3rd Regiment, Confederate Cavalry (Howard's)

HISTORICAL NOTES:
The 3rd Regiment, Confederate Cavalry [also called 11th Regiment] was organized during the early summer of 1862 by consolidating the seven company 11th (Estes') Alabama Cavalry (of which I have no record) with two companies from Georgia and one from Tennessee. In December the unit contained 448 effectives and during the war served under General Wharton, Colonel W. B. Wade, then Generals Humes, W. W. Allen, and R. H. Anderson. It fought at Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, and Campbell's Station, and later was involved in the Atlanta Campaign, the defense of Savannah, and the campaign of the Carolinas. The regiment disbanded prior to the surrender of the Army of Tennessee. OFFICERS:
Cols. James R. Howard (resigned); William Newton Estes (DeKalb County; KIA, Chattanooga); P. H. Rice (wounded, Georgia); Lt. Cols. William Newton Estes (promoted); Patrick Henry Rice (Jackson; promoted); G. C. Sandusky (Tennessee; resigned); John McCaskill (Wilcox; wounded); Majors William Newton Estes (promoted); G. C. Sandusky (promoted); John McCaskill (promoted); F. M. Corn (DeKalb; resigned); F. C. Reese (Tennessee); Adjutants D. C. Nicholson (transferred); N. Rothrock (KIA, Murfreesboro). ASSIGNMENTS:
General Wharton, Colonel W. B. Wade, then Generals Humes, W. W. Allen, and R. H. Anderson. SERVICE:

Mufreesboro

Triune

Hoover's Gap

Chickamauga

Bridgeport

Trenton

Campbell's Station

The Atlanta Campaign

McAfee's

Noonday Creek

Siege of Savannah

The Carolina Campaign

Aiken, SC

ROSTER:
A Virtual Cemetery is available for this regiment.

The roster of this regiment contains the names of 2301 men.

Company "A" (DeKalb County): F. M. Corn (promoted, Major); J. T. Hogue

Company "B" (DeKalb

Company, AL): L. W. Lynch (resigned); Henry Small

Company "C" (DeKalb

Company, AL): Rufus B. Lankford

Company "D" (Wilcox

Company, AL): John McCaskill (promoted); Joseph Robinson

Company "E" (GA): John D. Pope (resigned); W. A. Williamson

Company "F" (GA): John Bates (resigned); T. P. Edmondson

Company "G" (Jackson

Company, AL): Patrick Henry Rice (promoted); J. T. Witherspoon

Company "H" (TN): G. C. Sandusky (promoted); W. P. Moore

Company "I" (AL): Thomas S. Rees

Company "K"(DeKalb

Company, AL): Daniel Clayton (wounded)