11th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- 11th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 11th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
caption=Wisconsin flag
dates= October 18, 1861 to September 5, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles=Battle of Port Gibson
Battle of Champion's Hill
Battle of Big Black River
Siege of Vicksburg
Assault on Fort Blakely
The 11th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The 11th Wisconsin was raised at Madison, Wisconsin and mustered into Federal service October 18, 1861.
The regiment was mustered out on September 5, 1865 at Mobile, Alabama.
Total enlistments and casualties
The 11th Wisconsin initially mustered 1,045 men and later recruited an additional 622 men, for a total of 1,667 men. [http://freepages.books.rootsweb.com/~wirockbios/Blue1907/1907-5-WICW.html] The regiment lost 8 officers and 80 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 4 officers and 253 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 280 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unwiinf1.htm#11th]
Colonels
*Colonel Charles L. Harris
References
* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionwi.htm The Civil War Archive]
* [http://11wisconsinregiment.soldierstudies.org/ 11th Wisconsin Regiment History]
* [http://www.blog4history.com/?cat=28 11th Wisconsin]
ee also
*List of Wisconsin Civil War Units
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