggerstaff
* 2nd Lieutenant Nelson Young

### Company F

* Commander: Captain James Call
* Executive Officer: 1st Lieutenant Francis Wilcox
* B Q Master: 1st Lieutenant James. C. Agnew

### Company G

* Commander: Captain Willcox
* Executive Officer: 2nd Lieutenant George Felt

### Company H

* Commander: Captain A. N. Graham
* Executive Officer: 1st Lieutenant S. Graham

### Company I

* Commander: Captain John A. Lennon
* Captain Omer Kennen 3rd Regiment
* Executive Officer: 1st Lieutenant John Avery
* 2nd Lieutenant Alexander Lacy