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| 45th Infantry Regiment was formed during the late summer of 1862 by redesignating Hardcastle's 33rd Mississippi Infantry Regiment. For a time it was consolidated with the 32nd Regiment. On July 14, 1864, it was consolidated into five companies and became known as the [[3rd Battalion, Mississippi Infantry|3rd Battalion, Mississippi Infantry]] (Williams'). Colonel Aaron B. Hardcastle, Lieutenant Colonel Richard Charlton, and Major Elisha F. Nunn were in command.<ref>National Park Service, [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System] (accessed 11 January 2011)</ref> | | 45th Infantry Regiment was formed during the late summer of 1862 by redesignating Hardcastle's 33rd Mississippi Infantry Regiment. For a time it was consolidated with the 32nd Regiment. On July 14, 1864, it was consolidated into five companies and became known as the [[3rd Battalion, Mississippi Infantry|3rd Battalion, Mississippi Infantry]] (Williams'). Colonel Aaron B. Hardcastle, Lieutenant Colonel Richard Charlton, and Major Elisha F. Nunn were in command.<ref>National Park Service, [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System] (accessed 11 January 2011)</ref> |
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| The [http://www.mississippiscv.org/MS_Units/45th_MS_INF.htm 45th Mississippi Infantry (aka 3rd Battalion MS Infantry[Hardcastle’s/Williams’], & aka 33rd MS Infantry [Hardcastle’s]) ]Internet site has a longer history taken from Dunbar Rowland's ''Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898.'' | | The [http://www.mississippiscv.org/MS_Units/45th_MS_INF.htm 45th Mississippi Infantry (aka 3rd Battalion MS Infantry[Hardcastle’s/Williams’], & aka 33rd MS Infantry [Hardcastle’s]) ]Internet site has a longer history taken from Dunbar Rowland's ''Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898.'' |