39th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- 39th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 39th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
caption=Wisconsin flag
dates= June 3, 1864 to September 20, 1864
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles= Forrest's Attack on Memphis, August 21, 1864
The 39th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was among scores of regiments that were raised in the summer of 1864 as Hundred Days Men, an effort to augment existing manpower for an all-out push to end the war within 100 days.
ervice
The 39th Wisconsin was organized at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and mustered into Federal service on June 3, 1864.
The regiment was mustered out on September 20, 1864.
Casualties
The 39th Wisconsin suffered 3 enlisted men killed or fatally wounded in action, and 1 officer and 27 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 31 fatalities. [ [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unwiinf2.htm#39th The Civil War Archive] ]
Colonels
ee also
*List of Wisconsin Civil War Units
References
* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionwi.htm The Civil War Archive]
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