33rd (Hurst - Drake's) Mississippi Infantry Regiment

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NOTE:: The 33rd Mississippi Infantry Regiment known as (Hardcastle’s Regiment) is documented as the 45th Mississippi Infantry Regiment.

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY:

• Organized in early 1862.
• Consolidated with the 1st Sharpshooters Battalion, and the 1st and 22nd Infantry Regiments and designated as the 22nd Infantry Regiment.
• Consolidated at Smithfield, North Carolina on April 9, 1865.
• First Commander: David W. Hurst (Colonel)
• Field Officers: Jabez L. Drake (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
  Robert J. Hall (Major)
  John Harrod (Major)
  William B. Johnson (Lieutenant Colonel)
  Charles P. Neilson (Lieutenant Colonel)

ASSIGNMENTS:

• Grenada, Mississippi, Department #2 (June 1862)
• 3rd Sub-district, District of the Mississippi, Department #2 (July - August 1862)
• Villepigue's Brigade, Lovell's Division, District of the Mississippi, Department #2 (October 1862)
• Villepigue's Brigade, Lovell's Division, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana (October - December 1862)
• Scott's Brigade, Rust's Division, 1st Corps, Army of North Mississippi, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana (December 1862 - January 1863)
• Rust's - Featherston's Brigade, Loring's Division, Army of North Mississippi, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana (January - February 1863)
• Featherston's Brigade, Loring's Division, 2nd Military District, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana (March - April 1863)
• Featherston's Brigade, Loring's Division, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana (April - May 1863)
• Featherston's Brigade, Loring's Division, Department of the West (May - July 1863)
• Featherston's Brigade, Loring's Division, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana (July 1863 - January 1864)
• Featherston's Brigade, Loring's Division, Department ofAlabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana (January - May 1864)
• Featherston's Brigade, Loring's Division, Army of Mississippi (May - July 1864)
• Featherston's Brigade, Loring's Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Tennessee (July 1864 - April 1865)

SERVICE:

• Corinth (October 3-4, 1862)
• Vicksburg Campaign (May-July 1863)
  • Champion Hill (May 16, 1863)
  • Jackson Siege (July 1863)
• Meridian Campaign (February - March 1864)
• Atlanta Campaign (May - September 1864)
  • New Hope Church (May 25 - June 4, 1864)
  • Peach Tree Creek (July 20, 1864)
  • Ezra Church (July 28, 1864)
  • Atlanta Siege (July-September 1864)
    • Jonesboro (August 31 - September 1, 1864)
• Franklin (November 30, 1864)
• Nashville (December 15-16, 1864)
• Carolinas Campaign (February - April 1865)
  • Bentonville (March 19-21, 1865)

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