3rd Georgia Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• May 8, 1861 - Organized
  • May 1862 - Mustered into Confederate Service with 111 companies for 12 months
• August 5, 1861 - (I) Company I re-assigned to (Blodget's/Miller's) Georgia Regular Artillery Battery
• October 1, 1861 - Capture of the U.S.S. Fanny near Chicamacomico/Loggerhead Inlet [detachment]
• October 4, 1861 - Chicamacomico
• April 19, 1862 - South Mills
• May 31-June 1, 1862 - Seven Pines
• June 18, 1862 - Skirmish at Fair Oaks
• June 25-July 1, 1862 - The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
• June 25, 1862 - King's School House
• July 1, 1862 - Malvern Hill
• August 28-30, 1862 - 2nd Bull Run
• September 12-15, 1862 - Harpers Ferry
• September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland
• December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
• May 1-4, 1863 - Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
• July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• July 23, 1862 - Manassas Gap
• October 1863 - Bristoe Campaign
• November-December 1863 - Mine Run Campaign
• May 5-6, 1864 - The Wilderness
• May 8-21, 1864 - Battles of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
• May 22-26, 1864 - North Anna River
• June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
• June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
• July 30, 1864 - The Crater
• August 18-21, 1864 - Weldon Railroad
• February 5-7, 1865 - Hatcher's Run
• April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
  • Surrendered

DESIGNATIONS

• Department of Norfolk (May-November 1861)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Military District of Florida (November 1861-January 1862)
• Department of Middle and Eastern Florida (January-February 1862)
• Department of Norfolk / Blanchard's/Wright's Brigade (January-February 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / Huger's/R.H. Anderson's Division / Wright's Brigade (April-July 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / R.H. Anderson's Division / Wright's Brigade (July 1862-May 1863)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 3rd Corps / R.H. Anderson's/Mahone's Division / Wright's/Girardey's/Sorrel's Brigade (May 1863-April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Ambrose R. Wright (Colonel)
• John F. Jones (Major)
• George E. Hayes (Major)
• Augustus H. Lee (Major)
• Alexander B. Montgomery (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Reuben B. Nisbet (Lieutenant Colonel)
• James S. Reid (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Claiborne Snead (Lieutenant Colonel)
• John R. Sturges (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• Edward J. Walker (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)

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Regiment Statistical Information

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Legacy

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Sources

• Folsom, James Madison, Heroes and Martyrs of Georgia in the Revolution of 1861
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. South Carolina and Georgia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 181-182)