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133rd Ohio Infantry

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Muster In: Organized by consolidation of 58th and 76th Battalions and 3rd Regiment Ohio National Guard, and mustered in May 6, 1864.1
Muster Out: Mustered out August 20, 1864.2

Commander(s):
Colonel Gustavus S. Innis
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Lieutenant Colonel William Ewing
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Commander 3
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First Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | First Division | X Corps | Army of the James | Union Army3, 4,5

  • Commander: Colonel Gustavus S. Innis (June 16, 1864)6
  • Unit Strength:
  • Weapons: Enfield Rifles (.577 caliber) (June 30, 1864)7
  • Note: The 133rd Ohio was temporarily attached to 1/1/X/AotJ on June 12, 1864.8

Second Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Third Division | X Corps | Army of the James | Union Army9,10

  • Commander: Lieutenant Colonel William Ewing (June 30, 1864)11
  • Unit Strength:
  • Weapons: Enfield Rifles (.577 caliber) (June 30, 1864)12
  • Note: The Third Division was organized on June 19, 1864.13

Third Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Third Division | X Corps | Army of the James | Union Army14,15

  • Commander: Lieutenant Colonel William Ewing (July 31, 1864)16
  • Unit Strength:
  • Weapons:

Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Third Division | X Corps | Army of the James | Union Army (August 1-10, 1864)17

  • Commander:
  • Unit Strength:
  • Weapons:
  • Note: Moved to Washington, D.C., August 10.18

Fifth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • No longer in existence.19

Sixth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • No longer in existence.20

Seventh Offensive Order of Battle:

  • No longer in existence.21

Eighth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • No longer in existence.22

Ninth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • No longer in existence.23

Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles24:

  • Moved to Washington, D.C., June 7; thence to Bermuda Hundred, Va., arriving June 12.
  • Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 10th Army Corps, Army of the James.
  • Bermuda front June 16-17.
  • Duty in trenches at Bermuda Hundred until July 17.
  • Moved to Fort Powhatan, on James River, July 17, and duty there repairing telegraph lines from Fort to Swan’s Point, and in the fortifications to August. Built a Magazine, also a Signal tower 80 feet high.
  • Moved to Washington, D.C., August 10.

Bibliography:

    Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:

    Sources:

    1. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3)
    2. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3)
    3. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), p. 234: This Official Records casualty return indicates the Third Division wasn’t created until June 19, 1864, one day after the First Offensive ended.
    4. Sherman, S. M. History of the 133d Regiment, O.V.I. and incidents connected with its service during the “War of the Rebellion.” (Champlin Printing Co.: 1896), pp. 64-84: In these twenty odd pages, Sherman describes the regiment’s landing at Bermuda Hundred on June 12, 1864, its immediate attachment to the First Brigade, First Division, Tenth Corps, Army of the James, and its actions until June 19, 1864, at which time the new Third Division of 100 days Ohio regiments was created.  Nowhere in the casualty returns in the Official Records is it indicated that this regiment ever belonged to 1/1/X, if even briefly, but that appears to be the case.
    5. Dickey, Luther S. History of the Eighty-Fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1865: Comprising an Authentic Narrative of Casey’s Division at the Battle of Seven Pines. J. C. & E. E. Powers, 1915, p. 337: “Sunday, June 12. …133d Ohio Regiment (100 days men) temporarily assigned to Howell’s brigade.”
    6. Dickey, Luther S. History of the Eighty-Fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1865: Comprising an Authentic Narrative of Casey’s Division at the Battle of Seven Pines. J. C. & E. E. Powers, 1915, p. 329
    7. Volume 14 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 133rd Ohio Entry, Page 36; Summary Statements of Quarterly Returns of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores on Hand in Regular and Volunteer Army Organizations, 1862-1867, 1870-1876. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1281, Roll 7); Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1797-1969, Record Group 156; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C.
    8. Dickey, Luther S. History of the Eighty-Fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1865: Comprising an Authentic Narrative of Casey’s Division at the Battle of Seven Pines. J. C. & E. E. Powers, 1915, p. 337: “Sunday, June 12. …133d Ohio Regiment (100 days men) temporarily assigned to Howell’s brigade.”
    9. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), p. 234
    10. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), p. 554
    11. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), p. 554
    12. Volume 14 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 133rd Ohio Entry, Page 36; Summary Statements of Quarterly Returns of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores on Hand in Regular and Volunteer Army Organizations, 1862-1867, 1870-1876. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1281, Roll 7); Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1797-1969, Record Group 156; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C.
    13. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), p. 234
    14. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), page 264
    15. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 3 (Serial Number 82), page 739
    16. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 3 (Serial Number 82), page 739
    17. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3)
    18. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3)
    19. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3)
    20. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3)
    21. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3)
    22. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3)
    23. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3)
    24. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3)
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