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The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin

Compiled and Published Under the Direction of

J. D. Beck, Commissioner of Labor and Industrial Statistics

©1907 Democratic Printing Company, State Printer, Madison [WI]


Part V. Wisconsin in the War of the Rebellion

[pp. 822-823]


The total muster out from specific Wisconsin organizations at the close of the war was 54,052 men. During the war
15,193 were discharged. The remainder embraces 4,685 remaining in the service, transfers to other organizations, missing, desertions, etc. Official date of close of war, ruling by U.S. Supreme court, Aug. 26, 1866.

Tables compiled from Records in the Adjutant General's Department concisely showing important statistical features.

Name of Organization Organized at Organization perfected No. of engagements Date of final muster out
1st Wisconsin Cavalry Ripon and Kenosha Feb. 2, 1862 45 July 19, 1865
2d Wisconsin Cavalry Milwaukee Mar. 10, 1862 18 Nov. 15, 1865
3d Wisconsin Cavalry Janesville Jan. 31, 1862 37 Oct. 27, 1865
4th Wisconsin Cavalry [1] Racine July 2, 1861 31 May 28, 1865
1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery [2] Madison June 11, 1861 4 Sept. 2, 1865
1st Battalion Wis. Light Artillery Racine Oct. 10, 1861 15 July 18, 1865
2d Battalion Wis. Light Artillery Racine Oct. 10, 1861 1 July 10, 1865
3d Battalion Wis. Light Artillery Racine Oct. 10, 1861 5 July 3, 1865
4th Battalion Wis. Light Artillery Racine Oct. 1, 1861 7 July 3, 1865
5th Battalion Wis. Light Artillery Racine Oct. 1, 1861 17 July 6, 1865
6th Battalion Wis. Light Artillery Racine Oct. 1, 1861 10 July 3, 1865
7th Battalion Wis. Light Artillery Racine Oct. 4, 1861 6 July 20, 1865
8th Battalion Wis. Light Artillery Racine Jan. 8, 1862 11 Aug. 10, 1865
9th Battalion Wis. Light Artillery Burlington Jan. 27, 1862 1 Sept. 30, 1865
10th Battalion Wis. Light Artillery Milwaukee Feb. 10, 1862 35 Apr. 20, 1865
11th Battalion Wis. Light Artillery [3] Oconto Feb. 22, 1862 12 July 10, 1865
12th Battalion Wis. Light Artillery Madison Apr. 2, 1862 12 June 7, 1865
13th Battalion Wis. Light Artillery Milwaukee Dec. 29, 1863 ----- July 20, 1865
Co. G, 1st U.S. (Berdan's) Sharpshooters Wisconsin Sept. 23, 1861 37 Sept. 22, 1864
1st Wisconsin Infantry (3 mos.) Milwaukee Apr. 20, 1861 1 Aug. 21, 1861
1st Wisconsin Infantry (3 yrs.) Milwaukee Oct. 19, 1861 5 Oct. 21, 1865
2d Wisconsin Infantry Madison June 11, 1861 25 July 2, 1864
3d Wisconsin Infantry Fond du Lac June 29, 1861 26 July 18, 1865
4th Wisconsin Infantry Madison July 13, 1861 30 July 11, 1865
5th Wisconsin Infantry Madison July 16, 1861 30 July 14, 1865
6th Wisconsin Infantry Madison Sept. 2, 1861 31 July 3, 1865
7th Wisconsin Infantry Madison Sept. 13, 1861 43 Sept. 5, 1865
8th Wisconsin Infantry Milwaukee Nov. 26, 1861 8 Jan. 30, 1866
