Organization

Four companies of the 53rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment  were organized in April, 1865. They proceeded to St. Louis, MO, and thence to Ft. Leavenworth, KS.  

Active Duty

In Kansas, by order of the War Department, Companies A, B, C, and D were transferred to the 51st Infantry Regiment on June 10, 1865, and mustered out with that regiment. 

Casualties

The 53rd lost 8 men to disease.

For Further Research

Search our collections for photos and artifacts from Wisconsin in the Civil War. Read about other Wisconsin Civil War regiments. For detailed regimental histories of the U.S. Civil War, consult the Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories.

The histories above, unless otherwise noted, are adopted from Charles E. Estabrook, ed., Records and Sketches of Military Organizations, (Madison, 1914).