3rd Louisiana Native Guard Infantry Regiment

{{short description|Regiment in the Union Army}}

{{About|the Union regiment|the Confederate regiment|3rd Louisiana Infantry Regiment}}

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|dates= 1862–1865

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|battles=Siege of Port Hudson
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Battle of Mansura
Battle of Yellow Bayou

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|notable_commanders=Col John A. Nelson

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The 3rd Louisiana Regiment Native Guard Infantry was a regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.{{cite book | last = Dyer | first = Frederick Henry | title = Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories | publisher = T. Yoseloff | year = 1908 | location = New York | url = https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2001.05.0146%3Achapter%3D16%3Aregiment%3Dreg155 }}