18th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

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18th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
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ActiveMarch 15, 1862 July 18, 1865
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Infantry
Size Regiment
Engagements American Civil War
Commanders
Colonel James S. Alban
Colonel Gabriel Bouck
Lt. ColonelCharles H. Jackson

The 18th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Union Army in the western theater of the American Civil War. A large portion of the regiment was captured in their first battle, at Shiloh, but they went on to participate in the Vicksburg Campaign, and Sherman's campaigns in Georgia and the Carolinas. For much of the war, the regiment was commanded by Gabriel Bouck, who would later become a U.S. congressman and speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

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Service

The 18th Wisconsin was organized at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and mustered into Federal service March 15, 1862.

The regiment was mustered out on July 18, 1865, at Louisville, Kentucky.

Organization of Regiment in 1861. [1] [2] [3] [4]
CompanyEarliest MonikerPrimary Places of RecruitmentEarliest Captain
A Taycheedah Union Guards [3] [5] Fond du Lac, Lamartine, Gravesville, Charlestown, and Neillsville.James P. Millard
BEagle Light Infantry [3] Monroe, Spring Grove, Brodhead, Argyle, Milwaukee, Glenmore, and Green County.Charles Henry Jackson
C Bad Axe Tigers [6] Viroqua, Springville, Sterling, Readstown, La Crosse, and Vernon County.Newton May Layne
DNorthernwestern Rangers [3] Sparta, Angelo, Franklin, Springville, Vernon and Monroe counties.George Augustus Fisk
ENorthernwestern Light Infantry or Portage Light Infantry [1] [3] Stockton, Plover, Linwood, Stevens Point, Belmont, and Portage County.William Alexander Bremmer
F Oshkosh Rangers/ Algoma Rifles [1] [3] Oshkosh, Eureka, Eldorado, Rushford, Fond du Lac and Winnebago counties.Joseph W. Roberts
G Alban Pinery Rifles [3] Grand Rapids, Kilbourn, Portage, Green Bay, Oxford, Buena Vista, Portage and Wood counties.John H. Compton
H Green Lake CountyRifles [1] Berlin, Waukau, Milwaukee, Poy Sippi, Neshkoro, Winnebago and Waushara counties.David H. Saxton
ILewis Rangers [3] Columbus, Portage, Milwaukee, Dekorra, Elba, Pepin, Columbia, Dodge, and Pepin counties.William A. Coleman
KUnion Guards [1] Monroe, Plover, Big Spring, Columbus, and New Haven among other cities. William J. Kershaw

Casualties

The 18th Wisconsin suffered 4 officers and 52 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 2 officers and 167 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 225 fatalities.

Monument to the 18th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry located at Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi. 18WisInfMonument.jpg
Monument to the 18th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry located at Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.

Commanders

Notable people

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Outright Murder: The 18th Wisconsin at Shiloh". Outright Murder. Retrieved 2025-09-30.
  2. United States. Adjutant-General's Office; Fallon, John T. (1885). List of synonyms of organizations in the volunteer service of the United States during the years 1861, '62, '63, '64, and '65. New York Public Library. Washington, Govt. Print. Off.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 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. p. 75.
  4. 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. p. 83.
  5. Wisconsin Daily Journal, Dec 5, 1861, p. 1
  6. History of Vernon County, Wisconsin, together with sketches of its towns, villages and townships, educational, civil, military and political history; portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens; history of Wisconsin. New York Public Library. Springfield, Union. 1884. p. 203.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)