33rd Cavalry Regiment was organized in April, 1863, by using the 14th (Duff's) Texas Cavalry
Battalion as its nucleus. Its members were recruited at San Antonio, Port Lavaca, and Mt.
Vernon, and in Kaufman County. This unit served in Gano's and Hardeman's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department, and was active along the lower Rio Grande. In April, 1864, it was near
Bonham, Texas and contained 23 officers and 307 men. On June 2, 1865, it was included in the
surrender. The field officers were Colonel James Duff, Lieutenant Colonel James R. Sweet, and
Majors Santos Benavides and John T. Brackenridge.
