3RD REGIMENT ("Van Allen") CAVALRY, NEW YORK Copyright (c) 2000 by James Martin and Marilyn McKibbin Sigler (ismcs6933#flash.net). ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submittor has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ************************************************************************ 3RD REGIMENT ("Van Allen") CAVALRY Regiment organized by Companies as follows: "A" at Rochester July 17, "E" at Syracuse July 30, "C" at Rochester August 4th, "D" at Albany August 12, "E" at Elmira August 22, "F" at Rochester August 27th, "G" at Boonville August 21, "H" at Rochester August 27th, "K" organized as Company "G," 13th New York Infantry, at Elmira, N.Y., May 14th (attached August 23); "L" at Cincinatti, Ohio, September 13, 1861, and "M" at Albany September 10, 1862. Regiment organized at Meridian Hill, Washington, D.C., September 9, 1861. Attached to Banks' Division, Army of the Potomac (5 COS.), and Stone's Division, Army of the Potomac (6 COS.), to December, 1861. Stone's Corps of Observation to March, 1862. Defenses of Washington, D.C. till 1862. Unattached, 1863. Dept. of North Carolina, to May, 1862. Unattached, 1864. 18th Army Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to May, 1863. Cavalry Brigade, 18th Corps, to July, 1863. Defenses of New Berne, N.C. to Virginia and North Carolina to October 1st, Hickman Command, Newport News, VA., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to December, 1863. Hickman's Command, Portsmouth, VA., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to April, 1864. Ist Brigade, Kautz's Cavalry Division, Army of the James, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to December, 1864. Norfolk, VA., to january, 1865. Portsmouth,Virginia to March, 1865. Suffolk, Virginia to June, 1865. Norfolk, Virginia, to July, 1865. SERVICE Duty in the defenses of Washington, D.C., and on the Potomac till April, 1862. Operations on the Potomac October 21-24, 1861. Near Goose Creek and on Leesburg Road October 21. Ball's Bluff October 21. Near Edward's Ferry October 22. Bunker HILL, W. Virginia, March 5, 1862. Winchester, March 10th. Ordered to Dept. of North Carolina April 6. Haughton's Mills April 27th. Near Burnt Church May 7th. Reconnaissance toward Trenton May 15-16. Trenton Bridge May 15. Young's Cross Roads and Pollocksville May 15-16. Tranter's Creek May 30 (CO "I"). Greenville Road May 31. Tranter's Creek June 2, 5 and 24. (CO "I"). Swift Creek Bridge June 28 (Detachment). Tranter's Creek July 10th. Expedition to Trenton and Locksville July 24-28. Trenton and Pollocksville July 25. Mill Creek July 26 (CO "K"). Reconnoissance to Young's Cross Roads July 26- 29 (Detachment). Near Young's Cross Roads July 27th. Trenton and Kingston Road August 6. Reconnoissance to Swansboro August 14-15. Washington, N.C., September 6 (COS "D," "G," "H," "I," and "L"). Tranter's Creek Sept- ember 9. Washington October 5. Pingo Creek October 29. Expedition from NewBerne October 30th-November 12. Rawle's Mills November 2. Near Tarboro November 5th. Demonstration on NewBerne November 11. Core Creek November 18. Foster's expedition to Goldsboro December 11-12. Kingston December 11-12. Southwest Creed December 13-14. Whitehall Bridge December 16. Olive Station, Goshen Swamp and Whitehall December 16. Dudley Station, Thompson's Bridge and Goldsboro December 17th. Core Creek, January 8th, 1863. Reconnoissance to Pollocks- ville , Tranter's, Young's Cross Roads and Onslow January 17-21. Pollocksville and Northeast River January 17. Near Tranters January 18. Young's Cross Roads January 18-19. White Oak Creek January 18-19. Near Jacksonville January 20. Sandy Ridge and near Washington February 13. Near NewBerne February 27th. Expedition to Swann's Quarter (CO"F" and the rest unreadable). Near Fairfield March 3, (CO "F"). (Next line illegible). Near Fairfield and Swann's Quarter March 3-9 (CO "F"). Demonstration on Kingston March 6-8 (COS. "A," "E," and "H,"). Core