Portal:US Army Lineage and Honors/US 3rd Cavalry Regiment
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US 6th Cavalry Regiment Coat of Arms 
US 6th Cavalry Regiment Distinctive Unit Insignia
US 3rd Cavalry Regiment Coat of Arms 
US 3rd Cavalry Regiment Shoulder Sleeve Insignia 
US 3rd Cavalry Regiment Distinctive Unit Insignia
US 3rd Cavalry Regiment Lineage[edit]
First US 3rd Cavalry Regiment[edit]
- Constituted 4 May 1861 in the Regular Army as the 3d Cavalry
- Organized 18 June 1861 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Redesignated 3 August 1861 as the US 6th Cavalry Regiment.
Second US 3rd Cavalry Regiment[edit]
- Constituted 19 May 1846 in the Regular Army as the Regiment of Mounted Riflemen.
- Organized 12 October 1846 at Jefferson Barracks at St. Louis, Misssouri.
- Redesignated 3 August 1861 as 3rd Cavalry.
- Inactivated 15 July 1942 at Fort Benning, Georgia; personnel and equipment transferred to US 3rd Armored Regiment.
- Redesignated 18 January 1943 as 3rd Cavalry, Mechanized.
- Activated 15 March 1943 at Camp Gordon, Georgia
- Regiment broken up 3 November 1943 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and headquarters Troop, US 3rd Cavalry Group, Mechanized.