23rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

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23rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
Flag of Wisconsin.svg
ActiveAugust 30, 1862 July 4, 1865
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Infantry
Size Regiment
Engagements American Civil War
Commanders
Colonel Joshua James Guppey
Lt. Colonel William Freeman Vilas
Lt. ColonelEdgar P. Hill
MajorJoseph E. Green
Wisconsin U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865
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The 23rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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Service

The 23rd Wisconsin was organized at Madison, Wisconsin, and mustered into Federal service on August 30, 1862. [1]

The regiment was mustered out on July 4, 1865, at Mobile, Alabama.

Casualties

The 23rd Wisconsin suffered 1 officer and 40 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 5 officers and 262 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 308 fatalities. [2]

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References

  1. "American Civil War Archive - facts, history, letters and battle". American Civil War Archive.
  2. "Union - Wisconsin Infantry (Part 1)". www.civilwararchive.com.