33rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

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

33rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
Flag of Wisconsin
Active	October 18, 1862 – August 8, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Size	Regiment
Engagements	American Civil War Vicksburg Campaign Battle of Nashville Red River Campaign Mobile Campaign Battle of Spanish Fort
Commanders
Colonel	Jonathan Baker Moore
Lt. Colonel	Frederick S. Lovell
Lt. Colonel	Horatio H. Virgin

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

See also

• American Civil War portal

• List of Wisconsin Civil War units
• Wisconsin in the American Civil War