3rd Louisiana Cavalry Regiment

3rd Louisiana Cavalry Regiment
Active	January 1863 – 26 May 1865
Country	Confederate States of America
Allegiance	Confederate States of America, Louisiana
Branch	Confederate States Army
Type	Cavalry
Size	Regiment
Engagements	American Civil War Battle of Choctaw Bayou (1863) Battle of Milliken's Bend (1863) Red River campaign (1864)
Commanders
Notable commanders	Isaac F. Harrison

The 3rd Louisiana Cavalry Regiment was a unit of mounted volunteers recruited in Louisiana that fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The seven-company 15th Louisiana Cavalry Battalion was formed in January 1863 by Isaac F. Harrison.

At Choctaw Bayou and other places, the battalion tried but failed to stop the army of Major General Ulysses S. Grant from moving down the Mississippi River in April 1863.

Elements of the battalion fought at Milliken's Bend and raided Union camps in June 1863.

It was augmented by three additional companies in November 1863 to form a regiment.^[1]

The unit served for the entire war west of the Mississippi River in the Trans-Mississippi Department.

The regiment fought in the Red River campaign in spring 1864.

The regiment resisted minor Union raids in the Alexandria and Monroe areas before formally surrendering on 26 May 1865.^[2]

• Bergeron, Arthur W. Jr. (1989). Guide to Louisiana Confederate Military Units 1861-1865. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 0-8071-2102-9.
• Boatner, Mark M. III (1959). The Civil War Dictionary. New York, N.Y.: David McKay Company Inc. ISBN 0-679-50013-8.
• Oates, Stephen B. (1994) [1961]. Confederate Cavalry West of the River. Austin, Tex.: University of Texas Press. ISBN 0-292-71152-2.
• Winters, John D. (1987) [1963]. The Civil War in Louisiana. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 0-8071-0834-0.