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Horses were unavailable, so the men followed Forrest on foot. The Kentucky troops that accompanied Forrest were divided into four brigades. The 3rd Kentucky Infantry was in the third brigade with the 7th Kentucky Infantry, and 8th Kentucky Infantry, commanded by Colonel A. P. Thompson. On March 15, 1864, Forrest moved north toward Paducah ...
The 3rd Kentucky Infantry was organized at Camp Dick Robinson and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on October 8, 1861, under the command of Colonel Thomas Elliott Bramlette. The regiment was attached to Thomas' Command to November 1861. 11th Brigade, Army of the Ohio , to December 1861.
The regiments that were part of the Orphan Brigade were the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 9th Kentucky Infantry Regiments.Units of the Orphan Brigade were involved in many military engagements in the American South during the war, including the Battle of Shiloh.
Lt R.A. Mizell of the "Southern Rifles" Company A 4th Georgia Infantry; resigned in 1864 after being wounded in the Battle of the Wilderness; joined Company "A" 2nd Kentucky Cavalry of John Hunt Morgan command Group of John Hunt "Morgan's Men" while prisoners of war in Western Penitentiary, Pennsylvania: (l to r) Captain William E. Curry, 8th Kentucky Cavalry; Lieutenant Andrew J. Church, 8th ...
The regiment then remained at Port Hudson, Louisiana, until August 20, 1862, when it and the 3rd Kentucky Infantry and 8th Kentucky Infantry became part of the Army of Tennessee. The 7th Kentucky Infantry were en route to Bragg at Tullahoma, Tennessee , when they were ordered to reinforce Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton in the defenses of Vicksburg ...
28th Kentucky Infantry Regiment; 30th Kentucky Mounted Infantry Regiment; 32nd Kentucky Infantry Regiment; 33rd Kentucky Infantry Regiment; 34th Kentucky Infantry Regiment; 35th Kentucky Infantry Regiment; 37th Kentucky Mounted Infantry Regiment; 39th Kentucky Infantry Regiment; 40th Kentucky Infantry Regiment; 41st Kentucky Infantry Regiment
3rd Kentucky Mounted Infantry; 7th Kentucky Mounted Infantry; 8th Kentucky Mounted Infantry; 12th Kentucky Cavalry; Huey's Kentucky Battalion; Jackson's Division BG William H. Jackson. Armstrong's Brigade BG Frank C. Armstrong. 1st Mississippi Cavalry; 2nd Mississippi Cavalry; 28th Mississippi Cavalry; Ballentine's Mississippi Regiment; Ross's ...
It was mustered in as the 3rd Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry under the command of Colonel Theophilus Toulmin Garrard. Another regiment was also mustered in as the 3rd Kentucky Infantry, so the designation was changed. Despite the change, members of the regiment continued to refer to it as the 3rd Kentucky Infantry (or "Old 3rd") well into ...