3rd Louisiana Cavalry Regiment
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|dates = January 1863 – 26 May 1865
|country = {{Flag|Confederate States of America}}
|allegiance = {{Flag|Confederate States of America}}, {{Flagicon image|Flag of Louisiana (February 1861).svg}} Louisiana
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|branch = {{army|CSA}}
|type = Cavalry
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|notable_commanders= Isaac F. Harrison
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- American Civil War
- Battle of Choctaw Bayou (1863)
- Battle of Milliken's Bend (1863)
- {{tree list/final branch}}Red River campaign (1864)
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The 3rd Louisiana Cavalry Regiment was a unit of mounted volunteers recruited in Louisiana that fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The seven-company 15th Louisiana Cavalry Battalion was formed in January 1863 by Isaac F. Harrison.
Timeline of Work
At Choctaw Bayou and other places, the battalion tried but failed to stop the army of Major General Ulysses S. Grant from moving down the Mississippi River in April 1863.
Elements of the battalion fought at Milliken's Bend and raided Union camps in June 1863.
It was augmented by three additional companies in November 1863 to form a regiment.{{sfn|Bergeron|1989|pp=62–63}}
The unit served for the entire war west of the Mississippi River in the Trans-Mississippi Department.
The regiment fought in the Red River campaign in spring 1864.
The regiment resisted minor Union raids in the Alexandria and Monroe areas before formally surrendering on 26 May 1865.{{sfn|Bergeron|1989|p=44}}
Notes
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References
- {{cite book|last=Bergeron |first=Arthur W. Jr. |title=Guide to Louisiana Confederate Military Units 1861-1865 |year=1989 |publisher=Louisiana State University Press |location=Baton Rouge, La. |isbn=0-8071-2102-9 }}
- {{cite book|last=Boatner |first=Mark M. III |authorlink=Mark M. Boatner III |title=The Civil War Dictionary |year=1959 |publisher=David McKay Company Inc. |location=New York, N.Y. |isbn= 0-679-50013-8 }}
- {{cite book|last=Oates |first=Stephen B. |author-link=Stephen B. Oates |title=Confederate Cavalry West of the River |year=1994 |orig-year=1961 |publisher=University of Texas Press |location=Austin, Tex. |isbn=0-292-71152-2 }}
- {{cite book|last=Winters |first=John D. |title=The Civil War in Louisiana |year=1987 |orig-year=1963 |publisher=Louisiana State University Press |location=Baton Rouge |isbn=0-8071-0834-0 }}
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