The 3rd West Virginia Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Organization began in late 1861, but was not completed until late in the war.
D.H. Strother
August 1863: West Virginia, Virginia, and surrounding area
3rd West Virginia Cavalry monument at Gettysburg battlefield
The Union Army fled north.
The 2nd West Virginia Cavalry Regiment served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was organized in Parkersburg, Virginia during September 1861. Most of the original members of this reg
3rd West Virginia Cavalry Regiment
…was near full organization by the spring of 1864, and began fighting as a unit. It was often part of a brigade with the 1st West Virginia Cavalry and 2nd West Virginia Cavalry. Lieutenant Colonel David H. Strother was the regiment's commander until the second half of 1864, but Strother never led the regiment in the field…
Most of the original members of the 2nd Regiment of Loyal Virginia Volunteer Cavalry were from the Ohio counties along the border with Virginia.
George Crook
Confederate General William Loring planned to attack the Union force while Confederate Colonel Albert Jenkins cut off the Union path for retreat.
John J. Hoffman