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The 3rd Regiment, Kentucky Mounted Infantry was organized during July 1861, at Camp Boone, Tennessee. Many of the men had previous service in the Kentucky State Guard. During the spring of 1864 the regiment was mounted. It surrendered 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.
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. Unattached, London, Kentucky, Army of the Ohio, to March 1862. 15th Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Ohio, March 1862. 20th Brigade, 6th Division, Army of the Ohio, March 1862. 15th Brigade, 6th Division, Army of the Ohio, to September 1862. 15th Brigade, 6th Division, II Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Left Wing, XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, XXI Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to April 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, XXI Corps, to October 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, IV Corps, to January 1865.
The 3rd Kentucky Infantry mustered out of service at Louisville, Kentucky, by company beginning October 13, 1864, and ending January 10, 1865.
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