3rd Regiment
Georgia Volunteer Infantry
Rosters
3rd Infantry Regiment was assembled at Augusta, Georgia,
in April, 1861. Its companies were recruited in the counties of
Clarke, Burke, Dawson, Dade, Madison, Baldwin, and Oconee. This
regiment served in the Departments of Norfolk, North Carolina,
and Middle and Eastern Florida before being assigned to the Army
of Northern Virginia. Here it was under the command of General
A. R. Wright and after November, 1864, General Sorrell. It participated
in the difficult campaigns of the army from Seven Pines to Cold
Harbor, then was involved in the Petersburg siege north and south
of the James River and various conflicts around Appomattox. The
unit reported 25 killed, 110 wounded, and 22 missing at Malvern
Hill and had 10 killed and 129 wounded at Chancellorsville. It
lost more than fortyfive percent of the 441 engaged at Gettysburg,
and there were 75 casualties at Manassas Gap. The 3rd surrendered
in April, 1865, with 12 officers and 236 men. Its commanders were
Colonels Edward J. Walker and Ambrose R. Wright; Lieutenant Colonels
A. B. Montgomery, R. B. Nisbet, James S. Reid, and Claiborne Snead,
and Majors George E. Hayes, John F. Jones, Augustus H. Lee, and
John R. Sturges.
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