The 10th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was an
infantry regiment
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that served in the
Union Army
During the American Civil War, the Union Army, also known as the Federal Army and the Northern Army, referring to the United States Army, was the land force that fought to preserve the Union of the collective states. It proved essential to th ...
in the
western theater of the
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states ...
.
Service
The 10th Wisconsin was raised at
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at th ...
, and mustered into Federal service October 14, 1861. The regiment was mustered out on October 25, 1864, and the re-enlisted veterans and later recruits transferred to the
21st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 21st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. They were assigned for their entire war service to XIV Corps, operating in the western theater of the war.
Serv ...
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Commanders
* Colonel Alfred R. Chapin (October 14, 1861January 1863) resigned.
* Colonel
John G. McMynn (January 1863June 16, 1863) resigned.
* Lt. Col. John H. Ely (June 16, 1863September 20, 1863) was mortally wounded at the
Battle of Chickamauga
The Battle of Chickamauga, fought on September 19–20, 1863, between U.S. and Confederate forces in the American Civil War, marked the end of a Union offensive, the Chickamauga Campaign, in southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia. I ...
.
* Lt. Col. Jacob W. Roby (September 20, 1863October 25, 1864) mustered out.
Total enlistments and casualties
The 10th Wisconsin initially mustered 1,029 men and later recruited an additional 601 men, for a total of 1,630 me
The regiment lost 5 officers and 91 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 1 officer and 147 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 244 fatalitie
Notable people
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John A. Barney was enlisted in Co. B and promoted to 1st sergeant. He was lost an arm and was captured at Chickamauga, and was then discharged due to disability. After the war he served as a Wisconsin state senator.
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Joshua James Guppey was the original lieutenant colonel of the regiment and was commissioned colonel of the
23rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment in July 1862. After the war he received an honorary brevet to brigadier general and served as a Wisconsin county judge.
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Sophronius S. Landt
Sophronius Stocking Landt (November 1, 1842 – October 26, 1926) was an American politician, farmer, and teacher.
Landt was born in the town of Aztalan, Jefferson County, Wisconsin Territory. He moved with his parents to Big Spring, Wisco ...
was enlisted in Co. D and promoted to sergeant. After the war he served as a Wisconsin state legislator.
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Robert Mitchell was 1st assistant surgeon of the regiment and later commissioned surgeon of the
27th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
The 27th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment began organizing in August 1862 but recruiting problems delayed its entry into federal service unti ...
. After the war he served as a Wisconsin state legislator.
See also
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List of Wisconsin Civil War units
The state of Wisconsin enrolled 91,327 men for service in the Union Army during the American Civil War, 77,375 in the infantry, 8,877 in the cavalry, and 5,075 in the artillery. Some 3,802 of these men were killed in action or mortally wounded, an ...
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Wisconsin in the American Civil War
With the outbreak of the American Civil War, the northwestern state of Wisconsin raised 91,379 soldiers for the Union Army, organized into 53 infantry regiments, 4 cavalry regiments, a company of Berdan's sharpshooters, 13 light artillery batter ...
References
The Civil War Archive
Military units and formations established in 1861
Military units and formations disestablished in 1864
Units and formations of the Union Army from Wisconsin
1861 establishments in Wisconsin
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