3rd Kentucky Infantry Regiment (Confederate)
| 3rd Kentucky Infantry Regiment | |
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| Active | July 1861 – May 6, 1865 |
| Country | Battle of Franklin |
The 3rd Kentucky Infantry Regiment was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It was part of the First Kentucky Brigade through August 1862.
Service
The 3rd Kentucky Infantry was organized in July 1861, at Camp Boone in Montgomery, Tennessee, under the command of Colonel Lloyd Tilghman.
At the
9th Kentucky Infantry. In a charge on the Union Army
lines, 174 men from the 3rd Kentucky Infantry were killed. All regimental officers were either killed or wounded.
The regiment remained at
Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton in the defenses of Vicksburg, Mississippi
.
By 1864, the regiment's strength was severely depleted. The 3rd Kentucky Infantry was ordered to report to General
Battle of Brice's Crossroads
. At some point in the campaign to Kentucky, the regiment was mounted, becoming the 3rd Kentucky Mounted Infantry.
The regiment participated in the
Battle of Franklin and surrendered on May 6, 1865, at Columbus, Mississippi
.
Commanders
- Colonel Lloyd Tilghman - promoted to brigadier general
- Colonel Albert P. Thompson
See also
- List of Kentucky Civil War Confederate units
- Kentucky in the Civil War
References
- Carvell, Frank R. Jr. The Kentucky Brave: A Study of the Activities of the 12th Tennessee Infantry, 22nd Tennessee Infantry, 3rd Kentucky Infantry and 7th Kentucky Infantry, 1861-1862 (Paducah, KY: S.B.C. Pub.), 1999.
- George, Henry. History of the 3d, 7th, 8th and 12th Kentucky C.S.A. (Louisville, KY: C. T. Dearing), 1911.
- Thompson, Edwin Porter. History of the First Kentucky Brigade (Cincinnati, OH: Caxton Pub. House), 1868.
- Thompson, Edwin Porter. History of the Orphan Brigade (Louisville, KY: L. N. Thompson), 1898.
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