From EDITED memoir (NOT verbatim!) of Capt. Phares W. Shearer, 3rd Battalion (aka 33rd & 45th Regiment) Miss. Infantry, Col. Aaron B. Hardcastle, commanding:
"In November 1862 we then were designated as the 45th Mississippi and so continued to the end of the war. We were organized into a brigade (prior to the Battle of Murfreesboro) composed of the 32nd and 45th Mississippi, 16th, 33rd and 45th Alabama regiments — the “3rd Confederate Battalion of Irish” under Major John F. Cameron of Memphis, Tennessee..."
Edited Bio. of Capt. to Maj. John F. Cameron, according to PWS's personal memoir and "15TH TENNESSEE INFANTRY REGIMENT," Tennesseans in the Civil War, http://www.tngenweb.org/civilwar/csainf/csa15.html:
Captain John F. Cameron - (1) 1st Co. "F", 15th Regiment Tennessee Infantry. "The Young Guard." Men from Memphis; (2) detached June, 1861 and became Co. "B", 18th (Marmaduke's) Arkansas Infantry; and (3) reported as Major subsequently in the 3rd Confederate Infantry Battalion, aka “3rd Confederate Battalion of Irish” per Capt. Shearer’s first person account.
I would appreciate information and sources regarding the above referenced Major John F. Cameron and history of the 3rd Confederate Infantry Battalion, aka “3rd Confederate Battalion of Irish.”
Thanks.
Rob Swinson
32nd & 45th Miss. (Consolidated) Flag Abstract
RESwinson@aol.com