Joseph Bellew, age 43, Private, Capt. Richard Charlton's Company, Mississippi Vols. (unattached.)*, joined for duty and enrolled March 13, 1862 at Raymond by Rich Charlton for 12 months, recorded in August, 1862 as Acting Assistant Provost Sergeant, left sick in Bardstown, Ky. hospital, n.d., taken prisoner at Harrodsburg, Ky. October 10, 1862, sent to Vicksburg, Miss. for exchange on Steamboat City of Madison, December 5, 1862, recorded on the May & June, 1863 muster roll as absent, entitled to receive discharge by reason of his being a non-conscript, his term of service expired, no further records

* This company subsequently became Company K, 3rd Battalion Mississippi Infantry

M269: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Mississippi

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3rd Battalion, Mississippi Infantry

3rd (Williams') Infantry Battalion, formerly the 45th Mississippi Regiment, was organized in July, 1864 with five companies. This unit served in General Lowrey's and Sharp's Brigade and fought with the Army of Tennessee from Peach Tree Creek to Bentonville. In the Battle of Atlanta it reported 2 killed, 33 wounded, and 2 missing, and many were lost in Tennessee. The battalion 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. The unit was active at Perryville, then joined the Army of Tennessee. Assigned to Generals S.A.M. Wood's and Lowrey's Brigade, it saw action in various conflicts from Murfreesboro to the Atlantic Campaign. This unit lost fifty-three percent of the 217 engaged at Murfreesboro. For a time it was consolidated with the 32nd Regiment, and this command sustained 166 casualties at Chickamauga. In Decemnber, 1863, the 32nd/45th totalled 515 men and 387 arms. 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 fo 1862. In June it was stationed at Grenada and totalled 669 men and 397 condemned muskets. During the next month there were 31 officers and 475 men, and 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.
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See also: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mscivilw/3rdbnmsinf.htm