Kentucky in the Civil War

The 3rd Kentucky Infantry was organized on July 5, 1861 at Camp Boone, Montgomery County, Tennessee. The first Company F became the 1st Artillery Battery at Bowling Green, Kentucky on September 20, 1862. Companies L and M were created by the assignment of Company E, 12th Tennessee Infantry and Company F, 22nd Tennessee Infantry on May 15, 1862. The regiment became Mounted on March 10, 1864. On May 4, 1865, the 3rd Kentucky Mounted Infantry surrendered at Meridian, Mississippi. During its term of service, the Regiment participated in the following known engagements:

Shiloh (April 6-7, 1862)	Paducah (March 25, 1864)
Corinth Campaign (April-June 1862)	Meridian Campaign (February-March 1864)
Vicksburg Bombardments	Fort Pillow (April 12, 1864)
(May 18 - July 27, 1862)	Brice's Crossroads (June 10, 1864)
Baton Rouge (August 5, 1862)	Johnsonville (November 3-5, 1864)
Coffeeville (December 5, 1862)	Franklin-Nashville Campaign
Chickasaw Bayou (December 27-29, 1862)	(November - December 1864)
Vicksburg Campaign (April-July 1863)	Wilson's Raid (March 22 - April 24, 1865)
Champion Hill (May 16, 1863)

The 3rd Kentucky Mounted Infantry, during it's term of service, was assigned to the following military Organizations:

Central Geographical Division of Kentucky Department #2
(September - October 1861)

Kentucky Brigade, Buckner's Division, Central Army of Kentucky, Department #2
(October 1861 - February 1862)

Kentucky Brigade, Reserve, Central Army of Kentucky, Department #2
(February 1862 - March 1862)

Kentucky Brigade, Reserve Corps, Army of the Mississippi, Department #2
(March 1862 - June 1862)

Kentucky Brigade, Breckinridge's Division, District of the Mississippi, Department #2 (June 1862 - July 1862)

Thompson's Brigade, Ruggles' Division, Breckinridge's Command, District of the Mississippi, Department #2 (July 1862 - August 1862)

Rust's Brigade, Lovell's Division, District of the Mississippi, Department #2
(October 1862)

Baldwins' Brigade, Tilghman's Division, 1st Corps, Army of the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana (October 1862 - January 1863)

Rust's Brigade, Loring's Division, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana
(January 1863 - February 1863)

Rust's Brigade, 3rd Military District, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana
(March 1863)

Buford's Brigade, 3rd Military District, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana
(March 1863 - April 1863)

Buford's Brigade, Loring's Division, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana
(April 1863 - May 1863)

Buford's Brigade, Loring's Division, Department of the West
(May 1863 - July 1863)

Buford's Brigade, Loring's Division, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana
(July 1863 - January 1864)

Buford's Brigade, Loring's Division, Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana (January 1864 - March 1864)

Thompson's-Crossland's-Lyon's Brigade, Buford's Division, Forrest's Cavalry Corps, Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana (March 1864 - November 1864)

Crossland's Brigade, Buford's Division, Forrest's Cavalry Corps, Army of Tennessee (November 1864 - January 1865)

Crossland's Brigade, Forrest's Cavalry Corps, Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana (March 1865 - May 1865)

Regimental Roster - Incomplete
The Men Who Served in the 3rd Kentucky Mounted Infantry


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