9th Wisconsin Infantry Milwaukee Oct. 14, 1861 20 Nov. 3, 1864
10th Wisconsin Infantry Madison Oct. 18, 1861 16 Sept. 4, 1865
11th Wisconsin Infantry Madison Nov. 5, 1861 19 July 16, 1865
13th Wisconsin Infantry Janesville Nov. 13, 1861 7 Nov. 24, 1865
14th Wisconsin Infantry Fond du Lac June 30, 1862 26 Oct. 3, 1865
15th Wisconsin Infantry Madison Feb. 13, 1862 26 Feb. 13, 1865
16th Wisconsin Infantry Madison Jan. 31, 1862 16 July 12, 1865
17th Wisconsin Infantry Madison Mar. 15, 1862 16 July 14, 1865
18th Wisconsin Infantry Milwaukee Mar. 15, 1862 11 July 18, 1865
19th Wisconsin Infantry Madison Apr. 30, 1862 7 Aug. 9, 1865
20th Wisconsin Infantry Madison Aug. 23, 1862 8 July 14, 1865
21st Wisconsin Infantry Oshkosh Sept. 5, 1862 21 June 8, 1865
22d Wisconsin Infantry Racine Sept. 2, 1862 13 July 12, 1865
23d Wisconsin Infantry Madison Aug. 30, 1862 17 July 4, 1865
24th Wisconsin Infantry Milwaukee Aug. 22, 1862 18 June 10, 1865
25th Wisconsin Infantry La Crosse Sept. 14, 1862 30 June 7, 1865
26th Wisconsin Infantry Milwaukee Sept. 17, 1862 17 June 13, 1865
27th Wisconsin Infantry Milwaukee Mar. 7, 1863 6 Aug. 29, 1865
28th Wisconsin Infantry Milwaukee Oct. 14, 1862 6 Aug. 23, 1865
29th Wisconsin Infantry Madison Sept. 27, 1862 19 June 22, 1865
30th Wisconsin Infantry Madison Oct. 21, 1862 1 Sept. 20, 1865
31st Wisconsin Infantry [4] Prairie du Chien Oct. 9, 1862 6 July 8, 1865
32d Wisconsin Infantry Oshkosh Sept. 25, 1864 18 June 12, 1865
33d Wisconsin Infantry Milwaukee Oct. 18, 1862 24 Aug. 9, 1865
34th Wisconsin Infantry [5] Madison & Milwaukee Dec. 31, 1862 ----- Sept. 8, 1863
35th Wisconsin Infantry Milwaukee Feb. 27, 1864 2 Mar. 15, 1866
36th Wisconsin Infantry Madison Mar. 23, 1864 18 July 12, 1865
37th Wisconsin Infantry Madison June 25, 1864 10 July 26, 1865
38th Wisconsin Infantry [6] Madison Apr. 15, 1864 10 July 27, 1865
39th Wisconsin Infantry [7] Milwaukee June 3, 1864 1 Sept. 15, 1864
40th Wisconsin Infantry [7] Madison June 9, 1864 1 Sept. 16, 1864
41st Wisconsin Infantry [7] Milwaukee June 15, 1864 1 Sept. 17, 1864
42d Wisconsin Infantry [8] Madison Sept. 9, 1864 ----- June 20, 1865
43d Wisconsin Infantry [8] Milwaukee Sept. 30, 1864 1 June 24, 1865
44th Wisconsin Infantry [8] Madison Feb. 15, 1865 1 Aug. 28, 1865
45th Wisconsin Infantry [8] Madison Feb. 7, 1865 ----- July 17, 1865
46th Wisconsin Infantry [8] Madison Mar. 2, 1865 ----- Sept. 27, 1865
47th Wisconsin Infantry [8] Madison Feb. 23, 1865 ----- Sept. 4, 1865
48th Wisconsin Infantry [8] Milwaukee Apr. 4, 1865 ----- Mar. 24, 1866
49th Wisconsin Infantry [8] Madison Mar. 5, 1865 ----- Nov. 8, 1865
50th Wisconsin Infantry [8] Madison Apr. 18, 1865 ----- June 14, 1866
51st Wisconsin Infantry [8] Milwaukee Apr. 29, 1865 ----- Aug. 30, 1865
52d Wisconsin Infantry [8] Madison Apr. 18, 1865 ----- July 28, 1865
53d Wisconsin Infantry [9] ----- ----- ----- -----

