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16th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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Country
  
United States

Branch
  
Infantry

Allegiance
  
Union

Active
  
January 31, 1862, to July 12, 1865

Engagements
  
Battle of Shiloh Battle of Corinth Vicksburg Campaign Battle of Kennesaw Mountain Battle of Atlanta Atlanta Campaign March to the Sea Carolinas Campaign Battle of Bentonville

The 16th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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Service

The 16th Wisconsin was raised at Madison, Wisconsin, and mustered into Federal service January 31, 1862.

The regiment was mustered out on July 12, 1865.

Casualties

The 16th Wisconsin suffered 6 officers and 141 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 4 officer and 248 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 399 fatalities.[1]

The six man color guard were all killed on April 6, 1862. They are buried at what was the apex of the Shiloh Military Cemetery overlooking the Tennessee River.

Commanders

  • Colonel Benjamin Allen
  • Colonel Cassius Fairchild
  • Notable members

  • George F. Caldwell, politician
  • Jacob Fawcett, jurist
  • Norman L. James, businessman and legislator
  • Sylvester W. Osborn, politician
  • Horace Patch, politician
  • George Myron Sabin, jurist
  • Wiley Scribner, politician and acting governor of Montana Territory
  • References

    16th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment Wikipedia