The 33rd Illinois Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment from Illinois that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. A number of the soldiers were college students and graduates, an
Monument to the 33rd Illinois is located at Vicksburg National Military Park near the Iowa state monument and across the ravine from the Railroad Redoubt.
Charles E. Hovey
John C. McNeel, from White Oak, McLean County, Illinois, served in the 33rd Illinois
16th Texas Cavalry Regiment
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The 16th Texas Cavalry Regiment was a unit of mounted volunteers from Texas that fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was recruited in early 1862 and muste
33rd Illinois Infantry Regiment
…Regiments. The Battle of Cotton Plant (Hill's Plantation) began when the 11th Wisconsin began skirmishing with 1,000 Confederates from the 12th Texas and 16th Texas Cavalry Regiments led by Colonel William H. Parsons. As the Wisconsin troops began to fall back, Hovey ordered three companies of the 33rd Illinois to take cover in a…
Confederate monument at Jenkins' Ferry
Battle of Milliken's Bend