3rd Florida Infantry Regiment
Flag of Company B, 3rd Florida Infantry, nicknamed the St. Augustine Blues
ActiveAugust 10, 1861 April 9, 1865
CountryConfederate States of America
AllegianceConfederate Florida
Confederate States of America
BranchConfederate States Army
TypeRegiment
RoleInfantry
Size1,236 Soldiers
Part ofArmy of Tennessee
EngagementsAmerican Civil War
Commanders
Colonel of
the Regiment
Col. William Scott Dilworth

The 3rd Florida Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that fought for the Confederacy in American Civil War. The regiment was formed in the summer of 1861 and served until it surrendered in 1865.

Organization

The 3rd Florida Infantry was formed near Pensacola, Florida, in July, 1861. Its companies were recruited in the counties of St. Johns, Hernando, Jefferson, Duval, Wakulla, Madison, Columbia, and Suwannee. The unit served along the coast at Talbot Island and Cedar Keys, then moved to Mobile. After fighting at Perryville it was assigned to Preston's, Stovall's, Finley's, J.A. Smith's Brigade, and during December, 1862, consolidated with the 1st Florida Infantry Regiment. It was organized with 950 officers and men, and the 1st and 3rd lost twenty-six percent of the 23 in action at Chickamauga. In December, 1863, this command totalled 240 men and 119 arms, but only a remnant surrendered in April, 1865. The field officers were Colonel William S. Dilworth; Lieutenant Colonels Lucius A. Church, Elisha Mashburn, and Arthur J.T. Wright; and Major John L. Phillips.

Companies

CompanyCountyNicknameCommanderNumber of Soldiers
F&SCol. William S. Dilworth20
ADuvalJacksonville Light InfantryCapt. Holmes Steele118
BSaint JohnsSaint Augustine BluesCapt. John Lott Philips124
CHernandoHernando Guards (Wildcats)Capt. Walter Terry Saxon112
DWakullaWakulla GuardsCapt. Daniel L. Frierson103
EJeffersonJefferson BeauragardsCapt. Daniel E. Bird123
FDuvalCow BoysCapt. Lucius A. Hardee111
GMadisonMadison Grey EaglesCapt. Thomas Langford165
HJeffersonJefferson RiflesCapt. William Girardeau132
IColumbiaDixie StarsCapt. Jesse B. Wood91
KColumbia & SuwaneeColumbia & Suwanee GuardsCapt. William Parker107

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Service history

Much of the unit was armed with the Enfield rifle, which were supplied to the regiment late in March 1862. Around the same time, a portion of the regiment defeated a small U.S. naval force that was attempting to land near New Smyrna. Sometime in late-April, early-May 1862, the regiment was gifted a new battle-flag made by a group of women from Jefferson County. The flag had the motto “We Yield But in Death.” The regiment adopted a stuffed wildcat as their mascot, which traveled with its owners; Company C, who were dubbed “The Hernando Wildcats.”[2]

The 1st and 3rd were engaged at Murfreesboro and Jackson, then participated in the campaigns of the Army of Tennessee from Chickamauga to Bentonville.

Engagements and Battles

1862

1863

1864

1865

See also

References

  1. "Home". civilwarmicrofilm.com.
  2. Coles, David J. (1988). Fretwell, Jacqueline K. (ed.). Civil War times in St. Augustine. Port Salerno, Fla.: Florida Classics Library. pp. 78–79. ISBN 0912451238.
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