The 49th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a

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that served in the

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during the

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Service

The 49th 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 ...

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, and mustered into federal service between February 8, 1865, and March 6, 1865.Charles E. Estabrook (Ed.)
''Records and Sketches of Military Organizations: Population, Legislation, Election and Other Statistics Relating to Wisconsin in the Period of the Civil War.''
Madison, Wis.: Democrat Printing Co., 1914, p. 180. It left the state on March 8, 1865, and was assigned to duty in western Missouri. Companies B, C, and D were mustered out on November 1, 1865, and the remaining companies were mustered out on November 8, 1865.

Casualties

The 49th Wisconsin suffered 54 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 54 fatalities.
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Commanders

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(January 28, 1865November 1, 1865) mustered out shortly before the rest of the regiment. He earlier served as chaplain of the

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and lieutenant colonel of the

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. Received an honorary brevet to brigadier general after the war. Later he was Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin and Presiding Bishop of the

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. * Colonel Edward Colman (November 1, 1865November 8, 1865) mustered out with the regiment. He previously served with the 18th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment and was wounded at Shiloh and Champion Hill.

Notable people

* Joseph Bartholomew, was 1st lieutenant in Co. I. Earlier in the war was enlisted in Co. H, 23rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment. After the war he became the 2nd chief justice of the

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. * David Evans, Jr., was enlisted in Co. B. After the war he became a Wisconsin legislator. *

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, 1st lieutenant in Co. H. After the war was president of

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. * David K. Noyes was major, but spent much of the time assigned to a military commission. Earlier in the war he had served as an officer in the 6th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment and lost a foot at Antietam. * Hugh Porter was a corporal in Co. F. After the war he became a Wisconsin legislator. * Dennis A. Reed was quartermaster. After the war he became a Wisconsin legislator. * Orlando P. Vaughan was enlisted in Co. H. After the war he became a Wisconsin legislator.

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Service

Casualties

Commanders

Notable people

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