Class Year
2015
Document Type
Blog Post
Publication Date
10-8-2013
Department 1
Civil War Institute
Abstract
The men of the 33rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry were out of their minds with boredom in the closing months of 1864. Those veterans who remained from the campaigns of the year before could recall the proud service of their regiment. Mustered into service at Camp Butler, Illinois in September of 1861, the 33rd has spent the first year of its war fighting minor skirmishes in the trans-Mississippi theater. Then, in the late fall of 1862, the 33rd Illinois was transferred to the First Brigade, First Division, XIII Corps of the Army of the Tennessee. [excerpt]
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Recommended Citation
Caswell, Bryan G., "“Wrecked cars and suffering humanity”: The Fortunes of the 33rd Illinois" (2013). The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History. 13.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/compiler/13
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