16th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

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16th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
Flag of Wisconsin.svg
ActiveJanuary 31, 1862 July 12, 1865
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Union Army
Role Infantry
Size Regiment
Engagements American Civil War
Commanders
Colonel Benjamin Allen
Lt. Col.Thomas Reynolds
Colonel Cassius Fairchild
MajorWilliam F. Dawes
MajorJoseph Craig

The 16th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. For much of the war, the regiment was commanded by Cassius Fairchild, the brother of Wisconsin's 10th governor Lucius Fairchild.

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Service

Index card for Nelson Knapp, 16th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (Wisconsin) Knapp, Nelson - 16th Infantry, Company C - DPLA - e0b6b272bacde390b4abb0a5b0c42fa0.jpg
Index card for Nelson Knapp, 16th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

The 16th Wisconsin was raised at Madison, Wisconsin, and mustered into Federal service January 31, 1862.

16th Wisconsin Company Organization [1] [2]
CompanyEarliest MonikerPrimary Place of RecruitmentCompany Commanders
AWaushara and Green Lake County Rangers Waukesha, Green Lake, and Waushara Counties
  • Edward Saxe
  • George A. Spurr
  • John W. Cotanch
  • Anthony Gallagher
  • John L. Vidal
  • James A. Biggert
BOconomowoc Rifles Dodge, Waukesha, and Milwaukee Counties
  • George Henry Fox
CDodge County Guards Dodge and Dane Counties
DHanchettville Union GuardsThe city of Marshall, Dane, Columbia,Dodge, Jefferson and Rock Counties
  • Oliver D. Pease
  • Edwin B. Roys
EAdams County Rifles Adams,Milwaukee, Washington County, and Green Counties
  • William F. Dawes
  • Rives C. Rowe
  • Charles H. Bassett
FNorthern Lights Juneau, Vernon and Sheboygan Counties
  • Harrison V. Train
  • Bertram E. Stevens
GChippewa Valley Guards Ozaukee, Eau Claire,Chippewa, Dane, and Pepin Counties
  • John R. Wheeler
  • Henry M. Culbertson
HTredway Pumas Waushara,Marquette, Dane and Green Lake Counties
IDarlington Light Infantry Lafayette, Dane and Milwaukee Counties
KOzaukee Rifles Ozaukee County
  • George C. Williams

The regiment was mustered out on July 12, 1865.

Casualties

The 16th Wisconsin suffered 6 officers and 141 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 4 officer and 248 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 399 fatalities. [3]

The six-man color guard were all killed on April 6, 1862. They are memorialized with cenotaphs at what was the apex of the Shiloh Military Cemetery overlooking the Tennessee River. [4]

Commanders

Notable members

See also

References

  1. Wisconsin. Adjutant General's Office (1886). Roster of Wisconsin volunteers, war of the rebellion, 1861-1865. The Library of Congress. Madison, Democrat printing co., state printers.
  2. Eastabrook, Charles E. (1912). Annual Reports of the Adjutant General of the State of Wisconsin for Years 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864 (PDF). Madison, Wisconsin.: Democrat Publishing Co.
  3. Union Regimental Histories: Wisconsin. Civil War Archive.
  4. "The 16th Wisconsin at Shiloh | Shiloh / Pittsburg Landing". American Civil War Forums.

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