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19th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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Country
  
United States

Branch
  
Infantry

Allegiance
  
Union

Active
  
April 30, 1862, to August 9, 1865

Engagements
  
Siege of Suffolk Battle of Drury's Bluff Battle of Fair Oaks

The 19th 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 19th Wisconsin was organized at Madison, Wisconsin and mustered into Federal service April 30, 1862.

The regiment was mustered out on August 9, 1865, at Richmond, Virginia.

Casualties

The 19th Wisconsin suffered 2 officers and 41 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 3 officers and 115 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 161 fatalities.[1]

Commanders

  • Colonel Horace T. Sanders
  • Colonel Samuel K. Vaughan
  • References

    19th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment Wikipedia