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United States 3rd Infantry (Union)

Muster
  • Muster In Date:12/04/1861
  • Muster Out Date:26/05/1865
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 House27/05/186227/05/1862< 1 dayHanover County, Virginia
Gettysburg1/07/18633/07/18632 day(s)Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Antietam17/09/186217/09/1862< 1 daySharpsburg, Maryland
Fredericksburg13/12/186213/12/1862< 1 dayFredericksburg, Virginia
Seven Pines31/05/18621/06/18621 day(s)Henrico County, Virginia
Nashville15/12/186416/12/18641 day(s)Nashville, Tennessee
Spotsylvania Court House8/05/186421/05/186413 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Wilderness5/05/18647/05/18642 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia; Orange County, Virginia
Chancellorsville30/04/18636/05/18636 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Darbytown and New Market Roads7/10/18647/10/1864< 1 dayHenrico County, Virginia
Fort Wagner, South Carolina26/08/186326/08/1863< 1 dayFort Wagner, South Carolina

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