10th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

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10th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
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National colors of the 10th Wisconsin, 1863
ActiveOctober 14, 1861 October 25, 1864
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Infantry
Size Regiment
Engagements American Civil War
Commanders
Colonel Alfred R. Chapin
Colonel John G. McMynn
Lt. Col.John H. Ely
Lt. Col.Jacob W. Roby
Wisconsin U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865
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The 10th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army in the western theater of the American Civil War.

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Service

The 10th Wisconsin was raised at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and mustered into Federal service October 14, 1861. The regiment was mustered out on October 25, 1864, and the re-enlisted veterans and later recruits transferred to the 21st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment.

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Total enlistments and casualties

The 10th Wisconsin initially mustered 1,029 men and later recruited an additional 601 men, for a total of 1,630 men. The regiment lost 5 officers and 91 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 1 officer and 147 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 244 fatalities.

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