18th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment | |
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Active | March 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. Colonel | Charles H. Jackson |
Wisconsin U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865 | ||||
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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.
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.
Company | Earliest Moniker | Primary Places of Recruitment | Earliest Captain |
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A | Taycheedah Union Guards [3] [5] | Fond du Lac, Lamartine, Gravesville, Charlestown, and Neillsville. | James P. Millard |
B | Eagle 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† |
D | Northernwestern Rangers [3] | Sparta, Angelo, Franklin, Springville, Vernon and Monroe counties. | George Augustus Fisk |
E | Northernwestern 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 |
I | Lewis Rangers [3] | Columbus, Portage, Milwaukee, Dekorra, Elba, Pepin, Columbia, Dodge, and Pepin counties. | William A. Coleman |
K | Union Guards [1] | Monroe, Plover, Big Spring, Columbus, and New Haven among other cities. | William J. Kershaw |
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.
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