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.
Action at Nineveh
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The Action at Nineveh was a cavalry action that occurred on November 12, 1864, during the American Civil War. A Union cavalry division led by Brigadier General William H. Powell defeated a Confederate
3rd West Virginia Cavalry Regiment
…listed for the 3rd West Virginia Cavalry, and only three for the Second Brigade. On November 12 Powell's Division fought Confederate cavalry in the Action at Nineveh. This confrontation was classified as an "action", instead of a battle, in Frederick H. Dyer's A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Capehart…
J. McCausland