33rd Virginia Volunteer Infantry, Company A

33rd Virginia Volunteer Infantry, Company A - First Person Accounts

33rd Virginia Volunteer Infantry

Company A; Potomac Guard

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Original letters, diaries, etc. from various 33rd Virginia members

(Please Note: The items below should not be considered complete or exact representations of the originals. Some may have been edited for space considerations or other reasons and, since some may have been typed and re-typed several times from the originals, any spelling and grammatical errors may or may not be those of the author. Any explanatory remarks or editorial notes are contained in brackets and words indiscernible to the various transcribers are indicated by: _?_.)

Dr. Albion Martin; Co. I, 33rd Vir. Vol. Inf.: These series of letters were written by Albion Martin. Before enlisting in Co. I just before First Manassas, he was a dentist. He served as Commissary of the 33rd and then later as Quartermaster. The letters were graciously "computerized" by his great-great grandson David Rutherford who provided them for inclusion in this site.
Sgt. Ferdinand Dunlap; Co. D, 33rd Vir. Vol. Inf.: These two letters are written by Dunlap to family members in March and June of 1863. His service record indicates that he died of heart disease on Nov. 14th 1863 at the age of 28.
Capt. Michael Shuler; Co. H, 33rd Vir. Vol. Inf.: This section contains selected excerpts from a diary kept by Shuler. It covers a period from about June to December of 1862 and includes some narratives of important battles.
Col. Arthur Cummings; 33rd Vir. Vol. Inf.: This is a letter that Col. Cummings, organizer and first commanding officer of the 33rd Virginia, wrote to the editor of the Southern Historical Society Papers. This is an apparently solicited account of the unit's action at First Manassas.
Capt. George R. Bedinger; Co. E, 33rd Vir. Vol. Inf.: This is a collection of letters from the Bedinger family. George Bedinger was appointed Captain of Company E from the rank of Private by special orders. He was killed at Gettysburg July 3rd, 1863.
Maj. Jacob Golladay, Jr.; Co. B, 33rd Vir. Vol. Inf.: This is a letter written by Golladay (then a Capt.) May 8th, 1863. It is written to his brother after the battle of Chancellorsville.
Sgt. William Montgomery; Co. A, 33rd Vir. Vol. Inf.: These six letters are a sample of those written by Montgomery to family members. Born January 30, 1838, Montgomery enlisted in Co. A June 6, 1861 as a Sergeant and was wounded at First Manassas. In June of 1862, he deserted the Infantry and joined Co. C, 18th Virginia Cavalry which was primarily men from his home in Hampshire County. He was captured at Spotsylvania and was a POW at Ft. Delaware. After taking the oath, he was released June 20, 1865. He died June 6, 1921 and is buried near his home in Springfield (W)Va. The letters are edited for spelling and known discrepancies and some footnotes are included for references to various people or places.
Other Accounts: Michael R. Hanger Diary; Hanger was born in Staunton, Virginia and enlisted in Co. H, 4th Vir. Vol. Inf. on April 18, 1861. He was wounded at Gaines Mill and at Chancellorsville and was captured at Spotsylvania. After being exchanged, he took the oath of allegiance and was released. This diary is from the Valley of the Shadow Project website and was made available by the Augusta County Historical Society.; John Garibaldi Papers; Garibaldi was a 3rd Sergeant in Co. C, 27th Vir. Vol. Inf. and enlisted in May 1861. He was captured at Kernstown and again at Spotsylvania. He died in 1914 and is buried in Stonewall Jackson Cemetery at Lexington, Virginia. These papers are from the extensive collection of material available online from the VMI Archives.

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