21st Wisconsin Infantry Monument Obelisk - Chickamauga National Battlefield
N 34° 55.839 W 085° 15.282
16S E 659404 N 3866742
Another 'odd' obelisk, this is one of many memorials found in this historic battlefield park.
Waymark Code: WM6TR6
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 07/20/2009
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21st Wisconsin Infantry
Col Harrison C Hobart
2nd Brigade, Baird's Division
Thomas' Corps
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21st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment
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The 21st Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
The 21st Wisconsin was organized at Oshkosh, Wisconsin and mustered into Federal service September 5, 1862.
The regiment was mustered out on June 17, 1865.
The 21st Wisconsin suffered 5 officers and 117 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 3 officers and 180 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 305 fatalities.[1]
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