4th Pennsylvania Reserve (33nd) Volunteer Infantry Monument

Monument Text:

4th Regiment

Pennsylvania

Reserve Volunteer

Corps

4th Regt. Pennsylvania

Reserve Volunteer Corps.

33rd Regt. in line 2nd Brigade

3rd Division. 1st Army Corps.

Organized June 10, 1861

Mustered out June 17, 1864.

The Regt. arrived on the field on the afternoon of September 16, 1862. Formed at this point on the morning of the 17th, advanced about 600 yards South and became engaged with Hood's Confederate Division.

 

Casualties at Antietam

Killed 5

Wounded 43

Total 48

 

Recruited Five Companies in Philadelphia, one company each in Montgomery, Chester, Monroe, Lycoming and Susquehanna Counties.

Battles participated in:

Dranesville, Va., December 20, 1861

Mecahnicsville, Va., June 26, 1862

Gaines Mills, Va., June 27, 1862

Charles City Cross Roads, Va., June 30, 1862

Malvern Hill, Va., July 1, 1862

Gainesville, Va., August 28, 1862

Second Bull Run, Va., August 29 and 30, 1862

Chantilly, Va., September 1, 1862

South Mountain, Maryland, September 14, 1862

Antietam, Maryland, September 16 and 17, 1862

Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862

Princeton, W. Va., May 6, 1864

Bushey Mountain, W. Va., May 8, 1864

Cloyds Mountain, W. Va., May 9, 1864

New River Bridge, W. Va., May 10, 1864

Blacksburg, W. Va., May 11, 1864

 

The 4th Pennsylvania Reserve Regiment, also known as the 33rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment, was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was a part of the famed Pennsylvania Reserves in the Army of the Potomac for much of the early part of the war, and served in the Eastern Theater in a number of important battles, including Antietam and Fredericksburg.

 

Antietam Battlefield-Sharpsburg Md.

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