33rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry

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Brief History
This Unit was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, and mustered in September 16, 1861. It was ordered to Louisville, Kentucky, June, and had duty there till July 21. They 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 Rosteron page 86
 * Company C - many men from Morgan County - see Rosteron page 88
 * Company D - many men from Shelby County - see Rosteron page 91
 * Company E - no cities or counties given - see Rosteron page 93
 * Company F - many men from Gibson County - see Rosteron page 96
 * Company G - many men from Bartholomew County - see Rosteron page 98
 * Company H - no cities or counties given - see Rosteron page 101
 * Company I - many men from Bartholomew County - see Rosteron page 103
 * Company K - many men from Warren County - see Rosteron page 106
 * Unassigned men - see Rosteron 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


 * 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 Warcan be searched by soldier's name (accessed 1 May 2011)


 * Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in ‘Indiana in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).


 * National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.


 * Indiana in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Indiana, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * 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)  other libraries  Google books