33rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

{{Infobox military unit

|unit_name = 33rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

| image = Flag of Wisconsin.svg

| image_size = 100

|caption = Flag of Wisconsin

|dates = {{nowrap|October 18, 1862}}{{spaced ndash}}{{nowrap|August 8, 1865}}

|country = United States

|allegiance = Union

|branch = Infantry

|size = Regiment

|battles = American Civil War

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

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

References

External links

[http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionwi.htm The Civil War Archive]

Category:Military units and formations established in 1862

Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865

Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Wisconsin

Category:1862 establishments in Wisconsin