133rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment

The 133rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

133rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Active	August 1862 to May 26, 1863
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Battle of Antietam Battle of Fredericksburg Battle of Chancellorsville

J.D.M. Armburst of Co. B, 133rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

Service

The 133rd Pennsylvania Infantry was organized at Camp Curtin near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and mustered in August 1862 for nine month's service under the command of Colonel Franklin B. Speakman.

The regiment was attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, V Corps, Army of the Potomac.

The 133rd Pennsylvania Infantry mustered out May 26, 1863.

Detailed service

Moved to Washington, D.C., August 19, and duty there until September 2. Moved to Rockville, Md., September 2 and duty there until October 30. Moved to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 17. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. Burnside's 2nd Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24. 1863. At Falmouth until April 27. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5.

Casualties

The regiment lost a total of 77 men during service; 4 officers and 40 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 33 enlisted men died of disease.

Commanders

• Colonel Franklin B. Speakman
• Captain Charles Butland

See also

• List of Pennsylvania Civil War Units
• Pennsylvania in the Civil War

References

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908.

Attribution

• This article contains text from a text now in the public domain: Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Co.

External links

• National flag of the 133rd Pennsylvania Infantry