3rd Battalion, Mississippi Infantry

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Brief History

3rd (Williams') Infantry Battalion, formerly the 45th Mississippi Regiment, was organized in July, 1864 with five companies. Surrendered on April 26, 1865. The field officers were Lieutenant Colonel John D. Williams and Major Elisha F. Nunn.
Predecessor units:
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 (Williams') Mississippi Infantry Battalion. Colonel Aaron B. Hardcastle, Lieutenant Colonel Richard Charlton, and Major Elisha F. Nunn were in command.

33rd (Hardcastle's) Infantry Regiment [including the 3rd (Hardcastle's) Mississippi Infantry Battalion] was organized during the late spring of 1862. Later it was redesignated the 45th Mississippi Infantry Regiment. Colonel Aaron B. Hardcastle, Lieutenant Colonel Richard Charlton, and Major Theodore A. Jones were in command.

The 45th Mississippi (aka 33rd Battalion MS Infantry [Hardcastle's/Williams' ] Internet site has a longer history taken from Dunbar Rowland's Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898.

Regiment Companies with the County of Origin

Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

COMPANIES COMPRISING THE 3RD BATTALION MS INFANTRY:

Company A - Duncan Riflemen (raised in Simpson County, MS) - see Roster
Company B - Insurgents (raised in Itawamba County, MS) - see Roster, detailed Roster
Company C - Raymond Minute Men (raised in Hinds County, MS) - see Roster
Company D - Choctaw Rough & Ready Company (raised in Choctaw County, MS) - see Roster
Company E - McNair Rifles, aka Pike County Rifles (raised in Pike County, MS) - see Roster
Company F - Tippah Highlanders (raised in Tippah County, MS) - see Roster
Company G - Mississippi Volunteers (raised in Pontotoc County, MS) - see Roster
Company K [sic] -- Capt. Charlton’s Independent Company (raised in Hinds County, MS) - see Roster

Source Material

• Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System can be searched by soldier's name or by regiment; includes regimental rosters and additional history of the regiment.
• Rowland, Dunbar, Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898: taken from the Official and statistical register of the State of Mississippi, 1908 (Spartanburg, South Carolina: Reprint Company).
• Howell, H. Grady, For Dixie Land, I’ll Take My Stand!: A Muster Listing of All Known Mississippi Confederate Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines (Chickasaw Bayou Press, 1998).