3rd Louisiana Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• May 11, 1861 - Organized with 8 companies at Camp Walker, New Orleans
  • May 11 - Mustered into Confederate Service
  • Later increased to 10 companies
• August 10, 1861 - Wilson's Creek
• March 7-8, 1862 - Pea Ridge
• April-June 1862 - Corinth Campaign
• May 9, 1862 - Farmington
• September 19, 1862 - Iuka
• October 3-4, 1862 - Corinth
• April 2-14, 1863 - vs. Greenville Expedition
• April 29-May 1, 1863 - Haynes' and Snyder's Bluffs
• May-July 1863 - Vicksburg Campaign
• May-July 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg
  • July 4, 1863 - Surrendered at Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi
  • Paroled there later that month
  • September 12, 1863 - Declared exchanged
• January 26, 1864 - Members of the regiment east of the Mississippi River were consolidated at Enterprise, Mississippi with similar portions of the:
  • 17th Louisiana Infantry
  • (Smith's/Higgins'/Patton's) 21st Louisiana Infantry
  • (Theard's/Herrick's) 22nd Louisiana Infantry
  • 26th Louisiana Infantry
  • 27th Louisiana Infantry
  • 29th Louisiana Infantry
  • 31st Louisiana Infantry
  • Re-designated as the 22nd (Consolidated) Louisiana Infantry / Company H
• July 1864 - Balance of the regiment reorganized at Pineville, Louisiana
• May 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General E.K. Smith, commanding the Trans-Mississippi Department

DESIGNATIONS

• Indian Territory / McCulloch's Brigade (May-September 1861)
• Department #2 / McCulloch's Brigade (September-December 1861)
• Department #2 / McCulloch's Division / Hébert's Brigade (December 1861-January 1862)
• Department #2 / Trans-Mississippi District / McCulloch's Division / Hébert's Brigade (January-March 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the West / Price's/Little's Division / Hébert's Brigade (March-October 1862)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of West Tennessee / Price's Corps / Bowen's Division / Hébert's Brigade (October 1862)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of West Tennessee / Price's Corps / Maury's Division / Hébert's Brigade (October-December 1862)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of North Mississippi / Price's Corps / Maury's Division / Hébert's Brigade (December 1862-January 1863)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District / Maury's/Forney's Division / Hébert's Brigade (January-April 1863)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Forney's Division / Hébert's Brigade (April-July 1863)
• Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Louisiana / Mouton's Division [at Alexandria] / Thomas' Brigade (November 1863)
• Trans-Mississippi Department / District of West Louisiana / Mouton's/Polignac's Division / Thomas' Brigade (July-September 1864)
• Trans-Mississippi Department / 1st Corps / 2nd (Polignac's) Division / 1st (Thomas') Louisiana Brigade (September 1864-May 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Louis Hébert (Colonel)
• Frank C. Armstrong (Colonel)
• Jerome B. Gilmore (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• Samuel M. Hyams (Sr.) (Lieutenant Colonel)
• David Pierson (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• John S. Richards (Major)
• Samuel D. Russell (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• William F. Tunnard (Major)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Tunnard, William F., A Southern Record: The History of the Third Regiment Louisiana Infantry
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Louisiana. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 71-72)
• Watson, William, Life in the Confederate Army