General Notes

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He was probably named after Oliver Hazard Perry, a Naval Lieutenant who
was later promoted to captain during the War of 1812. When Oliver was 34
years old, he enlisted into the 33rd Alabama Infantry Regiment, Company
E, on 12 Mar 1862, at Greenville, AL. He was eventually promoted to a
Sergeant . He was slightly wounded at the Battle of Chicamauga on 19 Sep
1863. He was present for the unit muster May-Dec 1863. Records indicate
that he died in 1865 because:
Effects of deceased soldiers turned over to quartermaster CSA  $9.80
1865.  (Information found on the internet.)
33rd Alabama Infantry Regiment
The Thirty-third Alabama Infantry Regiment was organized at Pensacola,
FL, on 23 April 1862, with men recruited from Butler, Coffee, Covington,
Dale, and Montgomery counties. It proceeded to Corinth just after the
Battle of Shiloh. Placed in the brigade commanded by Col. Hawthorn of
Arkansas, the regiment remained at Tupelo until the Kentucky Campaign
began. It was part of the brigade of Gen'l Sterling A. M. Wood of
Lauderdale, Gen'l Simon Buckner's Division, and was present at the
capture of Munfordsville. At Perryville, the Thirty-third entered that
conflict about 500 strong, and came out with but 88 rank and file. It
came out of Kentucky with the army, and at Murfeesboro the loss of the
regiment was comparatively large, for it was in Gen'l Patrick Cleburne's
Division. The remainder of the winter was spent in camps near Tullahoma,
and the regiment retired behind the Tennessee River during the summer. In
the grand forward movement on the enemy's line at Chickamauga, the
Thirty-third lost 149 casualties. Gen'l Mark Perrin Lowrey of Mississippi
relieved Gen'l Wood after the latter was wounded and assumed command of
the brigade [16th, 33rd Mississippi regiments, and J. H. Gibson's (18th
AL) and Newman's (TN) battalions] the Thirty-third was effectively
engaged at Missionary Ridge without loss. It was part of the wall of fire
that checked the exultant federals at Ringgold Gap, where it lost but one
man. The regiment passed the winter at Dalton, and was in the incessant
battle from there to Atlanta, fighting during the day and entrenching at
night, and losing many by the casualties of battle, particularly at New
Hope Church, and around Atlanta. Having followed Gen'l John Bell Hood
into Tennessee, it moved to the assault of the enemy's works at Franklin,
with 285 men, and lost over two-thirds of them, mostly killed.
Transferred to North Carolina, the Thirty-third took part in the
operations there, and a remnant was there surrendered.
Field and staff officers: Cols. Samuel Adams (Butler; wounded,
Perryville; KIA, Kennesaw Mountain); Robert F. Crittenden (Coffee;
captured, Nashville); Lt. Cols. Daniel H. Horn ( Coffee; resigned);
Robert F. Crittenden (promoted); James H. Dunklin (Butler); Majors Robert
F. Crittenden (promoted); James H. Dunklin (wounded, Chickamauga;
promoted); and Adjutants John Crosby Stallworth (Conecuh; died, Tupelo);
A. M. Moore (Greene; KIA, Chickamauga); Willis J. Milner (Butler)