3rd Confederate States Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• January 31, 1862 - Organized by change of designation of (Marmaduke's) 18th Arkansas Infantry per Adjutant and Inspector General's Office / Special Order #25
  • ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
• April 6-7, 1862 - Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee
• April-June 1862 - Corinth Campaign
• April 23, 1862 - Re-organized with 8 companies
• October 8, 1862 - Battle of Perryville, Kentucky
• December 31, 1862-January 3, 1863 - Murfreesboro
• 1863/1864 - Field consolidation with the 5th Confederate States Infantry
• September 19-20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
• September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
• November 23-25, 1863 - Chattanooga
• November 26, 1863 - Ringgold Gap
• November 27, 1863 - Taylor's Ridge
• May-September 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
• May 25-June 5, 1864 - New Hope Church
• June 27, 1864 - Kennesaw Mountain
  • July-September 1864 - Atlanta Siege
  • July 22, 1864 - Atlanta
• August 31-September 1, 1864 - Jonesboro
• November 30, 1864 - Franklin
• December 15-16, 1864 - Nashville
• February-April 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
• March 19-21, 1865 - Bentonville
• April 9, 1865 - Consolidated at Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina with the following units:
  • 1st Arkansas Infantry
  • 2nd Arkansas Infantry
  • 5th Arkansas Infantry
  • 6th Arkansas Infantry
  • 7th Arkansas Infantry
  • 8th Arkansas Infantry
  • 13th Arkansas Infantry
  • 15th Arkansas Infantry
  • 24th Arkansas Infantry
  • Re-designated as the 1st (Consolidated) Arkansas Infantry (This unit designated as Company K)

DESIGNATIONS

• Department #2 / Central Army of Kentucky / Hardee's Division / Hindman's Brigade (January-March 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 3rd Corps / Hindman's Brigade (March-April 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 3rd Corps / Marmaduke's Brigade (April-July 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Left Wing / Buckner's Division / Wood's Brigade (August-November 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 2nd Corps / Buckner's Division / Wood's Brigade (November 1862)
• Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Buckner's/Cleburne's Division / Wood's Brigade (November 1862-January 1863)
• Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Cleburne's Division / Polk's Brigade (July-November 1863)
• Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Cleburne's Division / Polk's Brigade (November 1863-January 1864)
• Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Cleburne's Division / Govan's Brigade (April 1864-April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Jonathan S. Marmaduke (Colonel)
• John F. Cameron (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Franklin H. Clack (Lieutenant Colonel)
• James Cole (Lieutenant Colonel)
• James B. Johnson (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Henry V. Keep (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Florida and Arkansas. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Page 103)
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, the Confederate Units, and the Indian Units. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 183-184)