Creek March 7. (COS. "A," "E," and "H"). Dover March 7 (CO "H"). Expedition to Matamuskeet Lake March 7-14 (CO "F"). Deep Gully, NewBerne, March 13-14 (Detachment). Siege of Washington March 30 to April 20 (CO "I"). White Forks April 3. Gum Swamp April 4. Swann's Quarter April 4. Rodman's Point April 4-5 (I CO). Near Dover, Cross Creek and Young's Cross Roads April 7. Little Swift Creek April 8. Blount's and Swift Creek April 9. Expedition to Swift Creek Village April 13-21. (Detachment). Near NewBerne April 15. Kings Mills April 16. Expedition towards Kingston April 16- 21 (CO "H"). Expedition to Little Washington April 17-19 (Detachment). Railroad crossing Core Creek, April 17-18. Big Swift Creek April 19. Sandy Ridge April 20 (CO "H"). Expedition towards Kingston April 27th – May 1 (Detachment). Wise's Cross Roads and Dover Road April 28. Near Core Creek April 29. Core Creek April 30. Evan's Mills May 5. Peletier's Mills May 5 (4 COS.). Stony Creek May 7 (4 COS.). Demonstration on Kingston May 20-23 (4 COS). Gum Swamp May 22 (4 COS). Bachelor's Creek May 23. Washington May 24. Tranter's Creek and Jacksonville, May 31-June 2. (blank) Scout to Core Creek June 17-18. Raid on Wilmington and Weldon Railroad July 3-7 (Detachment). Trenton July 3. Hallsville July 4. Warsaw and Kennensville July 5. Tar River Expedition July 18-24. Swift Creek July 18. Near Greenville July 19. Tarboro and Rocky Mount Station July 20. Sparta July 20. Hookerstown July 21. Swift Creek and Street's Ferry July 22. Scupperton July 22. Pollocksville July 26. Near New Berne October 7. Camden Court House and Dismal Swamp November 3. Operations about New Berne against Whiting January 18-February 4, 1864. Wistar's Expedition toward Richmond February 6-8, 1864. Bottom's Bridge and Baltimore Cross Roads February 7. Kautz's Raid against Petersburg and Weldon Railroad May 5-11. Wall's Bridge May 5. Stony Creek Station, Weldon Rail- road, May 7. Nottaway Railroad Bridge May 8. White's Bridge, Nottaway River, May 8-9. Kautz's Raid on Richmond and Danville Railroad May 12-17. Flat Creek Bridge, near Chula Depot, May 30. Baylor's Farm June 15. Assaults on Petersburg and Richmond June 16-December 1, 1864. Wilson's Raid on South Side and Danville Railroad June 22-30. Roanoke Bridge June 25. Sappony Church or Stony Creek June 28. Ream's Station June 29. Deep Bottom July 27-29. Malvern Hill August 1. Yellow Tavern August 19-21. Ream's Station August 23-25. Lee's Mills August 31. Re- connoissance to Sycamore Church September 5-6. Prince George Court House September 16. Jerusalem Plank Road and Sycamore Church September 16. Prince George Court House September 22. Chaffin's Farm Sept- ember 28-30. Charles City Cross Roads October Darbytown Road October 7 and 13. Johnson's Farm and Newmarket Road October 7. Chaffin's Farm October 8. Charles City Cross Roads October 20. Fair Oaks October 27-28. Charles City Cross Roads November 1. Darbytown Road November 15. Moved to Norfolk, Virginia, December, and duty there until January, 1865. Operations about Broadwater Ferry, Chowan river, December 11-19. Duty at Suffolk, Portsmouth and Norfolk till July. Scout to South Quay january 2, 1865 (COS. "A," "B," "C," "H," and "L"). Expedition to Murfree's Depot, N.C., March 10-11. South Quay March 11. Consolidated with 1st New York Mounted Rifles July 21, 1865 to form 4th Regiment Provi- sional Cavalry. Regiment lost during service 3 officers and 45 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and I officer and 150 enlisted men by disease. Total 199. SIGLER, William H. Age 25 years. Enlisted August 16, 1862, at Brockport; mustered in as private, Company M, September 10, 1862, to serve three years; mustered out June 7, 1865 at Norfolk, Virginia. Above from Dyer, Frederick H. "A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion." Vol.2. Dayton, OJ: Morningside, 1979.Ref. Our names are James Martin and Marilyn McKibbin Sigler and our E-Mail address ismcs6933@flash.net.