1st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment (3 Years)
- 1st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment (3 Years)
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 1st Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry (3 Year)
caption=Wisconsin flag
dates= April 27, 1861 to August 21, 1861
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles= Battle of Perryville
Battle of Stone's River
Tullahoma Campaign
Battle of Chickamauga
Siege of Chattanooga
Atlanta Campaign
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
The 1st Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry (3 Year) was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The 1st Wisconsin was raised at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and mustered into Federal service October 19, 1861. The new regiment was recruited by Colonel Starkweather of the original 1st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment (3 Months) after that regiment was mustered out of service.
The regiment was mustered out on October 13, 1864.
Total enlistments and casualties
The 1st Wisconsin Infantry initially mustered 945 men and later recruited an additional 563 men, for a total of 1508 men. [ [http://freepages.books.rootsweb.com/~wirockbios/Blue1907/1907-5-WICW.html 1st Wisconsin] ] The regiment suffered 6 officers and 151 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 1 officer and 142 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 300 fatalities. [ [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unwiinf1.htm#1st3mo Civil War Archive] ]
Commander
*Colonel John C. Starkweather - August 21, 1861, to July 17, 1863.
*Colonel George B. Bingham - December 18, 1863, to October 13, 1864.
References
* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionwi.htm The Civil War Archive]
Notes
ee also
*List of Wisconsin Civil War Units
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