5th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
Organization The Fifth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (5th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment) was organized at Camp Randall, Madison, Wisconsin, and mustered into the service of the United States on July 13, 1861. The Regiment left the State on July 24, going directly to Washington, D.C. Active Duty The Fifth, assigned to General
5th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
Organization The Fifth regiment of Infantry was organized at Camp Randall, Madison, Wisconsin, and mustered into the service of the United States on July 13, 1861. The Regiment left the State on July 24, going directly to Washington, D.C. Active Duty The Fifth, assigned to General Kings Brigade, remained in
3rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
Organization The Third Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (3rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment) organized at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin and mustered into the service of the United States on the June 29, 1861. The regiment left the State on the July 12, reporting at Hagerstown, Maryland. from which point they marched to Harpers
The Iron Brigade & the Black Hat
“There are them damned black hatted fellows again!” This cry, and others like it, were made by disheartened Confederate troops on the first day of fighting at the Battle of Gettysburg Under the impression that they faced untrained militia, the Rebel troops quickly recognized the distinctive black Model 1858 “Hardee”