3rd Arkansas Infantry
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- July 5, 1861 - Organized
- June/July 1861 - Mustered into Confederate States Service for the war
- October 3, 1861 - Greenbriar River
- January 1862 - Romney Campaign
- June 25-July 1, 1862 - The Seven Days Battles
- June 30, 1862 - Malvern Cliff
- September 1862 - Cheat Mountain
- September 12-15, 1862 - Harpers Ferry
- September 17, 1862 -
Battle of Antietam, Maryland
- December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
- March-April 14, 1863 - Washington, North Carolina
- April-May 1863 - Suffolk Campaign
- July 1-3, 1863 -
Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- September 19-20, 1863 -
Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
- September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
- October 28-29, 1863 - Wauhatchie
- November 1863 - Siege of Knoxville
- May 5-6, 1864 -
Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia
- May 8-21, 1864 -
Battles of Spotsylvania, Virginia
- May 23-26, 1864 - North Anna River
- June 1-3, 1864 -
Battles of Cold Harbor, Virginia
- June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
- September 29, 1864 - 3rd New Market Heights
- September 29, 1864 - Chaffin's Farm
- September 29-30, 1864 - Fort Gilmer
- April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
- Surrendered
DESIGNATIONS
- Army of the Northwest (July 1861)
- Army of the Northwest / Jackson's Brigade (September-October 1861)
- Army of the Northwest / Taliaferro's Brigade (November 1861-February 1862)
- Department of Northern Virginia / Aquia District / Walker's Brigade (February-March 1862)
- Department of North Carolina / Walker's Brigade (March-August 1862)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Walker's/Ransom's Division / Walker's/Cook's Brigade (September-November 1862)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Hood's Division / Texas Brigade (November 1862-February 1863)
- Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / Hood's Division / Texas Brigade (February-April 1863)
- Department of Southern Virginia / Hood's Division / Texas Brigade (April-May 1863)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Hood's Division / Texas Brigade (May-September 1863)
- Army of Tennessee / Longstreet's Corps / Hood's Division / Texas Brigade (September-November 1863)
- Department of East Tennessee / Hood's/Field's Division / Texas Brigade (November 1863-April 1864)
- Army of Northern Virginia / Field's Division / Texas Brigade (April 1864-April 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Albert Rust (Colonel)
- Seth M. Barton (Lieutenant Colonel)
- J. Hickson Capers (Major)
- Vannoy H. Manning (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
- John W. Ready (Major)
- Samuel W. Smith (Major)
- Robert S. Taylor (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
- William H. Tebbs (Lieutenant Colonel)
- William K. Wilkins (Major)
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Legacy
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Notes
Sources
- Collier, Calvin L., "They Do to Tie To!": The Story of the Third Regiment, Arkansas Infantry, C.S.A.
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Florida and Arkansas. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 73-74)