3rd Louisiana Infantry

== Regimental History and Service Record ==
* May 11, 1861 - Organized with 8 companies at Camp Walker, New Orleans
** May 11 - Mustered into Confederate Service
** Later increased to 10 companies
* August 10, 1861 - Wilson's Creek
* March 7-8, 1862 - Pea Ridge
* April-June 1862 - Corinth Campaign
* May 9, 1862 - Farmington
* September 19, 1862 - Iuka
* October 3-4, 1862 - Corinth
* April 2-14, 1863 - vs. Greenville Expedition
* April 29-May 1, 1863 - Haynes' and Snyder's Bluffs
* May-July 1863 - Vicksburg Campaign
* May-July 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg 
** July 4, 1863 - Surrendered at Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi
** Paroled there later that month
** September 12, 1863 - Declared exchanged
* January 26, 1864 - Members of the regiment east of the Mississippi River were consolidated at Enterprise, Mississippi with similar portions of the:
** 17th Louisiana Infantry
** (Smith's/Higgins'/Patton's) 21st Louisiana Infantry
** (Theard's/Herrick's) 22nd Louisiana Infantry
** 26th Louisiana Infantry
** 27th Louisiana Infantry
** 29th Louisiana Infantry
** 31st Louisiana Infantry
** Re-designated as the 22nd (Consolidated) Louisiana Infantry / Company H
* July 1864 - Balance of the regiment reorganized at Pineville, Louisiana
* May 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General E.K. Smith, commanding the Trans-Mississippi Department
DESIGNATIONS
* Indian Territory / McCulloch's Brigade (May-September 1861)
* Department #2 / McCulloch's Brigade (September-December 1861)
* Department #2 / McCulloch's Division / Hébert's Brigade (December 1861-January 1862)
* Department #2 / Trans-Mississippi District / McCulloch's Division / Hébert's Brigade (January-March 1862)
* Department #2 / Army of the West / Price's/Little's Division / Hébert's Brigade (March-October 1862)
* Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of West Tennessee / Price's Corps / Bowen's Division / Hébert's Brigade (October 1862)
* Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of West Tennessee / Price's Corps / Maury's Division / Hébert's Brigade (October-December 1862)
* Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of North Mississippi / Price's Corps / Maury's Division / Hébert's Brigade (December 1862-January 1863)
* Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District / Maury's/Forney's Division / Hébert's Brigade (January-April 1863)
* Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Forney's Division / Hébert's Brigade (April-July 1863)
* Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Louisiana / Mouton's Division [at Alexandria] / Thomas' Brigade (November 1863)
* Trans-Mississippi Department / District of West Louisiana / Mouton's/Polignac's Division / Thomas' Brigade (July-September 1864)
* Trans-Mississippi Department / 1st Corps / 2nd (Polignac's) Division / 1st (Thomas') Louisiana Brigade (September 1864-May 1865)
== Regimental Roster ==
* First Commander: Louis Hébert (Colonel)
* Frank C. Armstrong (Colonel)
* Jerome B. Gilmore (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
* Samuel M. Hyams (Sr.) (Lieutenant Colonel)
* David Pierson (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
* John S. Richards (Major)
* Samuel D. Russell (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
* William F. Tunnard (Major)
== Regiment Statistical Information ==
== Legacy ==
== Notes ==
== Sources == 
* Tunnard, William F., A Southern Record: The History of the Third Regiment Louisiana Infantry
* (Pages 71-72)
* Watson, William, Life in the Confederate Army
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