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The 36th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a
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that served in the
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during the
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. Their entire service was spent in
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, with the
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in the eastern theater of the war.


Service

The 36th Wisconsin was organized at
Camp Randall Camp Randall was a United States Army base in Madison, Wisconsin, the largest staging point for Wisconsin troops entering the American Civil War. At this camp fresh volunteers received quick training before heading off to join the Union Army. Also ...
in
Madison, Wisconsin Madison is the county seat of Dane County and the capital city of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census the population was 269,840, making it the second-largest city in Wisconsin by population, after Milwaukee, and the 80th-lar ...
, and mustered into federal service on March 23, 1864. The regiment was mustered out on July 12, 1865.


Casualties

The 36th Wisconsin suffered 7 officers and 150 enlisted men killed or fatally wounded in action and 3 officers and 182 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 342 fatalitie


Commanders

* Colonel (United States), Colonel
Frank A. Haskell Franklin Aretas Haskell (July 13, 1828June 3, 1864) was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War and was killed at the Battle of Cold Harbor. Haskell wrote a famous account of the Battle of Gettysburg that was published posthumously. ...
(March 23, 1864June 3, 1864) — Killed in action at the
Battle of Cold Harbor The Battle of Cold Harbor was fought during the American Civil War near Mechanicsville, Virginia, from May 31 to June 12, 1864, with the most significant fighting occurring on June 3. It was one of the final battles of Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S ...
, previously served in the
6th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment The 6th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It spent most of the war as a part of the famous Iron Brigade in the Army of the Potomac. Service The 6th Wisconsin was rai ...
. * Colonel John A. Savage Jr. (June 3, 1864June 18, 1864) — Killed in action at the
Second Battle of Petersburg The Second Battle of Petersburg, also known as the Assault on Petersburg, was fought June 15–18, 1864, at the beginning of the Richmond–Petersburg Campaign (popularly known as the Siege of Petersburg). Union forces under Lieutenant General Ul ...
. * Colonel Harvey M. Brown (June 18, 1864October 27, 1864) — Wounded at the Second Battle of Petersburg at the same place Colonel Savage was killed, only held nominal command of the regiment. * Colonel
Clement Warner Clement Edson Warner (February 23, 1836May 20, 1916) was an American farmer, Republican politician, and Union Army officer in the American Civil War. He served with the 36th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment and commanded the regiment near the end of ...
(October 27, 1864July 12, 1865) — Entered service as captain of Co. B, wounded at
Second Battle of Deep Bottom The Second Battle of Deep Bottom, also known as Fussell's Mill (particularly in the South), New Market Road, Bailey's Creek, Charles City Road, or White's Tavern was fought August 14–20, 1864, at Deep Bottom in Henrico County, Virginia, durin ...
, lost an arm, but returned to command the regiment through the end of the war. ** Captain Austin Cannon was in operational command of the regiment from the time of Colonel Warner's injury on August 14, 1864, until the return of Captain George A. Fisk, who was senior captain. ** Captain George A. Fisk was in operation command of the regiment from September 1864 until Colonel Warner returned to active duty in December 1864.


Notable people

*
John W. Thomas John William Thomas (January 4, 1874 – November 10, 1945) was an American politician, a United States Senator from Idaho. A Republican, he served for a total of over ten years in two different seats, both times appointed after his predecessor ...
was a private in Co. K. He later became a Wisconsin state senator and the 8th Wisconsin railroad commissioner. * George Weeks served as first lieutenant of Co. B., promoted to captain after the war, later became a politician.


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
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