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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 cavalry brigade consisted of the cavalry regiments Regiment "Savoia Cavalleria" and Regiment "Lancieri di Novara", the 8th Bersaglieri Regiment, and the III Light Tank Group "San Giorgio". On 1 February 1938 the III Cavalry Brigade "Principe Amedeo Duca d'Aosta" was dissolved and its units came under direct command of the division. [1]
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 3rd Colorado Cavalry Regiment was a Union Army unit formed in the mid-1860s when increased traffic on the United States emigrant trails and settler encroachment resulted in numerous attacks against them by the Cheyenne and Arapaho.
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.
The 3rd Illinois Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It fought at such battles as Pea Ridge , Sherman's Yazoo campaign , the battle of Port Gibson , and the siege of Vicksburg .