The 35th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a
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regiment
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that served in the
Union Army
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during the
American Civil War
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.
Service
The 35th Wisconsin was organized at
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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, and mustered into Federal service February 27, 1864.
Ordered to
Alexandria, Louisiana
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, on April 18, 1864. Moved to
Benton Barracks
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, thence to
on April 26. Duty at
Port Hudson until June 27, 1864. Moved to
Morganza, June 27, and duty there until July 24. Moved to
St. Charles, July 24, and duty there till August 6. Return to Morganza August 6-12. Expedition to
Simmesport October 1-10. Moved to
DeValls Bluff, October 11-18. To
Brownsville November 9, and guard Memphis & Little Rock Railroad till December 12. Moved to Devall's Bluff December 12, and duty there till February 7, 1865. Moved to
Algiers
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February 7, thence to
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, February 22. Campaign against Mobile and its defences March 17-April 12.
Siege
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of Spanish Fort March 26-April 8.
Assault
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on and capture of Fort Blakeley, April 9. Occupation of
Mobile
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April 12. March to
McIntosh Bluff
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April 13-26. Moved to Mobile May 9, and duty there till June 1. Moved to
Brazos Santiago, June 1-8, thence to
Clarkesville June 20, and to Brownsville August 2. Duty at Brownsville till March, 1866.
The regiment was mustered out on March 15, 1866.
Casualties
The 35th Wisconsin suffered 2 enlisted men killed or fatally wounded in action and 3 officers and 271 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 276 fatalitie
Notable people
* James Gilbert, father of
Frank L. Gilbert, was a private in Co. I but died of disease before the regiment left Wisconsin.
See also
*
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 ...
*
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 1864
Military units and formations disestablished in 1866
Units and formations of the Union Army from Wisconsin
Military units and formations disestablished in 1865
1864 establishments in Wisconsin
1866 disestablishments in Wisconsin
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