3rd Louisiana Infantry Battalion

Regimental History and Service Record

• June 16, 1861 - Organized with 8 companies at Camp Pulaski, near Amite
  • ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
• June 25-July 1, 1862 - The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
• June 26, 1862 - Beaver Dam Creek
• June 30, 1862 - Frayser's Farm [not engaged]
• July 24, 1862 - Increased to a regiment and re-designated as the 15th Louisiana Infantry
  • July 27, 1862 - 7th Louisiana Infantry Battalion / Companies B/C assigned to this consolidation

DESIGNATIONS

• Department of Norfolk (September 1861-March 1862)
• Department of North Carolina / J.R. Anderson's Brigade (April 1862)
• Department of Northern Virginia / J.R. Anderson's Brigade (April-May 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / A.P. Hill's Division / J.R. Anderson's Brigade (May-June 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / A.P. Hill's Division / J.R. Anderson's Brigade (June-July 1862)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Charles M. Bradford (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Edmund Pendleton (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• McGavock Goodwyn (Major)
• Robert A. Wilkinson (Major)

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Regiment Statistical Information

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Legacy

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Sources

• Jones, Terry L. Lee's Tigers: The Louisiana Infantry in the Army of Northern Virginia
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Louisiana. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 70, 80)