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    33rd Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, Companies A, B & K [EU]










    33rd Virginia Infantry
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    INTRODUCTION









    The A, B and K companies of 33rd Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment are EU companies who aim to become one of the best english speaking companies, we recruit anyone who can speak english and is willing to obey commands as well as being as active as they can be. We aim to be one of the best battalion not only through skill, leadership and training, but also through our discipline in order to keep the battalion running well. Members of the companies will also be advised to use historical names. Also we will not only play WoR, we have a gaming community for other games such as M&B:Warband, Total War games and more.




    History



    The 33rd Infantry Regiment was organized during the early summer of 1861 with men from the counties of Hampshire, Shenandoah, Frederick, Hardy, Page, and Rockingham. It became part of the Stonewall Brigade and served under T.J. Jackson, R.B. Garnett, Winder, Paxton, J.A. Walker, and W. Terry. Twenty-three percent of the 236 at Gettysburg were killed, wounded, or missing. Only 1 officer and 18 men surrendered.

    First Manassas


    When the Union and Confederate armies engaged near Manassas Junction, Virginia on 21 July 1861, General Jackson and his brigade earned the nickname "Stonewall" when, as they retreated to reform along Henry House Hill, Gen. Barnard Bee cried out to his ailing troops: "There stands Jackson like a stone wall. Rally behind the Virginians!" Eight of the ten companies in the 33rd were present.

    At the height of the battle, it was Jackson's first brigade, and more specifically, the undersized regiment of Colonel Cummings that turned the tide of battle with a well-timed charge against an exposed artillery battery. The successful capture of the guns is thought to be largely because, due to the lack of formality in early war uniforms, Jackson's men were dressed in blue, just like their Federal counterparts. Though the 33rd Virginia succeeded in capturing the guns, the number of men that made the charge (only about 250) were unable to maintain possession and were forced to retreat. The charge had halted the steady advance of the Union Army up to that point, and precipitated further charges by Jackson's other regiments. By day's end, the actions of the 33rd led to the complete rout of the Union Army, and played a major role in immortalizing the brigade.

    The cost of immortality for Cummings' regiment was high. Of the 450 men who were present at the battle, the 33rd would suffer 43 killed and 140 wounded.



    In the Valley


    Three days later, General Jackson took leave of his old brigade and returned to the Shenandoah Valley to take command of Virginia's Valley District. Finding the size of his command inadequate for the task, he petitioned Richmond for the return of the Stonewall Brigade to the Valley. On 9 November, only five days after Jackson left his command, the brigade received orders for them to pack up camp and march to Manassas Junction, where they were expected to board the train and return to the Valley.

    Arriving in the evening, it was determined that there were only enough cars to take the 2nd, 5th and 27th Virginia Regiments back. The 4th and 33rd were ordered to encamp at the junction and wait for the trains to return in the morning. Around 10 o'clock, without shelter to protect them, a steady, cold rain began to fall continuing throughout the long night. Having somehow come into the possession of a barrel of whiskey, the Emerald Guard would make it longer yet and twice as miserable for the others present. "The whole of the Irish company gets drunk save a few," wrote a member of Company H, 33rd Virginia, "they get to fighting, in which swords, bayonets and knives are used; have a hard time tying them and putting them in the guardhouse. Several of both parties get badly wounded…"

    News of the incident resounded all the way up to General Jackson's headquarters. On 2 December, Jackson, in his official report, provided the following account of the rowdy Irishmen. "...While the Thirty-third Regiment Virginia Volunteers was en route from Manassas to this place one of its companies (Company E) arrived in camp near here without any officer, in consequence of its first lieutenant (T.C. Fitzgerald) having absented himself without leave. In consequence of Colonel Cummings having reported to me that he could not undertake another march with the company, as it was composed of unmanageable Irishmen…"

    As spring came, so did the Federals in force. Jackson, being forced to evacuated Winchester, headed southwards up the Valley until news from Jackson's cavalry scouts suggested that the Federals, were reducing their force so as to reinforce Union operations further east. Doubling back, Jackson launched an attack against the Federals situated at Kernstown a few miles south of Winchester on 23 March 1862. The 33rd played a large role in holding a stone wall against overwhelming numbers, until being ordered to retire as their ammunition became expended. The regiment suffered 23 killed, 12 wounded and 18 captured of the 275 engaged at First Kernstown.

    Following Kernstown, Jackson's Army retreated down the Valley towards Rude's Hill, where, in accordance with various orders issued by the Governor of Virginia and the Confederate Congress, the existing units were reenlisted for a period of three years or the war. New recruits between the ages of 18 and 45 were encouraged through bounty and the fear of being conscripted involuntarily, to join the army. To augment recruiting, state militias were obliged to disband and its members obliged to fill up the ranks of the regular companies. By the end of April, the 33rd Virginia Infantry grew by 297 recruits and with the absorption of the militia, swelled to 762 men before breaking camp on 3 May.



    The Peninsula Campaign


    After a three-day rest near Weyer's Cave, the brigade was again on the move. Crossing Rockfish Gap, Jackson hurried his men towards Richmond to augment the besieged forces around the capital. The Stonewall Brigade arrived in time to assist Robert E. Lee in his counteroffensive against George McClellan. On 28 June, the Stonewall Brigade would participate in the final charge near twilight at the battle of Gaines' Mill, and again would see action near day's end at the Battle of Malvern Hill on 1 July. The 33rd took 32 casualties at Malvern Hill.

