The 33rd Ohio Infantry Regiment was an

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Service

The 33rd Ohio Infantry Regiment was organized at

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, from August 5 through September 13, 1861. It was mustered in for three years service under the command of

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Joshua Woodrow Sill. Companies were recruited from Southern Ohio. The regiment was attached to 9th Brigade,

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, October to December 1861. 9th Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Ohio, to September 1862. 9th Brigade, 3rd Division,

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, Army of the Ohio, to November 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Center,

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, to January 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, XIV Corps, to July 1865. The 33rd Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at

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, on July 12, 1865.

Detailed service

The regiment's detailed service is as follows:

1861

* Left Ohio for Kentucky September 13 and joined Gen. Nelson at Maysville, Ky. * Capture of Hazel Green, Ky., October 23, 1861. * Operations against Williams' Invasion of the Bluegrass Region, Ky., November–December. * Action at Ivy Mountain November 8. * Piketon, Ky., November 8–9. * Duty at Bacon Creek until February 1862.

1862

* Advance on Bowling Green, Ky., February 10–15 * Advance on Nashville, Tenn., February 22–25. * Occupation of Nashville February 25 to March 17. * Advance on Murfreesboro, Tenn., March 17–19. * Occupation of Shelbyville and Fayetteville and advance on Huntsville, Ala., March 29-April 11. * Capture of Huntsville April 11. (Pittinger's Raid on Georgia Central Railroad April 7–12, detachment.) * Advance to Decatur, Ala., April 11–14. * Duty along Memphis & Charleston Railroad until August. * Action at Battle Creek June 21. * Moved to Bridgeport and occupy Fort McCook at mouth of Battle Creek. Action at Battle Creek August 27 (6 companies), and at Bridgeport August 27 (4 companies). * March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg, August 28-September 26. * Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1–15. *

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, Ky., October 8. * March to Nashville, Tenn., October 16-November 7, and duty there until December 26. * Advance on Murfreesboro, Tenn., December 26–30. *

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December 30–31, 1862 and January 1–3, 1863.

1863

* Duty at Murfreesboro until June. * Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. *

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June 24–26. * Occupation of middle Tennessee until August 16. * Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga Campaign August 16-September 22. * Davis Cross Roads or Dug Gap September 11. *

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September 19–21. * Rossville Gap September 21. * Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24-November 23. * Reopening Tennessee River October 26–29. * Brown's Ferry October 27 (detachment). * Chattanooga–Ringgold campaign November 23–27. * Orchard Knob November 23. *

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November 23–24. * Battle of Missionary Ridge November 25. * Ringgold Gap, Taylor's Ridge, November 27.

1864

* Demonstration on Dalton, Ga., February 22–27, 1864. * Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23–25. * Atlanta Campaign May 1 to September 8. * Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8–11. * Buzzard's Roost Gap or Mill Creek May 9. *

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May 14–15. * Advance on Dallas May 18. *

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May 19-22. * Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. * Pickett's Mill May 27. * Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. * Pine Hill June 11–14. * Lost Mountain June 15–17. *

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June 27. * Ruff's Station July 4. * Chattahoochie River July 5–17. * Buckhead, Nancy's Creek, July 18. *

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July 19–20. * Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. *

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August 6–7. * Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25–30. * Red Oak August 29. *

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August 31-September 1. * Operations against Hood in northern Georgia and northern Alabama September 29-November 3. * Cassville November 7. * March to the Sea November 15-December 10. *

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December 10–21.

1865

* Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. * Taylor's Hole Creek, Averysboro, N.C., March 16. *

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March 19–21. * Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. * Advance on Raleigh April 10–14. * Occupation of Raleigh April 14. * Bennett's House April 26. * Surrender of Johnston and his army. * March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 20-May 19. *

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May 24. * Moved to Louisville, Ky., June 6.

Casualties

The regiment lost a total of 332 men during service; 7 officers and 130 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 3 officers and 192 enlisted men died of disease.

Commanders

* Colonel Joshua Woodrow Sill - promoted to

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, July 16, 1862 * Colonel Oscar Fitzallen Moore - resigned July 20, 1864 * Captain Ephraim J. Ellis - commander at the battle of Stones River

Notable members

Of the 24 men (including 2 civilians) who participated in Andrews' Raid, eight were from the 33rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. All from the 33rd Ohio who participated, except Corporal Samuel Llewellyn, were awarded the

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. * Corporal Daniel Allen Dorsey - Medal of Honor recipient * Corporal Martin Jones Hawkins - Medal of Honor recipient * Private Jacob Wilson Parrott, Company K - first Medal of Honor recipient * Private William Henry Harrison Reddick - Medal of Honor recipient * Private Samuel Robertson - Medal of Honor recipient * Private Samuel Slavens - Medal of Honor recipient * Private John Wollam - Medal of Honor recipient

Notes

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External links

Ohio in the Civil War: 33rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry by Larry Stevens

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Regimental flag of the 33rd Ohio Infantry
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