3rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment | |
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Active | June 19, 1861 –July 18, 1865 |
Country | United States |
Allegiance | Union |
Branch | Infantry |
Size | Regiment |
Engagements | American Civil War |
Commanders | |
Colonel | Charles Smith Hamilton |
Colonel | Thomas H. Ruger |
Colonel | William Hawley |
Wisconsin U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865 | ||||
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The 3rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. They participated in many significant battles in the eastern theater of the war, including Antietam and Gettysburg, but were then detached as part of the detail sent to New York to put down the New York City draft riots. They were then transferred to the western theater of the war with XII Corps and served in the Atlanta and Carolinas campaigns.
The 3rd Wisconsin assembled at Camp Hamilton, in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and mustered into Federal service on June 19, 1861. Its first commander was Col. Charles Smith Hamilton.
The 3rd Wisconsin Infantry was a part of Gen. Nathaniel Banks' army during Jackson's Shenandoah Valley campaign of 1862. Later in the year, the 3rd Wisconsin took part in the fighting around the Cornfield during the Battle of Antietam. In 1863, after the Battle of Gettysburg, the 3rd was sent to New York, to help control the New York City draft riots.
The regiment participated in the Grand Review of the Armies on May 24, 1865, and then mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky, on July 18, 1865.
The 3rd Wisconsin Infantry initially mustered 979 men and later recruited an additional 940 men, for a total of 1919 men. [1] The regiment lost 9 officers and 158 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 2 officers and 113 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 282 fatalities. [2]
Company | Original Moniker | Primary Place of Recruitment | Captain(s) |
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A | Watertown Rifles | Cities of Watertown and Shullsburg, Fond du Lac, Good Hope, Shields, Hustisford, Stockbridge, Prairie du Chien and Winneconne |
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B | Scott's Volunteers | City of Oshkosh and Winnebago County |
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C | Green County Volunteers | Green County |
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D | Waupun Light Guard | City of Waupun and Fond du Lac County |
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E | Williamstown Union Rifles | City of Williamstown and Dodge County |
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F | Grant County Union Guards | Grant County |
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G | Neenah Guards | City of Neenah and Winnebago County |
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H | Lafayette Rifles | Lafayette County |
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I | Shullsburg Light Guard | City of Shullsburg and Lafayette County |
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K | Dane County Guards | City of Madison and Dane County |
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