3rd Texas Cavalry Regiment

3rd Texas Cavalry Regiment
3rd Texas Cavalry Regiment
	Facsimile of the 3rd Texas Cavalry flag captured by Union troops at Lovejoy's Station in August 1864
Active	13 June 1861 – May 1865
Country	Confederate States of America
Allegiance	Confederate States of America, Texas
Branch	Confederate States Army
Type	Cavalry and Infantry
Size	Regiment
Nickname(s)	South Kansas-Texas Mounted Volunteers
Engagements	American Civil War Battle of Wilson's Creek (1861); Battle of Chustenahlah (1861); Battle of Pea Ridge (1862); Siege of Corinth (1862); Battle of Iuka (1862); Battle of Corinth (1862); Holly Springs Raid (1862); Battle of Thompson's Station (1863); Battle of Yazoo City (1864); Atlanta campaign (1864); Battle of Nashville (1864); ;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Col. Elkanah Greer; Col. H.P. Mabry;

The 3rd Texas Cavalry Regiment or South Kansas-Texas Mounted Volunteers was a unit of mounted volunteers that fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The regiment fought at Wilson's Creek and Chustenahlah in 1861, Pea Ridge, Corinth siege, Iuka, Second Corinth, and the Holly Springs Raid in 1862, Thompson's Station in 1863, and at Yazoo City, in the Atlanta campaign, and at Nashville in 1864. The regiment fought dismounted at Iuka and Second Corinth before being remounted for the rest of the war. The regiment surrendered to Federal forces in May 1865 and its remaining 207 men were paroled.