3rd North Carolina Mounted Infantry

3rd North Carolina Mounted Infantry
Active	June 11, 1864, to August 8, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Mounted Infantry
Engagements	Raid on Camp Vance Battle of Bull's Gap Battle of Red Banks Stoneman's Raid (1864) Stoneman's Raid (1865)[1]

The 3rd North Carolina (Volunteer) Mounted Infantry (3rd NCMI) was an all-volunteer mounted infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was predominantly composed of Union Loyalists from North Carolina, but also included volunteers from Tennessee and several other states.

The 3rd NCMI, under the command of Colonel George Washington Kirk, became associated with unconventional and guerrilla-like tactics. Consequently, the regiment became known as Kirk's Raiders and the men were labeled bushwackers.^[2] The members of the regiment were also known as mountaineers because the majority of the men hailed from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina and East Tennessee.