33rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 33rd Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry


dates= May 22, 1861 to June 2, 1863
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles= Seven Days' Battles
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Gettysburg (detachment only)

The 33rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, the Ontario Regiment, was an infantry regiment of the Union Army during the American Civil War.

ervice

This regiment was accepted by the State of New York on May 22, 1861, organized at Elmira, New York, and mustered into United States service for two years. When the Regiment's two years were up, the "three years' men" were transferred to the 49th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, and the Regiment mustered out on June 2, 1863, at Geneva, New York.

Total strength and casualties

The Regiment sustained 30 men killed in action, 17 wounded in action, and 105 due to disease and other causes.

Companies were recruited at:

* Seneca Falls, New York (A & K)
* Palmyra, New York (B)
* Waterloo, New York (C)
* Canandaigua, New York (D)
* Geneseo, New York (E)
* Nunda, New York (F)
* Buffalo, New York (G)
* Geneva, New York (H)
* Penn Yan, New York (I) [Frederick Phisterer, New York in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865, Albany, New York: Weed, Parsons, and Co., 1890, p. 398]

Commanders

References

External links

* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyontari/33rdny.htm The 33rd New York Infantry]
* [http://mywebpages.comcast.net/33dny/33dny.htm "The Bloody Double-Threes", "Taylor's Fighting Devils", 33d New York Volunteers, Army of the Potomac, "Firm for the Union"]