The 47th 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 of the collective states. It proved essential to th ...
during the
American Civil War
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.
Service
The 47th 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 February 27, 1865, arriving at
Louisville, Kentucky
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, on February 28. They then travelled to
Nashville, then
Tullahoma, Tennessee
Tullahoma is a city in Coffee and Franklin counties in southern Middle Tennessee, United States. The population was 20,339 at the 2020 census. In 2019, the population was estimated to be 19,555. It is the principal city of the Tullahoma micropo ...
, at the junction of the McMinnville and Manchester Railroad with the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad. They remained here on guard duty until August, when they returned to Nashville where they were mustered out.
The regiment returned to Madison, Wisconsin, on September 4, 1865, where they were paid and disbanded.
Casualties
The 47th Wisconsin suffered 39 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 39 fatalitie
Commanders
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Colonel (United States), Colonel George Clay Ginty
Notable people
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Nels Anderson
Nels Anderson (July 31, 1889 – October 8, 1986) was an early American sociologist who studied hobos, urban culture, and work culture.
Biography
Anderson studied at the University of Chicago under Robert E. Park and Ernest Burgess, whose ...
, 1st Lt. of Co. D, later a Wisconsin state legislator.
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Charles H. Baxter, Captain of Co. K, later a Wisconsin state legislator.
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Thomas J. Shear, later a Wisconsin state legislator.
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William Young, Captain of Co. A, later 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
Further reading
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Military units and formations established in 1865
Military units and formations disestablished in 1865
Units and formations of the Union Army from Wisconsin
1865 establishments in Wisconsin
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