The 45th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a
volunteer
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infantry
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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 (American Civil War), Union of the collective U.S. st ...
during 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 th ...
.
Service
The 45th Wisconsin was organized at
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 November 8, 1864. It was assigned to the garrison of
Nashville, Tennessee
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, for its entire service.
The regiment was mustered out on July 17, 1865.
Casualties
The 45th Wisconsin suffered 34 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 34 fatalitie
Commanders
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Colonel (United States), Colonel Henry F. Belitz
Notable people
* John B. Abert, son of
George Abert
George Gideon Abert (May 10, 1817October 14, 1890) was an Alsace, Alsatian American Immigration to the United States, immigrant, Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was an important figure in the g ...
, was a musician in Co. I. After the war he became a deputy sheriff and city councilmember in Milwaukee.
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Peter Philipps was drafted and served as a sergeant in Co. B. After the war he became a Wisconsin state legislator.
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Peter Reuther was drafted and served as first sergeant in Co. B. After the war he became a Wisconsin state legislator.
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Bernard Schlichting was captain of Co. C after briefly serving as first lieutenant of Co. G. Earlier in the war, he was enlisted in Co. G of the
9th Michigan Infantry Regiment. After the war he became a Wisconsin state legislator.
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Reinhard Schlichting
Reinhart Frederick George Schlichting (May 23, 1835July 6, 1897) was a German American immigrant, businessman, and Democratic politician. He served two years in the Wisconsin State Senate representing Calumet County and southern Outagamie Coun ...
was captain of Co. A. Earlier in the war, he was a second lieutenant in Co. K of the
9th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment. After the war he became a Wisconsin state legislator, district attorney, and mayor of Chilton, Wisconsin.
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 1864
Military units and formations disestablished in 1865
Units and formations of the Union Army from Wisconsin
1864 establishments in Wisconsin
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