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33rd
Pennsylvania Regiment Infantry, 4th PA Reserve
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33rd
Pennsylvania Infantry, 4th PA Reserve Soldier Roster - History of Pennsylvania
Volunteers, 1861-5, Volume 1 by Samuel P Bates, 1869
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| Regimental History |
| Thirty-third Infantry.— Cols., Robert G. March, Albert
L. Magilton, R. H. Woolworth, Thomas F. B. Tapper; Lieut.-Cols., John F.
Gaul, Thomas B. F. Tapper, Frederick A. Conrad; Majs., Robert M.
McClure, John Nyce, Enos L. Christman, Frederick A. Conrad, J. W.
Shoemaker. This regiment, the 4th of the reserves, was mustered in at
Harrisburg in June, 1861, to serve for three years. It left for
Baltimore on July 21 and remained there until the end of August, when it
was ordered to Tennallytown. As part of the 2nd brigade, the regiment
was present at Mechanicsville ; closely engaged at Gaines' mill ;
participated in a fierce bayonet fight at Glendale, in which it was able
to withstand the opposing force, though it suffered severe losses was in
reserve at Malvern hill ; was active at the second Bull Run, South
Mountain, Antietam and Fredericksburg, after which it was ordered to the
defenses of Washington, to recuperate. Here it remained until Jan.,
1864, when it participated in the West Virginia campaign. From this time
its fortunes were those of the 32nd regiment already described. On June
17, 1864, it was mustered out at Philadelphia, its veterans and recruits
being transferred to the 54th Pa. infantry. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 1
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