    From 8 July through 17, the entire brigade left the battlefield and moved to Richmond where the men were allowed to take a well-deserved rest. On the 17th, however, the men of the Stonewall Brigade again packed their blanket rolls, shouldered arms and began marching northwards for a new campaign, this time against a new Federal Army being organized around Manassas Junction under General John Pope. On 9 August, the brigade would run into Pope at the Battle of Cedar Mountain. The 33rd Regiment fought fiercely throughout the battle, taking 17 casualties.

    Two days after Cedar Mountain, the regiment would officially lose one more. Captain Marion Sibert, who, coming to terms with his inability to rejoin the Emerald Guard in the field, resigned his commission as Captain on 11 August 1862. Sibert would survive the war without further injury, serving as provost for both Winchester and New Market.



    Second Manassas


    Continuing northwards, Jackson's men swept away the single brigade of infantry that guarded the vast supply depot at Manassas Junction. Taking all that could be used by the army, it was left to the 33rd Virginia to see that the cars and warehouses were set aflame and otherwise destroyed. On the following day, 27 August the brigade encamped at Groveton, just to the North of the old battlefield. Around twilight, the Stonewall Brigade confronted their equals in the Federal Army, the Iron Brigade, composed of the 2nd, 6th, and 7th Wisconsin Infantry, and 19th Indiana. Both commands would stand in line facing each other well into the darkness justifying their reputations to the other. In the end, the Stonewall Brigade would hold their position on the field. Over the next two days, the regiment would be engaged in the Second Battle of Manassas. The three days fighting would cost the 33rd Virginia 33 killed and 81 wounded, including their Colonel John Neff.



    Antietam (Sharpsburg)


    Continuing their advance into Maryland, the regiment, now only numbering about 200 men, fought just as tenaciously, suffering 3 killed and 17 more wounded. As the battle resulted in a draw, the Confederate army retreated back across the Potomac and Jackson's army settled in around the lower Valley at which time a number of men, who had been wounded, released from Northern prisons or returned from being AWOL filled up the ranks. By the end of October, the regiment was mustered and paid once more.




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    Roster



    Battalion Commissioned Officers

    - Colonel Andrew Grigsby
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    Company A
    "Potomac Guards"


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    - Captain Jack Davis
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    - Private Kosgrove
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    - Private Nelson Miles
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    Company strength: 23
    - Officers - 2
    - NCOs - 1
    - Enlisted men - 20




    Company B
    "Toms Brook Guards"


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    - Sergeant Daniel W. Huffman
    - Corporal Johny Cotton
    - Corporal Michael Allen



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    Enlisted men
    - Private Dmitrij Krawczenko
    - Private Brad Burns
    - Private Corey Taylor
    - Private John Alexander
    - Private Daniel Hampton
    - Private John Smith
    - Private Charles Mason
    - Private Mladen Milovanovich
    - Private Jerry Jefferson
    - Private William Fortesque
    - Private Ethan Tyler
    - Private Max Norton
    - Private Tommy Wiseau
    - Private Joseph Johnson
    - Private Billy Edwards
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    - Private Nuck Riddington
    - Private Emhyr Emreis
    - Private Walter Collins
    - Private Andrew Anderson
    - Private Johnny M. Warren
    - Private Albert Walker
    - Private Joseph Stalun
    - Private Bill Lindsay
    - Private James White
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    Company strength: 28
    - Officers - 1
    - NCOs - 3
    - Enlisted men - 24




    Company C
    "Shenandoah Riflemen" (Roster WIP)


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    - Sergeant Louis Jefferson




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    -Private Gary Wilsom
    -Private Maus Colley
    -Private Rob Stone
    -Private Harvey Specter
    -Private David Crockett
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    Company strength: 7
    - Officers - 1
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    Company K
    "The Shenandoah Sharpshooters"


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    - Captain David H. Walton
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    - Sergeant James "Bull" Lee
    - Corporal Matt Williams



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    Enlisted men
    - Private Vlad
    - Private Aggofan
    - Private Migdava
    - Private Messius
    - Private Rooker
    - Private Attack
    - Private Mexar
    - Private dand.dand
    - Private Starkan
    - Private Falc
    - Private Numerion
    - Private Hokej
    - Private TomHackey
    - Private Nicholas Blackwell
    - Private William Blight
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    Company strength: 21
    - Officers - 1
    - NCOs - 2
    - Enlisted men - 19



    Battalion strength: 70
    - Officers - 5
    - NCOs - 6
    - Enlisted men - 58



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    credits to Bravescot for the roster template, and to Magner for his awesome header!


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    Not sure if you can proclaim yourself Colonel, seeing as it's a battalion, and not a full regiment. I would recommend putting your own rank down to Major.

    I may be wrong though and you may be allowed to have Colonel, but good luck anyways.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Norwegian View Post
    Not sure if you can proclaim yourself Colonel, seeing as it's a battalion, and not a full regiment. I would recommend putting your own rank down to Major.

    I may be wrong though and you may be allowed to have Colonel, but good luck anyways.
    Well, I'm a colonel Andrew Grigsby, the historical leader of Winder's Brigade. I've made a decision to be a colonel, only because i want to also be leader of brigade. If it's serious problem, I'll change it.

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