Thirty-third Regiment – Infantry – Volunteers.

The Thirty-third Regiment was organized under the provisions of an Act of Congress approved July 22, 1861, and under instructions and authority received by the Governor, dated War Department, Adjutant General’s Office, Washington, D. C., June 30, 1863. The organization was to be effected under the requirements of General Orders No. 191 (current series), War Department, Adjutant General’s Office, Washington, D. C., June 25, 1863, and in conformity with General Orders No. 110 (current series), War Department, Adjutant General’s Office, Washington, D. C., April 29, 1863. The Regiment was commenced and completed under the provisions of General Orders No. 4, dated Office of Adjutant General, Trenton, N. J., July 11, 1863. The headquarters of the Regiment was established at Newark, N. J., at which place it was mustered into the service of the United States by companies, for three years or during the war. Company A, August 14; Company B, August 17; Company C, August 29; Company D, September 4; Company E, August 29; Company F, August 17; Company G, August 29; Company H, September 4; Company I, August 29; Company K, August 29, and Field and Staff, September 5, 1863, by Joseph P. Ash, First Lieutenant Fifth Cavalry, United States Army. It left the State September 8, 1863, en route to Washington, having a full complement of men. Officers, 39; Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates, 902. Total, 941. Soon after arriving it crossed into Virginia and proceeded to Warrenton, at which place it went into Camp and immediately began to fit itself for active service. At this point it was assigned to the Eleventh Army Corps. It remained in this vicinity until the 25th of September, when in connection with the Corps to which it had been assigned, broke camp, having been detached by order of the War Department for service in the West. It then became a part of the Army of the Cumberland and entered upon an active career. It remained in this connection until the middle of November, 1864, when it joined the Army of General Sherman on his march through Georgia and the Carolinas. At different times during the years 1864 and 1865 the strength of the Regiment was increased by the joining from Draft Rendezvous, Trenton, N. J., of a large number of Recruits, Substitutes and Drafted men. In compliance with General Orders No. 12, dated Headquarters Twentieth Army Corps, June 1, 1865, the enlisted men of the Thirteenth Regiment not entitled to discharge under existing orders joined the Regiment by transfer, and in compliance with Special Orders No. 45, dated Headquarters Ninth Army Corps, June 15, 1865, the enlisted men of the Thirty-ninth Regiment not entitled to discharge under existing orders joined the Regiment by transfer. The men so transferred were organized into and known as Unassigned Companies. The Regiment continued its organization and remained in active service until the close of the war, and those coming under the provisions of General Orders No. 77, War Department, Adjutant General’s Office, Washington, D. C., April 28, 1865, were mustered out of service near Bladensburg, Md., June 1, 1865, by Reuben H. Wilbur, Major One Hundred and Second Regiment Infantry, New York Volunteers. Assistant Commissary of Musters, Second Division, Twentieth Army Corps. The remainder were mustered out of service by the same officer near Washington, D. C., July 17, 1865, in compliance with Special Orders No. 160, Headquarters Department of Washington, D. C., July 5, 1865.

The Regiment was first attached to the First Brigade, Second Division, Eleventh Army Corps; then to the Second Brigade, Second Division, Twentieth Army Corps, and at the close of the war was attached to what was known as the Provisional Corps, Army of the Potomac.

The Regiment took part in the following engagements: Chattanooga, Tenn., Nov. 23, ’63; Mission Ridge, Tenn., Nov. 24 and 25, ’63; Mill Creek Gap, near Dalton, Ga., May 8, ’64; Resaca, Ga., May 15 and 16, ’64; New Hope Church, near Dallas, Ga., May 25 to June 1, ’64; Pine Knob, Ga., June 15 and 16, ’64; Muddy Creek, Ga., June 17 and 18, ’64; Culp’s Farm, Ga., June 22, ’64; Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., June 27, ’64; Peach Tree Creek, Ga., July 20, ’64; Siege of Atlanta, Ga., July 22 to Sept. 2, ’64; Siege of Savannah, Ga., Dec. 11 to 21, ’64; Averysboro, N. C., March 16, ’65; Bentonville, N. C., March 18 to 20, ’65.

Field and Staff, Thirty-third Regiment.

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