3rd Texas Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• Summer 1861 - Organized
  • ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
• March-May 1864 - Red River Campaign
• March-May 1864 - Camden Expedition
• April 8, 1864 - Mansfield
• April 9, 1864 - Pleasant Hill
• April 30, 1864 - Jenkins' Ferry
• May 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General E.K. Smith, commanding Trans-Mississippi Department

DESIGNATIONS

• Department of Texas (September 1861-February 1862)
• Department of Texas / Eastern District of Texas (February-May 1862)
• Trans-Mississippi Department / Eastern District of Texas (May-August 1862)
• Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Texas (August-December 1862)
• Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona / District of Texas (December 1862-January 1863)
• Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona / Eastern Sub-District (January-March 1863)
• Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona / Scurry's Division (or Eastern Sub-District) / Luckett's Brigade (June 1863)
• Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona / Eastern Sub-District (June-November 1863)
• Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona / Eastern Sub-District / Luckett's Brigade (November-December 1863)
• Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona / Slaughter's Division (or Eastern Sub-District) / Luckett's Brigade (December 1863-March 1864)
• Trans-Mississippi Department / District of West Louisiana / Scurry's Brigade (March-April 1864)
• Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Arkansas / Walker's Division / Scurry's Brigade (April-May 1864)
• Trans-Mississippi Department / District of West Louisiana / Walker's Division / Scurry's/Waterhouse's Brigade (May-September 1864)
• Trans-Mississippi Department / 1st Corps / 1st (Forney's) Texas Division / 2nd (Waterhouse's) Texas Brigade (September 1864-May 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Philip N. Luckett (Colonel)
• Augustus Buchel (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Edward F. Gray (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• John F. Kampmann (Major)

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Regiment Statistical Information

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Legacy

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Sources

• Chance, Joseph E., The Second Texas Infantry: From Shiloh to Vicksburg
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Texas. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 110-111)