1st Wisconsin Infantry Monument - Chickamauga National Battlefield
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N 34° 55.891 W 085° 15.267
16S E 659425 N 3866839
One of many Civil War memorials in this large park. This one is dedicated to the 1st Wisconsin Infantry.
Waymark Code: WM6WBW
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 07/27/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member CoinsAndPins
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1st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment (3 Years)
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The 1st Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry (3 Year) was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service
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.[1] 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.[2]

Commander
Colonel John C. Starkweather - August 21, 1861, to July 17, 1863.
Colonel George B. Bingham - December 18, 1863, to October 13, 1864.

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