33rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry

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Brief History

Organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, and mustered in September 16, 1861. Ordered to Louisville, Kentucky, June, and duty there till July 21. Mustered out July 21, 1865.

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin

Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

•  Officer and Non-Commissioned Office - see Roster
• Company A - many men from Morgan County - see Roster on page 83
• Company B - many men from Knox County - see Roster on page 86
• Company C - many men from Morgan County - see Roster on page 88
• Company D - many men from Shelby County - see Roster on page 91
• Company E - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 93
• Company F - many men from Gibson County - see Roster on page 96
• Company G - many men from Bartholomew County - see Roster on page 98
• Company H - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 101
• Company I - many men from Bartholomew County - see Roster on page 103
• Company K - many men from Warren County - see Roster on page 106
• Unassigned men - see Roster on page 109  

The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the 33rd Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry on CIVIL WAR INDEX  web site

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•  Officer and Non-Commissioned Office - see Roster
• Company A - no cities or counties given - see Roster
• Company B - no cities or counties given - see Roster
• Company C - no cities or counties given - see Roster
• Company D - no cities or counties given - see Roster
• Company E - no cities or counties given - see Roster
• Company F - no cities or counties given - see Roster
• Company G - no cities or counties given - see Roster
• Company H - no cities or counties given - see Roster
• Company I - no cities or counties given - see Roster
• Company K - no cities or counties given - see Roster
• Unassigned men - see Roster 

The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the 33rd Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry web site

Other Sources

WEBSITES

• Indiana State Digital Achives for Civil War can be searched by soldier's name (accessed 16 Aug 2011)
  

• Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (accessed 13 Dec 2010) can be searched by soldier's name or by regiment; includes regimental rosters and additional history of the regiment.
  

• The Civil War Archive. (accessed 13 Dec 2010)  Brief history of the 33rd Regiments, Indiana Infantry.
  

• Wikipedia (accessed 13 Dec 2010) article on the 33rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry.
  

• Union Army Regimental History Index (accessed 14 Dec 2010) Index Of Regimental Histories: Artillery, Cavalry, Infantry, and other units, states Alabama to Indiana
  

• The 33rd Indiana Volunteer Infantry (accessed 03 Jan 2011)  history, photograhs, roster of Company A-K and unassigned, no cities or counties given; but place of birth and death is given and etc..
  

• Fletcher, Stephen Keyes, "The Civil War Journal of Stephen Keyes Fletcher", (ed. Perry McCandless,Indiana Magazine of History 54, no. 2 (June 1958): 141-190.) 1862 , Marion County (Indianapolis), 33rd Indiana Volunteer Infantry  Abstract and Bibliographic Information     article PDF   (accessed 4 Apr 2011)
  

BOOK

• McBride, John R. History of the Thirty-Third Indiana Veteran Volunteer Infantry During the Four Years of Civil War, from Sept. 16, 1861, to July 21, 1865; And Incidentally of Col. John Coburn's Second Brigade, Third Division, Twentieth Army Corps, Including Incidents of the Great Rebellion. Indianapolis: (W.B. Burford, printer, 1900.) FHL US/CAN Fiche 6084384 (4 fiche) FHL Collection  other libraries   Google books

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