1st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment (3 Months)
- 1st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment (3 Months)
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 1st Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry (3 Month)
caption=Wisconsin flag
dates= April 27, 1861 to August 21, 1861
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles= Battle of Falling Waters
The 1st Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry (3 Month) was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The original 1st Regiment Wisconsin was raised at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on April 27, 1861, and mustered into Federal service May 17, 1861. The regiment was moved to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on June 9. It was assigned to Abercrombie's 6th Brigade of Negley's 2nd Division, Patterson's Army. It spent its service guarding the upper Potomac River crossings. Its only engagement was at Falling Waters on July 2.
The regiment was mustered out on August 21, 1861.
Total enlistments and casualties
The 1st Wisconsin (3 Months) initially mustered 810 men and added no recruits. It lost 2 men killed in action or mortally wounded, and one killed accidentally for a total of three fatalities, a death rate of .37 percent. [ [http://freepages.books.rootsweb.com/~wirockbios/Blue1907/1907-5-WICW.html 1st Wisconsin] ]
Commander
*Colonel John C. Starkweather - April 20, 1861, to August 21, 1861
References
* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionwi.htm The Civil War Archive]
Notes
ee also
*List of Wisconsin Civil War Units
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