3rd Florida Infantry Regiment

3rd Florida Infantry Regiment
3rd Florida Infantry Regiment
	Flag of Company B, 3rd Florida Infantry, nicknamed the St. Augustine Blues
Active	August 10, 1861 – April 9, 1865
Country	Confederate States of America
Allegiance	Confederate Florida ; Confederate States of America
Branch	Confederate States Army
Type	Regiment
Role	Infantry
Size	1,236 Soldiers
Part of	Army of Tennessee
Engagements	American Civil War
Commanders
Colonel of; the Regiment	Col. William Scott Dilworth

Last updated November 13, 2024

The 3rd Florida Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that fought for the Confederacy in American Civil War. The regiment was formed in the summer of 1861 and served until it surrendered in 1865.

Organization

The 3rd Florida Infantry was formed near Pensacola, Florida, in July, 1861. Its companies were recruited in the counties of St. Johns, Hernando, Jefferson, Duval, Wakulla, Madison, Columbia, and Suwannee. In Company C, the average age of the eighty-seven enlisted men was twenty-five, with the youngest being fifteen and the oldest forty-four.^[1] The unit served along the coast at Talbot Island and Cedar Keys, then moved to Mobile. After fighting at Perryville it was assigned to Preston's, Stovall's, Finley's, J.A. Smith's Brigade, and during December, 1862, consolidated with the 1st Florida Infantry Regiment along with other units from Florida to become the Florida Brigade of the Army of Tennessee. It was organized with 950 officers and men, and the 1st and 3rd lost twenty-six percent of the 23 in action at Chickamauga. In December, 1863, this command totaled 240 men and 119 arms, but only a remnant surrendered in April, 1865. The field officers were Colonel William S. Dilworth; Lieutenant Colonels Lucius A. Church, Elisha Mashburn, and Arthur J.T. Wright; and Major John L. Phillips.

Companies

Company	County	Nickname	Commander	Number of Soldiers
F&S			Col. William S. Dilworth	20
A	Duval	Jacksonville Light Infantry	Capt. Holmes Steele	118
B	Saint Johns	Saint Augustine Blues	Capt. John Lott Philips	124
C	Hernando	Hernando Guards (Wildcats)	Capt. Walter Terry Saxon	112
D	Wakulla	Wakulla Guards	Capt. Daniel L. Frierson	103
E	Jefferson	Jefferson Beauragards	Capt. Daniel E. Bird	123
F	Duval	Cow Boys	Capt. Lucius A. Hardee	111
G	Madison	Madison Grey Eagles	Capt. Thomas Langford	165
H	Jefferson	Jefferson Rifles	Capt. William Girardeau	132
I	Columbia	Dixie Stars	Capt. Jesse B. Wood	91
K	Columbia & Suwanee	Columbia & Suwanee Guards	Capt. William Parker	107

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Service history

Much of the unit was armed with the Enfield rifle, which were supplied to the regiment late in March 1862. Around the same time, a portion of the regiment defeated a small U.S. naval force that was attempting to land near New Smyrna. Sometime in late-April, early-May 1862, the regiment was gifted a new battle-flag made by a group of women from Jefferson County. The flag had the motto “We Yield But in Death.” The regiment adopted a stuffed wildcat as their mascot, which traveled with its owners; Company C, who were dubbed “The Hernando Wildcats.”^[3]

The 1st and 3rd were engaged at Murfreesboro and Jackson, then participated in the campaigns of the Army of Tennessee from Chickamauga to Bentonville.

Engagements and Battles

1862

New Smyrna (Companies E & H were involved)
Skirmish of the Brick Church
Kentucky Campaign
- Battle of Perryville

1863

Battle of Murfreesboro
Vicksburg Campaign
- Siege of Jackson
Battle of Chickamauga
Battles for Chattanooga

1864

1865

Carolinas Campaign
- Battle of Bentonville

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References

↑ Sheppard, Jonathan C. (2004). Everyday Soldiers: The Florida Brigade of the West, 1861-1862 (Masters of Arts, History thesis). Florida State University Libraries.
↑ "Home". civilwarmicrofilm.com.
↑ Coles, David J. (1988). Fretwell, Jacqueline K. (ed.). Civil War times in St. Augustine. Port Salerno, Fla.: Florida Classics Library. pp. 78–79. ISBN 0912451238.

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[1] Sheppard, Jonathan C. (2004). Everyday Soldiers: The Florida Brigade of the West, 1861-1862 (Masters of Arts, History thesis). Florida State University Libraries.

[2] "Home". civilwarmicrofilm.com.

[3] Coles, David J. (1988). Fretwell, Jacqueline K. (ed.). Civil War times in St. Augustine. Port Salerno, Fla.: Florida Classics Library. pp. 78–79. ISBN 0912451238.

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