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The 3rd Michigan Cavalry was organized at Grand Rapids, Michigan, between August 24 and November 28, 1861. Private James H. Robinson of Company B would later be awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery at a fight at Brownsville, Arkansas, on January 27, 1864. The regiment was mustered out of service on March 15, 1866.
The Michigan Cavalry Brigade was a brigade of volunteer cavalry during the latter half of the war. Composed primarily of the 1st, 5th, 6th and 7th Michigan Cavalry Regiments the Michigan Brigade fought in every major campaign of the Army of the Potomac from the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863 to the Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court ...
James H. Robinson (died July 26, 1864) was a Union Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the American Civil War.. A resident of Victor Township, Michigan, Robinson enlisted at the age of 18 in the 3rd Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, and was mustered in as a Private in Company B.
Units and formations of the Union army by state or territory from Michigan in the American Civil War. Pages in category "Units and formations of the Union army from Michigan" The following 69 pages are in this category, out of 69 total.
Cavalry Division Col John K. Mizner 2nd Iowa Cavalry: Col Edward Hatch; 3rd Michigan Cavalry: Cpt Lyman Wilcox; 7th Kansas Cavalry, Companies B and E: Cpt Frederick Swoyer; Unattached Jenks's Company, Illinois Cavalry: Cpt Albert Jenks; Western Sharpshooters-14th Missouri Volunteers, Companies D, F and K: Cpt Michael Piggot [3]
The Michigan Cavalry Brigade was created on December 12, 1862, at Washington, D.C. It originally consisted of the 5th, 6th and 7th Michigan Cavalry regiments, under the command of General Joseph T. Copeland.
The 2nd Michigan Cavalry joined a newly formed cavalry brigade in John Pope's Army of the Mississippi. At the Battle of Island Number Ten, Ltc. Seldon H. Gorham was acting as head of the regiment as Col. Gordon Granger was elevated to lead the brigade. The brigade consisted of two regiments, the 2nd Michigan and 3rd Michigan Cavalry.
Hugh Judson Kilpatrick (January 14, 1836 – December 4, 1881) was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, achieving the rank of brevet major general.He was later the United States Minister to Chile and an unsuccessful candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives.