18th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment

18th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 18th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry


caption=Wisconsin flag
dates= March 15, 1862 to July 18, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles=Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Corinth
Vicksburg Campaign
Battle of Port Gibson
Battle of Champion's Hill
Siege of Vicksburg
Atlanta Campaign
Battle of Altoona Pass
Carolinas Campaign
Battle of Bentonville

The 18th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

ervice

The 18th Wisconsin was organized at Milwaukee, Wisconsin and mustered into Federal service March 15, 1862.

The regiment was mustered out on July 18, 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky.

Casualties

The 18th Wisconsin suffered 4 officers and 52 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 2 officers and 167 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 225 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unwiinf1.htm#18th]

Colonels

*Colonel James S. Alban
*Colonel Gabriel Bouck

ee also

*List of Wisconsin Civil War Units

References

* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionwi.htm The Civil War Archive]


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