3rd Iowa Cavalry Regiment

The 3rd Iowa Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

3rd Iowa Cavalry Regiment
Iowa state flag
Active	August 30, 1861, to August 9, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Cavalry
Engagements	Battle of Pea Ridge Siege of Vicksburg Battle of Brice's Crossroads Battle of Mine Creek Battle of Egypt Station Battle of Columbus

Service

The 3rd Iowa Cavalry was organized at Keokuk, Iowa and mustered in for three years of Federal service between August 30, 1861, and September 14, 1861.

The regiment was mustered out of Federal service on August 9, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

A total of 2,165 men served in the 3rd Iowa at one time or another during its existence.^[1] It suffered 5 officers and 79 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 4 officers and 230 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 318 fatalities.^[2]

Commanders

• Colonel Cyrus Bussey
• Colonel Henry C. Caldwell
• Colonel John Willock Noble^[3]

Other Notable People

• Charlotte Hatfield, who may have served with the 3rd Iowa Cavalry under an assumed name.
• John Pickler, United States Representative from South Dakota.
• Calvary M. Young, who captured a Confederate brigadier general in 1864, during Price's Raid into Missouri and Kansas.

See also

• List of Iowa Civil War Units
• Iowa in the American Civil War