133rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment

May 2025Union Army infantry regiment 133rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry August 1862 to May 26, 1863 United States Union Infantry Battle of AntietamBattle of FredericksburgBattle of Chancellorsville thumb|right|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 The 133rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. 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 The regiment initially moved to Washington, DC for duty from August 19, 1862, to September 2 of the same year; it subsequently moved to Rockville, Maryland for duty until October 30, when it moved to Falmouth, Virginia for several weeks. The regiment fought in the Battle of Fredericksburg from December 12–15, and was part of General Ambrose Burnside's second campaign, nicknamed the "Mud March" from January 20–24, 1863. During spring of 1863, the regiment was located in Falmouth, until April 27, when it departed to take part in the Chancellorsville campaign, participating in the Battle of Chancellorsville from May 1–5 of 1863. Enlisted in the regiment was Private John Suhre, who was mortally wounded at Fredericksburg and whose last days are described by Louisa May Alcott in her short novel Hospital Sketches. 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 See also American Civil War Pennsylvania 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 External links National flag of the 133rd Pennsylvania Infantry Category:Military units and formations established in 1862 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1863 Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Pennsylvania