Kentucky 33rd Volunteer Infantry (Union)
9/13/62
Organized - Kentucky 33rd Volunteer Infantry - Kentucky
9/14/62
Battle - Munfordville - Hart County, Kentucky
Munfordville
After the Confederate victory at Richmond, Kentucky at the end of August, Gen. Braxton Bragg continued to operate in the strategic border state and moved his army to cover pursuing Union army routes in the area. Munfordville, with its 1,800-foot-long railroad bridge over the Green River, was a key station on the Louisville & Nashville Railroad and therefore of great military importance. Approaching the town on September 14th, Brig. Gen. James R. Chalmers urged Union Col. John T. Wilder to surrender his 4,0…READ MORE
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Mustered Out - Kentucky 33rd Volunteer Infantry - Kentucky
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