33rd Illinois Infantry

Square Rectangular stone monument with ILLINOIS written on its base
33rd Illinois Infantry Regimental Monument

NPS / P. Winfrey

Monument located on Union Avenue, 50 yards south of the railroad bridge. Also a marker designating the assault of 22 May 1863, located 150 feet south of Clay Street and 150 feet east of Melborn Place, a marker designating a sharpshooters' line 100 feet south of Clay Street on the west side of the tour route overpass, and a marker designating a camp site 80 feet behind Brig. Gen. William P. Benton Relief Portrait on Union Avenue south of the railroad bridge.

This unit was attached to Brig. Gen. William P. Benton's and Col. Henry D. Washburn's (assumed command 31 May 1863) 1st Brigade of Brig. Gen. Eugene A. Carr's 14th Division, Maj. Gen'ls John A. McClernand's (relieved of command 19 June 1863) and Edward O.C. Ord's XIII Army Corps, and commanded by Col. Charles E. Lippincott.

The regiment lost 1 officer and 12 enlisted men wounded at Port Gibson, MS, 1 May 1863; 1 enlisted man killed and 2 enlisted men wounded at Champion Hill, MS, 16 May 1863; 1 officer and 12 enlisted men wounded at the Big Black River Bridge, MS, 17 May 1863; and 13 enlisted men killed, 8 officers and 51 enlisted men wounded in the assault at Vicksburg, MS, 22 May 1863. [Refer to page 557, Volume II the WPA Monumentation Survey Books.]
 

 
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Last updated: July 4, 2024

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3201 Clay Street
Vicksburg, MS 39183

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601 636-0583

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