The 3rd Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
The 3rd Kentucky Infantry was organized at Camp Dick Robinson and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on October 8, 1861, under the command of Colonel Thomas Elliott Bramlette.
The regiment was attached to Thomas' Command to November 1861. 11th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to December 1861. Unattached, London, Kentucky, Army of the Ohio, to March 1862. 15th Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Ohio, March 1862. 20th Brigade, 6th Division, Army of the Ohio, March 1862. 15th Brigade, 6th Division, Army of the Ohio, to September 1862. 15th Brigade, 6th Division, II Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Left Wing, XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, XXI Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to April 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, XXI Corps, to October 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, IV Corps, to January 1865.
The 3rd Kentucky Infantry mustered out of service at Louisville, Kentucky, by company beginning October 13, 1864, and ending January 10, 1865.
Moved to Lexington, Kentucky, September 1861, and duty there until October 1. Moved to Camp Dick Robinson, Kentucky, October 1. Duty there, at Round Stone Creek, Crab Orchard, Somerset, and Columbia until January 1862. Moved to Renick's Creek, near Burkesville, January 7, and to mouth of Greasy Creek January 17. Moved to Nashville, Tennessee, March 18âÂÂ25; then marched to Savannah, Tennessee, and to Shiloh March 29-April 7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Mississippi, April 29-May 30. Pursuit to Booneville May 30-June 6. Buell's Campaign in northern Alabama and middle Tennessee June to August. March to Nashville, Tennessee, and Louisville, Kentucky, in pursuit of Bragg, August 19-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1âÂÂ18. Battle of Perryville October 8. Nelson's Cross Roads, Kentucky, October 18. March to Nashville, Tennessee, October 18-November 7, and duty there until December 26. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26âÂÂ30. Stewart's Creek December 29. Battle of Stones River December 30âÂÂ31, 1862 and January 1âÂÂ3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro until June. Reconnaissance to Nolensville and Versailles January 13âÂÂ15. Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. Occupation of middle Tennessee until August 16. Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga Campaign August 16-September 22. Reconnaissance toward Chattanooga September 7. Lookout Valley September 7âÂÂ8. Occupation of Chattanooga September 9. Lee and Gordon's Mills September 11âÂÂ13. Near Lafayette September 14. Battle of Chickamauga September 19âÂÂ20. Siege of Chattanooga September 24-October 26 Reopening Tennessee River October 26âÂÂ29. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23âÂÂ27. Orchard Knob November 23âÂÂ24. Missionary Ridge November 25. Pursuit to Graysville November 26âÂÂ27. March to relief of Knoxville November 28-December 8. Campaign in eastern Tennessee until April 1864. March to Charleston April 18âÂÂ26. Atlanta Campaign May to September. Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton May 5âÂÂ13. Tunnel Hill May 6âÂÂ7. Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8âÂÂ9. Rocky Faced Ridge May 8âÂÂ11. Battle of Resaca May 14âÂÂ15. Near Calhoun May 16. Adairsville May 17. Near Kingston May 18âÂÂ19. Near Cassville May 19. Advance on Dallas May 22âÂÂ25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church, and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11âÂÂ14. Lost Mountain June 15âÂÂ17. Assault on Kennesaw June 27. Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5âÂÂ17. Buckhead, Nancy's Creek, July 18. Peachtree Creek July 19âÂÂ20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25âÂÂ30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy's Station September 2âÂÂ6. Moved to Nashville, Tennessee, September 9âÂÂ12; then to Louisville, Kentucky, October 6.
The regiment lost a total of 301 men during service; 6 officers and 103 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 192 enlisted men died of disease.