The 14th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a

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that served in the

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during the

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. Four of its members received the

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for service in the

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, October 3 and 4, 1862; among them the Color-Sergeant Denis Murphy (Green Bay), who, though wounded 3 times, continued bearing the colors throughout the battle.

Service

The 14th Wisconsin was raised at

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, under Colonel David E. Wood. Wood was a prominent Fond du Lac citizen, former legislator and Circuit Court judge. The camp in Fond du Lac where they trained was renamed "Camp Wood," after him. The 14th Wisconsin was mustered into Federal service on January 30, 1862. The regiment was mustered out on October 9, 1865, at

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Casualties

The 14th Wisconsin suffered 6 officers and 116 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 3 officers and 194 enlisted men (including Col. Wood) who died of disease, for a total of 319 fatalities.Civil War Archive
/ref> A metal plaque on the grounds of Camp Randall in Madison, Wisconsin, states that 27 members of the 14th Wisconsin—all of whom are named on the plaque—died as a result of wounds received on April 7, 1862.

Commanders

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David E. Wood (January 30, 1862June 17, 1862) wounded at Shiloh, died of disease. * Colonel John Hancock (June 17, 1862January 23, 1863) wounded at the

, resigned due to disability. * Colonel

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(January 23, 1863October 9, 1865) mustered out with the regiment, received brevet to brigadier general. * Captain Carlos M. G. Mansfield (acting March 6, 1864November 1864) acted as commander of the regiment while Colonel Ward was in command of the brigade. * Lt. Colonel Eddy F. Ferris (acting November 1864October 9, 1865) acted as commander of the regiment while Colonel Ward was in command of the brigade.

Notable members

* Calvin R. Johnson, captain of Co. I, after the war became a Wisconsin state representative and county judge. * Isaac E. Messmore, lieutenant colonel, wounded at Shiloh, later became colonel of the

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. * Denis J. F. Murphy, sergeant, received the

for actions in the

, where he was wounded three times. * John Milton Read was sergeant major and then commissioned adjutant of the regiment, he later served as adjutant of the brigade. He was wounded and captured at Second Corinth, but quickly paroled. He was later wounded at Vicksburg. After the war he became a Wisconsin state senator. * Van Eps Young was first lieutenant of Co. H and adjutant of the regiment from May 1862 to May 1863. He afterward became colonel of the

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and was provost marshal of western Mississippi from 1864 through 1866. After the war he served as a Wisconsin state senator.

References

External links

The Civil War Archive
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