THIRD TEXAS INFANTRY THIRD TEXAS INFANTRY. Col. Philip N.
Luckett organized the Third Texas Infantry into Confederate
service in the summer of 1861. The men of the Third came largely
from Central Texas, specifically Bexar, Gillespie, San Patricio,
and Travis counties. As these counties were heavily populated
with recent German immigrants and persons of Mexican descent, a
large number of the regiment's men were foreign-born. Luckett,
who served as the Third's commander for much of the war, had
been a surgeon in John "Rip" Ford's company of Texas Rangers.
Prior to the war, Luckett was the representative for Nueces and
Webb counties at the Texas Secession Convention. His field
officers included Augustus Buchel, Edward F. Gray, and John H.
Kampmann. The Third Texas Infantry saw little action during the
course of the war. This was due to the regiment's assignment to
the relatively peaceful Department of Texas from 1861 until
March 1864. They began their duty in San Antonio from 1861
through 1862. In January 1863 t