CONFEDERATE KENTUCKY TROOPS
3rd Regiment, Kentucky Mounted Infantry
- Overview:
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3rd Infantry Regiment was organized during July 1861, at Camp Boone, Tennessee. Many
of the men had previous service in the Kentucky State Guard. The unit took an active part in the
Battle of Shiloh and
reported 174 casualties. Later it was assigned to Rust's and Buford's Brigade, Department of
Mississippi and East Louisiana. It lost 26 men at Baton Rouge then participated in
various conflicts around Vicksburg and Jackson. During the spring of 1864
the regiment was mounted and continued the fight by confronting the Federals in Mississippi,
Georgia, and Alabama. It was included in the surrender on May 4, 1865. The field officers were
Colonels Gustavus A.C. Holt, Albert P. Thompson, and Lloyd Tilghman; Lieutenant Colonels
Benjamin Anderson, T.T. Barnett, and Alfred Johnston; and Majors James H. Bowman, William
P. Johnston, and Al. McGoodwin.
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