- 6th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 6th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
caption=Wisconsin flag
dates=July 16 ,1861 toJuly 2 ,1865
country=United States
allegiance= Union
branch=Infantry
equipment=
battles=Battle of Cedar Mountain Battle of Groveton Battle of Second Bull Run Battle of Chancellorsville Battle of Gettysburg Battle of the Wilderness Battle of Spotsylvania Court House Battle of Cold Harbor Siege of Petersburg Battle of Weldon Railroad Battle of Five Forks The 6th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was an
infantry regiment that served in theUnion Army during theAmerican Civil War . It spent most of the war as a member of the famousIron Brigade in theArmy of the Potomac .ervice
The 6th Wisconsin was raised at
Madison, Wisconsin , and mustered into Federal serviceJuly 16 ,1861 for a term of three years. It saw severe fighting in the 1862Northern Virginia Campaign , fighting at Brawner's Farm during the early part of theSecond Battle of Bull Run . During the subsequentMaryland Campaign , the 6th attacked Turner's Gap in theBattle of South Mountain , and then suffered considerable casualties battling Hood'sTexas Brigade in the D.R. Miller cornfield at Antietam.During the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg on
July 1 ,1863 , Lt. Col.Rufus R. Dawes led acounterattack onJoseph R. Davis 's Confederatebrigade ofMississippi ans, many of which were sheltered in an unfinished railroad cut west of town. The 6th forced the surrender of over 200 enemy soldiers. The regiment later served that year in the Bristoe andMine Run Campaign s.The regiment participated in the
Grand Review of the Armies onMay 23 ,1865 , and then mustered out atLouisville, Kentucky onJuly 2 ,1865 .Total enlistments and casualties
The 6th Wisconsin Infantry initially mustered 1029 men and later recruited an additional 601 men, for a total of 1,630 men. [ [http://freepages.books.rootsweb.com/~wirockbios/Blue1907/1907-5-WICW.html 6th Wisconsin] ] The regiment lost 16 officers and 228 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 1 officer and 112 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 357 fatalities. [ [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unwiinf1.htm#6th Civil War Archive] ]
Colonels
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Colonel Lysander Cutler -May 28 ,1861 , toNovember 29 ,1862 - promoted tobrigadier general .
*Colonel Edward S. Bragg -March 10 ,1863 , toJune 25 ,1864 - promoted tobrigadier general .
*Colonel John A. Kellogg -December 10 ,1864 , toJuly 14 ,1865 - mustered out.References
* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionwi.htm The Civil War Archive]
Notes
ee also
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List of Wisconsin Civil War Units
*Iron Brigade
* Herdegen, Lance J., "Those Damned Black Hats!" The Iron Brigade in the Gettysburg Campaign", Savas Beatie LLC, October 2008. http://www.savasbeatie.com
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