3rd Mississippi Infantry Regiment

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3rd Mississippi Infantry Regiment
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Regimental colors of the 3rd Mississippi Infantry
Active1861-1865
DisbandedApril 26, 1865
CountryFlag of the Confederate States of America (1865).svg  Confederate States of America
AllegianceFlag of Mississippi (1861-1865).svg  Mississippi
BranchBattle flag of the Confederate States of America.svg  Confederate States Army
Type Infantry
Size Regiment
Campaigns American Civil War

The 3rd Mississippi Infantry Regiment was a Confederate military unit from Mississippi. Composed of volunteers from the Mississippi Gulf Coast, the 3rd Regiment was initially assigned to coastal defense, before taking part in numerous campaigns of the Western theater of the American Civil War.

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History

The 3rd Regiment was organized in August 1861 at Bay St. Louis, originally for state service, composed of volunteer companies mostly from the Mississippi Gulf Coast region. [1] The 3rd was initially assigned to coastal defense under the command of Mississippi brigadier general Charles G. Dahlgren, although it was briefly sent to Columbus, Kentucky in November in response to a request for support from Confederate general Leonidas Polk, returning to the coast in January, 1862. [2] Union forces captured nearby Ship Island in December 1861 and used it as a base to raid the Gulf Coast and prepare for a campaign to capture New Orleans. On April 3, a Federal force supported by gunboats landed at Biloxi, leaving before the 3rd Mississippi could launch a serious counterattack. [3] The next day, Pass Christian was raided, and the 3rd Mississippi's regimental colors were captured from their abandoned camp by the 9th Connecticut. [2]

In May 1862 the regiment re-enlisted for the duration of the war, and was sent to Vicksburg to aid in the defense of the city. In early 1863, the 3rd was assigned to General Winfield S. Featherston's brigade, with a reported strength of 572 men. [4] The 3rd played a supporting role in the Battle of Champion Hill in May 1863. Featherston's brigade was outside the city's defensive lines, so the 3rd Regiment was not captured when the Vicksburg garrison surrendered on July 4. [2] The 3rd took part in the Meridian campaign opposing Union General William T. Sherman's march across Mississippi, and was then transferred to Georgia in 1864.

During the Atlanta Campaign, the 3rd Regiment fought at New Hope Church, Kennesaw Mountain, and Peachtree Creek before the city was captured by Union forces. In his after-action report describing the fighting at Kennesaw Mountain, General Featherston wrote that the "Third Mississippi Regiment acted with great coolness, courage, and determination". [5] The 3rd Mississippi then took part in the Franklin–Nashville campaign in the fall of 1864. Lieutenant Colonel Samuel M. Dyer was wounded during fierce fighting in the Battle of Franklin. [2] After the defeat at the Battle of Nashville, the 3rd retreated to Mississippi. Losses in the Atlanta and Tennessee campaigns had reduced the Regiment to only 71 men by December 1864. [4]

In the spring of 1865 the regiment took part in the Carolinas Campaign, fighting in the Battle of Bentonville. Shortly before the Confederate surrender, the 3rd, 33rd, and 40th Mississippi Infantry regiments were consolidated into a single unit, called the 3rd Regiment. [2] This combined regiment surrendered in North Carolina on April 26, 1865.

Commanders

Commanders of the 3rd Mississippi Infantry: [2]

Organization

Soldier of Company B, 3rd Mississippi Infantry Unidentified soldier from Co. B (Sunflower Dispersers), 3rd Mississippi Infantry Regiment in uniform and kepi with letter "W" LCCN2014647480.jpg
Soldier of Company B, 3rd Mississippi Infantry

Companies of the 3rd Mississippi Infantry : [2]


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References

  1. ↑ "Petition from J. B. Deason et. al. to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; December 11, 1861". The Civil War and Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rowland, Dunbar. (1908). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi, Volume 2. Mississippi Department of Archives and History. pp. 533–540.
  3. ↑ United States War Department (1895). The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume 6, Serial 6. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. p. 502.
  4. 1 2 "Battle Unit Details 3rd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry". US National Park Service. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  5. ↑ United States War Department (1895). The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume 38, Serial 74. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. p. 879.
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