3rd Regiment, Confederate Infantry

HISTORICAL NOTES:
3rd Infantry Regiment was organized in January, 1862, by consolidating the 19th (Marmaduke's) Arkansas Regiment and the 1st Arkansas Battalion. The unit contained eight companies from Arkansas and two from Mississippi. It fought at Shiloh, Farmington, and Perryville, then was assigned to Wood's, L. E. Polk's, and Govan's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. From February, 1863, to April, 1864, it was united with the 5th (Smith's) Confederate Regiment. Active in many battles of the army from Murfreesboro to Atlanta, the unit continued the fight in Tennessee with Hood and ended the war in North Carolina. It reported 5 killed, 27 wounded, and 37 missing at Murfreesboro. The 3rd/5th sustained many casualties at Chickamauga and totaled 338 men and 232 arms in December, 1863. In July, 1864, the 3rd had only 62 men present for duty and only a handful surrendered on April 26, 1865.

The flag of the 3rd Confederate Infantry Regiment is in the Alabama State Archives. It was captured on September 1, 1864 by the 113th Ohio Volunteer Infantry at the Battle of Jonesboro, Georgia. OFFICERS:
Colonel John S. Marmaduke, and Lieutenant Colonels John F. Cameron, J. C. Cole, James B. Johnson, and Henry V. Keep. ASSIGNMENTS:
Assigned to Wood's, L. E. Polk's, and Govan's Brigade, Army of Tennessee SERVICE:

Shiloh

Farmington

Perryville

Mufreesboro

Woodsonville

Chickamauga

Ringgold Gap

The Atlanta Campaign

Jonesboro

The Carolina Campaign

ROSTER:
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Adams, Louis L. Diaries. Giles County Miscellaneous Records. TSLA. Nashville. (Note: Adams served in Co. “A” of this regiment, and also in Co. “K” of the 1st Tennessee Cavalry.)

Barber, Flavel C. Holding the Line: The Third Tennessee Infantry, 1861-1864. Edited by Robert H. Ferrell. Kent, OH: Kent University Press, [1994].

Deavenport, Thomas Hopkins. “The Wartime Diary of Reverend Thomas Hopkins Deavenport, Chaplain of Third Tennessee Regiment, CSA.” Journal of Confederate History 1 (Summer 1988): 35-48.

Goodspeed Publishing Co. “Confederate Military History.” In History of Tennessee, Vol. 1, 513-617. Nashville, TN: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1887. Reprint, Davenport, IA: Eastern Digital Resources, 1998.

Sloan, William Erskine. Diary. Confederate Collection. TSLA, Nashville. (Note: Sloan served with the 3rd Tennessee Infantry Regiment from the War’s beginning to 19 August 1862, after which he was attached to the 5th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment. His diary has accounts of the battles of Chickamauga and New Hope Church.)

Wilkes, John S. “Third Tennessee Infantry.” In The Military Annals of Tennessee. Confederate, compiled and edited by John Berrien Lindsley, 175-183. Nashville, TN: J. M. Lindsley & Co., 1886. Reprint, Davenport, IA: Eastern Digital Resources, 1998.

Williams, A. J. “Third Tennessee Regiment.” In Confederate History of Polk County, Tennessee 1860-1866, 11-17. Nashville, TN: McQuiddy Printing Co., 1923.

Yeary, Mamie, comp. “John S. Pickel.” In Reminiscences of the Boys in Gray 1861- 1865, 608-609. Dallas, TX: Smith & Lamar Publishing House M. E. Church, South, [1912].

-----------------“Frank Herron.” In Reminiscences of the Boys in Gray 1861- 1865, 329-331. Dallas, TX: Smith & Lamar Publishing House M. E. Church, South, [1912].