33rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment explained

Unit Name:	33rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
Country:	United States
Allegiance:	Union
Branch:	Infantry
Size:	Regiment
Battles:	American Civil War Vicksburg Campaign Battle of Nashville Red River Campaign Mobile Campaign Battle of Spanish Fort
Commander1:	Jonathan Baker Moore
Commander1 Label:	Colonel
Commander2:	Frederick S. Lovell
Commander2 Label:	Lt. Colonel
Commander3:	Horatio H. Virgin
Commander3 Label:	Lt. Colonel

The 33rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 33rd Wisconsin was organized at Racine, Wisconsin, and mustered into Federal service October 18, 1862.

The regiment was mustered out on August 8, 1865.

Casualties

The 33rd Wisconsin suffered 3 officers and 30 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 2 officers and 167 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 202 fatalities.^[1]

Commanders

Colonel Jonathan Baker Moore
Lt. Colonel Frederick S. Lovell
Lt. Colonel Horatio H. Virgin

Notable members

Robert H. DeLap, Wisconsin politician
Frederick S. Lovell, was lieutenant colonel, later became colonel of the 46th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment and received an honorary brevet to brigadier general. Before the war he was a Wisconsin legislator.
William Warner, Missouri politician

External links

The Civil War Archive

Notes and References

http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unwiinf2.htm#33rd Union - Wisconsin Infantry (Part 2)