The 36th Wisconsin was organized at Camp Randall in Madison, Wisconsin, and mustered into federal service on March 23, 1864.
The regiment was mustered out on July 12, 1865.
Casualties
The 36th Wisconsin suffered 7 officers and 150 enlisted men killed or fatally wounded in action and 3 officers and 182 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 342 fatalities.
Salisbury Prison, otherwise known as Camp Lee North Carolina. Many men from the 36th Wisconsin were sent there. Due to the conditions they experienced many died. The camp dug 13 trenches to dispose of the dead that is now a National Cemetery. The 36th had many buried in those mass graves.[1]
Colonel John A. Savage Jr. (June 3, 1864–June 18, 1864) — Killed in action at the Second Battle of Petersburg.
Colonel Harvey M. Brown (June 18, 1864–October 27, 1864) — Wounded at the Second Battle of Petersburg at the same place Colonel Savage was killed, only held nominal command of the regiment.
Colonel Clement Warner (October 27, 1864–July 12, 1865) — Entered service as captain of Co. B, wounded at Second Battle of Deep Bottom, lost an arm, but returned to command the regiment through the end of the war.
Captain Austin Cannon was in operational command of the regiment from the time of Colonel Warner's injury on August 14, 1864, until the return of Captain George A. Fisk, who was senior captain.
Captain George A. Fisk was in operation command of the regiment from September 1864 until Colonel Warner returned to active duty in December 1864.
Notable people
John W. Thomas was a private in Co. K. He later became a Wisconsin state senator and the 8th Wisconsin railroad commissioner.
George Weeks served as first lieutenant of Co. B., promoted to captain after the war, later became a politician.
↑ Names of Soldiers Who In the Defense of The American Union, Suffered Martyerdom in the Prison Pens Throughout the South, Roll of Honor (XIV), Quartermaster General’s Office, General Orders No. 7, February 20, 1868, 2025
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