[1] Organized as infantry and changed to cavalary Sept. 1, 1863.
[2] Co. "A" organized at Madison; "B," "C" and "D" at Milwaukee; "E" to "M" at Madison.
[3] Also known as Battery "L," 1st Reg. Illinois Light Artillery.
[4] Four companies organized at Racine, Dec. 24, 1862.
[5] Organized at Madison and Milwaukee to serve nine months.
[6] Four companies organized April 15, six others later.
[7] Organized to serve 100 days.
[8] Organized to serve one year.
[9] The 53d regiment was started, several companies recruited and merged into the 51st.

Name of Organization Original strength Gained by recruits Total strength Killed or died of wounds Died of disease Died of accident Total Loss % of death rate
1st Wisconsin Cavalry 1,124 1,417 2,541 72 320 12 404 15.938
2d Wisconsin Cavalry 1,127 998 2,125 23 285 8 316 14.870
3d Wisconsin Cavalry 1,186 980 2,166 66 127 27 220 11,569
4th Wisconsin Cavalry 1,047 998 2,045 116 284 33 433 20.684
1st Wis. Heavy Art. 1,777 386 2,163 4 74 9 87 4.207
1st Bat. Wis. Lt. Art. 155 114 269 4 25 2 31 11.524
2d Bat. Wis. Lt. Art. 153 42 195 ----- 13 ----- 13 6.666
3d Bat. Wis. Lt. Art. 170 67 237 4 20 ----- 24 10.126
4th Bat. Wis. Lt. Art. 151 100 251 2 21 1 24 9.562
5th Bat. Wis. Lt. Art. 155 70 225 5 19 ----- 24 10.666
6th Bat. Wis. Lt. Art. 157 85 242 6 20 2 28 11.570
7th Bat. Wis. Lt. Art. 158 94 252 9 20 2 31 12.301
8th Bat. Wis. Lt. Art. 161 102 263 1 28 ----- 29 11.026
9th Bat. Wis. Lt. Art. 155 63 218 ----- 5 1 6 2.752
10th Bat. Wis. Lt. Art. 47 121 168 2 26 ----- 28 16.666
11th Bat. Wis. Lt. Art. 87 8 95 ----- 1 1 2 2.115
12th Bat. Wis. Lt. Art. 99 212 311 9 22 1 32 10.289
13th Bat. Wis. Lt. Art. 156 32 188 ----- 13 2 15 7.979
Co. G, 1st U.S. (Berdan's) Sharpshooters 105 80 185 21 13 ----- 34 18.387
1st Wis. Inf. (3 mos.) 810 ----- 810 2 ----- 1 3 0.370
1st Wis. Inf. (3 yrs.) 945 563 1,508 132 103 ----- 235 15._83
2d Wis. Inf. 1,051 152 1,203 238 74 6 318 25.6_2
3d Wis. Inf. 979 940 1,919 165 116 2 283 14.747
4th Wis. Inf. 1,058 994 2,052 194 130 3 327 15.935
5th Wis. Inf. 1,108 832 1,940 243 110 6 359 18.490
6th Wis. Inf. 1,029 601 1,630 281 139 7 427 19.264
7th Wis. Inf. 973 369 1,342 59 208 13 280 20.864
8th Wis. Inf. 870 333 1,203 78 106 11 195 16.209
9th Wis. Inf. 916 105 1,021 95 145 8 248 24.293
10th Wis. Inf. 1,029 573 1,602 86 284 11 381 23.783
11th Wis. Inf. 1,045 622 1,667 96 229 4 329 19.736
13th Wis. Inf. 970 569 1,539 5 182 14 201 19.735
14th Wis. Inf. 970 940 1,910 123 194 10 327 17.120
15th Wis. Inf. 801 98 899 94 237 14 345 38.376
16th Wis. Inf. 1,066 891 1,957 147 246 8 401 20.490
17th Wis. Inf. 941 736 1,677 41 220 14 275 16.410
18th Wis. Inf. 962 467 1,419 54 163 9 226 15.815
19th Wis. Inf. 973 241 1,214 43 113 5 161 13.262
20th Wis. Inf. 990 139 1,129 107 138 10 255 22.586
21st Wis. Inf. 1,002 169 1,171 121 174 11 306 26.135
22d Wis. Inf. 1,009 496 1,505 79 163 6 248 16.478
23d Wis. Inf. 994 123 1,117 41 262 13 316 28.299
24th Wis. Inf. 1,003 74 1,077 110 83 6 199 18.477
25th Wis. Inf. 1,018 426 1,444 53 414 4 471 32.618
26th Wis. Inf. 1,002 87 1,089 187 73 6 266 24.426
27th Wis. Inf. 865 331 1,196 22 239 5 266 22.241
28th Wis. Inf. 961 176 1,137 13 226 10 249 25.857
29th Wis. Inf. 961 128 1,089 81 235 18 334 30.670
30th Wis. Inf. 906 313 1,219 2 68 3 73 6.989
31st Wis. Inf. 878 200 1,078 23 90 3 116 10.761
32d Wis. Inf. 993 481 1,474 27 252 7 286 19.402
33d Wis. Inf. 892 174 1,066 83 167 10 210 19.700
34th Wis. Inf. 961 ----- 961 ----- 19 4 23 2.393
35th Wis. Inf. 1,066 22 1,088 2 275 5 282 25.919
36th Wis. Inf. 990 24 1,014 156 172 12 340 33.530
37th Wis. Inf. 708 436 1,144 155 87 5 247 21.599
38th Wis. Inf. 913 119 1,032 57 56 2 115 11.143
39th Wis. Inf. 780 ----- 780 3 29 ----- 32 4.102
40th Wis. Inf. 776 ----- 776 ----- 19 1 20 2.577
41st Wis. Inf. 578 ----- 578 ----- 18 ----- 18 3.114
42d Wis. Inf. 877 131 1,008 ----- 57 3 60 5.952
43d Wis. Inf. 867 46 913 1 76 1 78 8.434
44th Wis. Inf. 877 237 1,114 ----- 60 1 61 5.475
45th Wis. Inf. 859 142 1,001 ----- 36 1 37 3.696
46th Wis. Inf. 914 33 947 ----- 21 ----- 21 2.218
47th Wis. Inf. 927 58 985 ----- 42 ----- 42 4.264
48th Wis. Inf. 828 4 832 ----- 16 ----- 16 4.191
49th Wis. Inf. 986 16 1,002 ----- 48 1 49 4.989
50th Wis. Inf. 942 16 958 1 40 4 45 4.697
51st Wis. Inf. 841 391 1,232 ----- 23 1 24 1.984
52d Wis. Inf. 486 25 511 ----- 9 ----- 9 1.761
Total
56,316 21,012 77,328 3,794 8,022 400 12,216
Assigned to other org's. and unassigned 14,051
Total number furnished by Wis.
91,379

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