The 33rd Iowa Infantry Regiment was an
infantry
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regiment
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that served in the
Union Army during the
American Civil War
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Service
The 33rd Iowa Infantry was organized at
Oskaloosa, Iowa
Oskaloosa is a List of cities in Iowa, city in, and the county seat of, Mahaska County, Iowa. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, Oskaloosa was a national center of bituminous coal mining. The population was 11,558 in the 2020 U ...
and mustered in for three years of Federal service on October 4, 1862.
The regiment was mustered out on August 15, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
A total of 1242 men served in the 33rd Iowa at one time or another during its existence.
It suffered 3 officers and 65 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 1 officer and 215 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 284 fatalities.
Commanders
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Colonel
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In the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, a colon ...
Samuel A. Rice
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Lieutenant Colonel Cyrus H. Mackey
[Iowa Genweb Iowa in the Civil War Project after Logan, Guy E., Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 1]
See also
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List of Iowa Civil War Units
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Iowa in the American Civil War
The state of Iowa played a significant role during the American Civil War in providing food, supplies, troops and officers for the Union army.
Prelude to war
Iowa had become the 29th state in the Union on December 28, 1846. Settlers had defea ...
Notes
References
The Civil War Archive
Units and formations of the Union army from Iowa
Military units and formations established in 1862
1862 establishments in Iowa
Military units and formations disestablished in 1865
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