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New Jersey 3rd Volunteer Cavalry (Union)

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Muster
  • Muster In Date:2 Dec 1863
  • Muster Out Date:1 Aug 1865
Other
  • Aliases:
    • New Jersey 36th Volunteer Infantry (Union)
  • Leaders:
    • Bvt MG George Armstrong Custer
    • Brigadier General George Armstrong Custer
    • Colonel Alexander C. M. Pennington
    • Colonel Alexander Cummings McWhorter Pennington Jr.
    • Colonel Andrew J. Morrison
    • Lieutenant Colonel Charles C. Suydam
    • Lieutenant Colonel William P. Robeson
battles
Name
Start Date
End Date
Duration
Place
Tom's Brook9 Oct 18649 Oct 1864< 1 dayShenandoah County, Virginia
Totopotomoy Creek28 May 186430 May 18642 day(s)Hanover County, Virginia
Crater30 July 186430 July 1864< 1 dayPetersburg, Virginia
Haw's Shop28 May 186428 May 1864< 1 dayHanover County, Virginia
Sailor's Creek6 Apr 18656 Apr 1865< 1 dayAmelia County, Virginia; Prince Edward County, Virginia; Nottoway County, Virginia
Fisher's Hill21 Sept 186422 Sept 18641 day(s)Shenandoah County, Virginia
Cold Harbor31 May 186412 June 186412 day(s)Hanover County; near Mechanicsville, Virginia
Third Winchester19 Sept 186419 Sept 1864< 1 dayFrederick County, Virginia; Winchester, Virginia
Five Forks1 Apr 18651 Apr 1865< 1 dayFive Forks, Virginia
Spotsylvania Court House8 May 186421 May 186413 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Appomattox Court House9 Apr 18659 Apr 1865< 1 dayAppomattox Court House, Virginia
Wilderness5 May 18647 May 18642 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia; Orange County, Virginia
Third Petersburg2 Apr 18652 Apr 1865< 1 dayDinwiddie County, Virginia; Petersburg, Virginia
Cedar Creek19 Oct 186419 Oct 1864< 1 dayFrederick County, Virginia; Shenandoah County, Virginia; Warren County, Virginia
Mount Jackson, Virginia22 Nov 186422 Nov 1864< 1 dayMount Jackson, Virginia
Winchester, Virginia17 Aug 186417 Aug 1864< 1 dayWinchester, Virginia

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