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United States 3rd Infantry (Union)

Muster
  • Muster In Date:12 Apr 1861
  • Muster Out Date:26 May 1865
Other
  • Aliases:
    • United States The Old Guard
    • United States Escort to the President
  • Leaders:
    • Brigadier General David B. Birney
    • Brigadier General George Sykes
    • Brigadier General John F. Miller
    • Brigadier General Romeyn B. Ayres
    • Captain A. Judson Clark
    • Captain George E. Randolph
    • Captain Henry W. Freedley
    • Captain John D. Wilkins
    • Captain John Edwards Jr.
    • Captain Josiah V. Meigs
    • Captain Richard G. Lay
    • Colonel Hannibal Day
    • Colonel Robert C. Buchanan
    • Lieutenant Edmund Pendleton
    • Lieutenant John G. Turnbull
    • Lieutenant Colonel Richard H. Jackson
    • Lieutenant Colonel Robert C. Buchanan
    • Major John J. Ely
    • Major General Alfred H. Terry
battles
Name
Start Date
End Date
Duration
Place
Hanover Court House27 May 186227 May 1862< 1 dayHanover County, Virginia
Gettysburg1 July 18633 July 18632 day(s)Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Antietam17 Sept 186217 Sept 1862< 1 daySharpsburg, Maryland
Fredericksburg13 Dec 186213 Dec 1862< 1 dayFredericksburg, Virginia
Seven Pines31 May 18621 June 18621 day(s)Henrico County, Virginia
Nashville15 Dec 186416 Dec 18641 day(s)Nashville, Tennessee
Spotsylvania Court House8 May 186421 May 186413 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Wilderness5 May 18647 May 18642 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia; Orange County, Virginia
Chancellorsville30 Apr 18636 May 18636 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Darbytown and New Market Roads7 Oct 18647 Oct 1864< 1 dayHenrico County, Virginia
Fort Wagner, South Carolina26 Aug 186326 Aug 1863< 1 dayFort Wagner, South Carolina

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