The 133rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was among scores of regiments that were raised in the summer of 1864 as Hundred Days Men, an effort to augment existing manpower for an all-out push to end the war within 100 days.
Service The 133rd Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Butler, Illinois, and mustered into Federal service on May 31, 1864, for a one hundred day enlistment. The 133rd guarded prisoners at the Rock Island Arsenal.
The regiment was mustered out of service on September 24, 1864, at Camp Butler.
Total strength and casualties The regiment suffered 16 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 16 fatalities.http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilif10.htm#133rd The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
Commanders Colonel Thaddeus Phillips – mustered out with the regiment.http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/133-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls Second lieutenant, co. F, 133rd regt. Illinois vol. inf. Henry A. Sturges
See also List of Illinois Civil War Units Illinois in the American Civil War
Notes
References The Civil War Archive Department of the Interior, United States of America, Bureau of Pensions no. 724,996, Hannah L. Sturges, widow of Henry A. Sturges, June 5, 1911