Kentucky 3rd Volunteer Cavalry (Union)
1861-12-13
Organized - Kentucky 3rd Volunteer Cavalry - Kentucky
1861-12-28
Battle - Forrest's First Fight (Sacarament, KY) - Sacramento, Kentucky, Kentucky
Mollie Morehead, a southern sympathizer informed Nathan Bedford Forrest that Union troops led by Major Eli H Murray were nearby watering their horses and Forrest surprised the Yankees easily defeating them. in a skirmish known as "Forrest's First FIght."READ MORE
1862-04-06
Battle - Shiloh - Hardin County, Tennessee
1862-04-29
Battle - Siege of Corinth - Corinth, Mississippi
Union forces had captured the railroad junction and important transportation center at Corinth, Mississippi in the spring of 1862 after their victory at Shiloh. After the Battle of Iuka in September, Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's Confederate Army of the West marched to Ripley, Mississippi where it joined Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn's Army of West Tennessee. Van Dorn took command of the combined force numbering about 22,000 men. The Rebels marched southeast toward Corinth, hoping to recapture it and then sweep int…READ MORE
1862-10-08
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Eli Houston Murray
ColonelEli Houston Murray
1862-10-08
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Edward Moody McCook, and undefined k-2 w-4 m-4 = 10
1862-10-08
Battle - Perryville - Perryville, Kentucky
On October 7, 1862, Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell's Army of the Ohio, in pursuit of Gen Braxton Bragg's Army of Mississippi, approached the crossroads town of Perryville, Kentucky. Union forces skirmished with Confederates on the Springfield Pike before heavy fighting began on Peters Hill. The next day, fighting continued as a Union division advanced up the pike. After noon, a Confederate division struck the Union left flank and forced it to fall back. When more Confederates joined the fray, the Union line ma…READ MORE
1862-12-31
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Eli H. Murray
ColonelEli H. Murray
1862-12-31
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Robert H.G. Minty
ColonelRobert H.G. Minty
1862-12-31
Leadership Change - Division - Colonel John Kennett
ColonelJohn Kennett
1862-12-31
Battle - Stones River - Murfreesboro, Tennessee
After his October 1862 defeat at Perryville in Kentucky, Gen. Braxton Bragg withdrew his army into middle Tennessee and resupplied his men near Murfreesboro.READ MORE
1864-05-13
Battle - Resaca - Gordon County, Georgia; Whitfield County, Georgia
Following his withdrawal from Rocky Face Ridge, the first battle in Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's campaign against Atlanta, Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston established a four-mile defensive position protecting the Western & Atlantic Railroad west and north of Resaca, where the railroad crossed the Oostanaula River. On May 13th, Sherman tested the Rebel lines, sending forward divisions to skirmish with the Confederates, with little substantive result. On the 14th, the fighting erupted into a full-…READ MORE
1864-06-27
Battle - Kennesaw Mountain - Cobb County, Georgia
Fearing envelopment northwest of Atlanta, Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston withdrew his army to a new defensive position astride Kennesaw Mountain near Marietta. Johnston selected this position in order to protect the Western & Atlantic Railroad, his supply link to Atlanta. Prior to taking up this new line on June 19th, Johnston had pioneers working through the night digging trenches and erecting fortifications, turning Kennesaw into a formidable earthen fortress. Having defeated Lieut. Gen. John…READ MORE
1864-07-22
Battle - Atlanta - Fulton County, Georgia; DeKalb County, Georgia
Despite the defeat at Peach Tree Creek, Confederate Lieut. Gen. John Bell Hood still had hopes of driving Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's Yankees from the outskirts of Atlanta with an offensive blow. On the night of July 21, 1864, Hood ordered Lt. Gen. William J. Hardee's corps to make 15-mile night march and assault the Union left flank east of the city, held by Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson's Army of the Tennessee. Joining the attack with Hardee would be the corps of Maj. Gen. Benjamin Cheatham. Hood attac…READ MORE
1864-08-31
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Eli Murray
ColonelEli Murray
1864-08-31
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Judson Kilpatrick
Brigadier GeneralJudson Kilpatrick
1864-08-31
Battle - Jonesborough - Clayton County, Georgia
By late August 1865, the city of Atlanta was not yet subdued by Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's armies. A few supply lines remained open to the city supporting the army of Lieut. Gen. John B. Hood encircled there. Union cavalry raids inflicted only superficial damage, quickly repaired by the Confederates. Sherman determined that if he could destroy the Macon & Western and Atlanta & West Point Railroads to the south the Rebel army would be forced to evacuate the city. On August 25, Union infantry beg…READ MORE
1864-11-28
Battle - Buckhead Church, Georgia
1865-03-19
Leadership Change - Division - undefined Bvt MG Judson Kilpatrick
1865-03-19
Battle - Bentonville - Bentonville, North Carolina
After his march to the sea, Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman headed north in early 1865 to unite with Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's army in Virginia. Only Confederate Gen. Joseph Johnston's army stood between Sherman and Grant. After briefly blocking Sherman's advance at Averasboro, North Carolina on March 16, Johnston struck Maj. Gen. Henry Slocum's wing of Sherman's army near Bentonville on March 19. The Confederates ran into stiff resistance, as Slocum established a defensive position. Johnston's assaults con…READ MORE
1865-04-12
Battle - Raleigh, North Carolina
1865-07-15
Mustered Out - Kentucky 3rd Volunteer Cavalry - Kentucky
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