3rd Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry The 3rd Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 3rd Tennessee Cavalry was organized at Murfreesboro and Nashville , Tennessee and mustered in for a three year enlistment on January 27 , 1863 under the command of Colonel William C . Pickens and saw action at the battle of Stones River before being officially mustered . The regiment was attached to 4th Division , Center , XIV Corps , Department of the Cumberland , November 1862 to January 1863 . Post of Nashville , Tennessee , Department of the Cumberland , to June 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Cavalry Division , Army of the Cumberland , to August 1863 . Post of Nashville , Tennessee , Department of the Cumberland , to January 1864 . 3rd Brigade , Cavalry Division , XVI Corps , Department of the Tennessee , to April 1864 . 1st Brigade , 4th Division , Cavalry Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to June 1864 . District of North Alabama , Department of the Cumberland , to October 1864 . 1st Brigade , 4th Division , Cavalry Corps , Military Division Mississippi , to November 1864 . 2nd Brigade , 6th Division , Cavalry Corps , Military Division Mississippi and District Middle Tennessee , to August 1865 . The 3rd Tennessee Cavalry mustered out of service at Nashville , Tennessee on August 3 , 1865 . Detailed service . Guard trains from Nashville to Murfreesboro , Tenn . , January 2 – 3 , 1863 . Battle of Stones River January 3 . Expedition to Franklin January 31 - February 13 . Middletown and Hover January 31 . Rover February 13 . At Camp Spear , Nashville , until June . Near Murfreesboro March 22 . Tullahoma Campaign June 23 - July 7 . Duty at Nashville until December 1863 . Operations about Dandridge and Mossy Creek December 24 – 28 . Expedition to Memphis , Tenn . , December 28 - January 4 , 1864 . Moved to Colliersville January 14 . Smith ' s Expedition to Okolona , Miss . , February 11 – 26 . Pontotoc February 17 . Okolona February 18 . Egypt Station February 19 . West Point February 20 – 21 . Ivy ' s Hill or Okolona February 22 . Near New Albany February 22 . Ordered to Nashville , Tenn . , February 27 , and duty there until June . Duty on line of Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad and in the District of North Alabama about Decatur , Ala . until September . Operations in District of North Alabama June 24 - August 20 . Scout in Morgan and Lawrence Counties July ( detachment ) . Expedition from Decatur to Courtland and Moulton and skirmish July 25 – 28 . Courtland July 28 . Summerville Road near Decatur August 6 ( detachment ) . Near Pond Springs August 9 . Expedition from Decatur to Moulton August 17 – 20 . Near Antioch Church August 18 – 19 . Florence September 10 . Operations against Forrest September 16 – 25 . Action at Athens September 23 – 24 ( detachment ) , captured . Action at Sulphur Branch Trestle September 25 with most of the regiment captured . Duty on Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad until December . At Decatur , Pulaski and Nashville . Joined Brigade at Nashville , Tenn . , December 13 . Battle of Nashville December 15 – 16 . On post duty at Nashville until August 1865 . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 546 men during service ; 2 officers and 8 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 4 officers and 532 enlisted men died of disease . Many of those captured at Sulphur Branch Trestle were sent to Cahawba Prison in Alabama and paroled in April 1865 . The parolees were then sent to Vicksburg , where they embarked on the ill - fated S . S . Sultana . Over 260 soldiers of the 3rd Tennessee died in the Sultana disaster on April 27 , 1865 . Their names are listed on the Sultana monument in Mount Olive Cemetery in Knox County , TN . " http : / / www . tngenweb . org / civilwar / cemeteries / sultana . html "