33rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment

The 33rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, nicknamed the "Brains Regiment" or the "Normal Regiment," was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service
The 33rd Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Butler, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on September 3, 1861.

The regiment was mustered out on November 24, 1865 and discharged at Chicago, Illinois on December 6, 1865.

Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 2 officers and 56 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 1 officer and 250 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 309 fatalities.

Commanders

 * Colonel Charles E. Hovey
 * Colonel Charles E. Lippincott
 * Colonel Isaac H. Elliott - mustered out with the regiment