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The 3rd Cavalry Regiment, formerly 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment ("Brave Rifles") [2] is a regiment of the United States Army currently stationed at Fort Cavazos, Texas.. The regiment has a history in the United States Army that dates back to 19 May 1846, when it was constituted in the Regular Army as the Regiment of Mounted Riflemen at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri.
The United States Army's 3rd Cavalry Division was created from the perceived need for additional cavalry units in the interwar period. The 3rd Cavalry Division was largely a "paper" formation existing from 1927 to 1940. Its units never assembled in a single location or conducted large scale training.
3rd Cavalry Regiment (Australia) 3rd Cavalry (India) 3rd Bengal Cavalry, of the Indian Army; 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry, of the East India Company; 3rd Madras Cavalry, of the East India Company; 3d Armored Cavalry Squadron (South Vietnam) 3rd Cavalry Regiment (United States) 3rd Arkansas Cavalry, a Confederate regiment of the American Civil War
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 3rd Texas Cavalry Regiment (Arizona Brigade) was a unit of mounted volunteers from Texas that fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.In May 1862, John R. Baylor received authority to organize five battalions of Partisan Rangers of six companies each.
In December 1948 the group was renamed Armored Cavalry Group "Gorizia Cavalleria". On 15 April 1950 the group was expanded to 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment "Gorizia Cavalleria". The regiment consisted of a command, a command squadron, and two squadrons groups. In October 1950 the regiment formed a third squadrons group.
The unit that became the 3rd Missouri Cavalry began recruiting after Brigadier General Martin E. Green requested division commander Major General Sterling Price to authorize Colonel Colton Greene and Lieutenant Colonel Leonidas C. Campbell to raise a regiment of partisan rangers in the Trans-Mississippi Department on 3 June 1862.
The 3rd USCC and three other cavalry regiments conducted operations in Issaqueena and Washington counties on 21–31 October 1864. [14] Only two Confederate partisans were killed, but Osband reported that the expedition took hostages and seized 50,000 board-feet of lumber, 20,000 bricks, 100 horses and mules, 300 sheep, and 50 cattle.