Infantry Units: 33rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Infantry units were recruited from all over the state. Those represented in detail here are the ones recruited primarily from northwest Ohio counties and those whose members wrote to local newspapers. More information will be added as it becomes available.
This Regiment was organized at Portsmouth, Ohio from August 27 to October 11, 1861 to serve three years. On the expiration of its term of service the original members (except veterans) were mustered out, and the organization, composed of veterans and recruits, retained in service until July 12, 1865, when it was mustered out in accordance with orders from the War Department.
Some of the battles in which this unit participated include:
- Perryville, KY, October 8, 1862
- Chickamauga, GA, September 19-20, 1863
- Lookout Mountain, TN, NOvember 24, 1863
- Missionary Ridge, TN, November 25, 1863
- Resaca, GA, May 13-16, 1864
- Cassville, GA, May 19-22, 1864
- Kenesaw Mountain, GA, June 9-30, 1864
- Peachtree Creek, GA, July 20, 1864
- Jonesboro, GA, August 31-September 1, 1864
- Atlanta, GA (Siege), July 28-September 2, 1864
- Averysboro, NC, March 16, 1865
- Bentonville, NC, March 19-21, 1865
- Goldsboro, NC, March 21, 1865
