49th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

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49th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
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ActiveDecember 24, 1864 November 8, 1865
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Infantry
Size Regiment
Engagements American Civil War
Commanders
Colonel Samuel Fallows
Colonel Edward Colman

The 49th 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 49th Wisconsin was organized at Camp Randall in Madison, Wisconsin, and mustered into federal service between February 8, 1865, and March 6, 1865. [1] It left the state on March 8, 1865, and was assigned to duty in western Missouri. Companies B, C, and D were mustered out on November 1, 1865, and the remaining companies were mustered out on November 8, 1865. [2]

Casualties

The 49th Wisconsin suffered 54 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 54 fatalities. [3]

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