16th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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16th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry

Wisconsin flag
Active January 31, 1862 to July 12, 1865
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Infantry
Battles/wars Battle of Island Number Ten
Battle of Perryville
Battle of Stone's River
Battle of Chickamauga
Atlanta Campaign
Carolinas Campaign
Battle of Bentonville

The 16th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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[edit] Service

The 16th Wisconsin was raised at Madison, Wisconsin and mustered into Federal service January 31, 1862.

The regiment was mustered out on July 12, 1865.

[edit] Casualties

The 16th Wisconsin suffered 6 officers and 141 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 4 officer and 248 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 399 fatalities.[1]

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