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42nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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Country
  
United States

Branch
  
Infantry

Allegiance
  
Union

Engagements
  
None

Active
  
September 7, 1864 to June 20, 1865

The 42nd 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 42nd Wisconsin was organized at Milwaukee, Wisconsin and mustered into Federal service on September 7, 1864.

The regiment was mustered out on June 20, 1865.

Casualties

The 42nd Wisconsin suffered 58 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 58 fatalities.[1]

Commanders

  • Colonel Ezra T. Sprague
  • References

    42nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment Wikipedia