The 33rd Kentucky Infantry Regiment was an

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Service

The 33rd Kentucky Infantry Regiment was organized at Munfordville, Kentucky and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on September 13, 1862, under the command of

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J. F. Lauck. The regiment was attached to District of Western Kentucky, Department of the Ohio, to April 1863. 2nd Brigade, District of Central Kentucky, Department of the Ohio, to June 1863. Unattached, Munfordville, Kentucky, 1st Division, XXIII Corps, Army of the Ohio, to August 1863. Unattached, 2nd Division, XXIII Corps, to October 1863. District of South Central Kentucky, 1st Division, XXIII Corps, to January 1864. District of Southwest Kentucky, Department of the Ohio, to April 1864. The 33rd Kentucky Infantry mustered out of service on April 1, 1864, when its members were consolidated with the 26th Kentucky Infantry.

Detailed service

Companies C and G participated in the siege of Munfordville, Kentucky, and Woodsonville, Kentucky, September 13–17, 1862, and was captured. The regiment was on duty at Munfordville, and on the line of the

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and Lebanon Branch Railroad until April 1864.

Casualties

The regiment lost a total of 22 enlisted men during service, all due to disease.

Commanders

* Lieutenant Colonel J. F. Lauck

References

* Dyer, Frederick H. ''A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion'' (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908. ;Attribution * {{Kentucky in the Civil War Military units and formations established in 1862 Military units and formations disestablished in 1864 Units and formations of the Union Army from Kentucky 1862 establishments in Kentucky

Service

Detailed service

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