21st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
Organization The Twenty-First Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (21st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment) organized at Camp Bragg, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and mustered into the service of the United States on September 5, 1862. They left the state on September 11. Then, they proceeded to Covington, KY, and then went to Louisville. Active Duty In
15th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
Organization The Fifteenth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (15th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment) organized at Camp Randall, Madison, WI. They mustered into the service of the United States on February 14, 1862. They left the state on March 2, 1862, traveling to Birds Point, MO., and reaching there on March 14th. Active Duty
10th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
Organization The Tenth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (10th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment) was organized at Camp Holton, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and mustered into the service of the United States on October 14, 1861. They left the State on November 9, and arrived at Louisville, Kentucky, on November 11. Active Duty To start, they
1st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
Organization A week after the muster out of the First Infantry (three months), an order called for the regiment’s reorganization into a regiment with a three year term of enlistment. Under the supervision of Col. John C. Starkweather, the First Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (1st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment) was mustered into
8th Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery
Organization The Eighth Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery (8th Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery), also known as the Lyons' Pinery Battery, organized at Camp Utley, Racine, WI, and mustered into the service of the United States on the January 8th, 1862. The battery left the state on March 18 for St. Louis,
5th Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery
Recruitment and Training The Fifth Light Artillery Battery (5th Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery) organized at Camp Utley, Racine, Wisconsin, and mustered into the service of the United States on October 10, 1861. The unit left the state on March 15, 1862, for St. Louis, Missouri, then proceeded down the river
3rd Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery
Recruitment and Training The Third Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery (3rd Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery ) was organized at Camp Utley, Racine, WI, and mustered into the service of the United States on October 10, 1861. The battery left the state for Louisville, Kentucky, on January 23, 1862. Active Service In
Poetry and Proverbs
By Russell Horton, Reference Archivist “If I die a prisoner of war, I would like to have this diary sent to my Father, A. Ingersoll, Waupun, Wis.” -Frank J. Ingersoll, Diary Entry, ca. September 1864 In the first two years of the Civil War, soldiers from either side of the