3rd Kentucky Infantry
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- July 5, 1861 - Organized at Camp Boone, Montgomery County, Tennessee
- September 20, 1861 - (I) Company F re-designated the 1st Kentucky Artillery Battery at Bowling Green, Kentucky
- April 6-7, 1862 - Shiloh
- April-June 1862 - Corinth Campaign
- May 15, 1862 - Companies L and M created by assignment of the:
- 12th Tennessee Infantry / Company E
- 22nd Tennessee Infantry / Company F
- Company N subsequently assigned
- May 18-July 27, 1862 - Vicksburg Bombardments
- August 5, 1862 - Baton Rouge
- December 5, 1862 - Coffeeville
- December 27-29, 1862 - Chickasaw Bayou
- April-July 1863 - Vicksburg Campaign
- May 16, 1863 - Champion Hill
- March 10, 1864 - Regiment mounted
- March 25, 1864 - Paducah
- February-March 1864 - Meridian Campaign
- April 12, 1864 - Fort Pillow
- June 10, 1864 - Brice's Cross Roads
- November 3-5, 1864 - Johnsonville
- November-December 1864 - Franklin-Nashville Campaign
- March 22-April 24, 1865 - Wilson's Raid
- May 4, 1865 - Surrendered at Meridian, Mississippi
DESIGNATIONS
- September-October 1861 - Department #2 / Central Geographical Division of Kentucky
- October 1861-February 1862 - Department #2 / Central Army of Kentucky / Buckner's Division / Kentucky Brigade
- February-March 1862 - Department #2 / Central Army of Kentucky / Reserve / Kentucky Brigade
- March-June 1862 - Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Reserve Corps / Kentucky Brigade
- June-July 1862 - Department #2 / District of the Mississippi / Breckinridge's Division / Kentucky Brigade
- July-August 1862 - Department #2 / District of the Mississippi / Breckinridge's Command / Ruggles' Division / Thompson's Brigade
- October 1862 - Department #2 / District of the Mississippi / Lovell's Division / Rust's Brigade
- October 1862-January 1863 - Army of the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 1st Corps / Tilghman's Division / Baldwin's Brigade
- October 1862-January 1863 - Army of the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 1st Corps / Tilghman's Division / Baldwin's Brigade
- January-February 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Loring's Division / Rust's Brigade
- March 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 3rd Military District / Rust's Brigade
- March-April 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 3rd Military District / Buford's Brigade
- April-May 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Loring's Division / Buford's Brigade
- May-July 1863 - Department of the West / Loring's Division / Buford's Brigade
- July 1863-January 1864 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Loring's Division / Buford's Brigade
- January-March 1864 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / Loring's Division / Buford's Brigade
- March-November 1864 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / Forrest's Cavalry Corps / Buford's Division / Thompson's/Crossland's/Lyon's/Crossland's Brigade
- November 1864-January 1865 - Army of Tennessee / Forrest's Cavalry Corps / Buford's Division / Crossland's Brigade
- March-May 1865 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / Forrest's Cavalry Corps / Crossland's Brigade
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Lloyd Tilghman (Colonel)
- Benjamin M. Anderson (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
- T.T. Barnett (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
- James H. Bowman (Major)
- Gustavus A.C. Holt (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- Alfred Johnston (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
- William P. Johnston (Major)
- Al. McGoodwin (Major)
- Albert P. Thompson (Major)
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Notes
Sources
- Davis, William C., The Orphan Brigade: The Kentucky Confederates Who Couldn't Go Home
- George, Henry, History of the Third, Seventh, Eighth, and Twelfth Kentucky, C.S.A.
- 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 5, 34-35)