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23rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

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23rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
ActiveAugust 30, 1862 – July 4, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
SizeRegiment
EngagementsAmerican Civil War
Commanders
ColonelJoshua James Guppey
Lt. ColonelWilliam Freeman Vilas
Lt. ColonelEdgar P. Hill
MajorJoseph E. Green

The 23rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

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The 23rd Wisconsin was organized at Madison, Wisconsin, and mustered into Federal service on August 30, 1862.[1]

The regiment was mustered out on July 4, 1865, at Mobile, Alabama.

Casualties

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The 23rd Wisconsin suffered 1 officer and 40 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 5 officers and 262 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 308 fatalities.[2]

Commanders

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  • Colonel Joshua James Guppey (August 30, 1862 – July 4, 1865) was nominal commander through the entire life of the regiment, but was absent for the second half of 1863 and first half of 1864 due to illness and injury. By the time he was well enough to return, in July 1864, he was made an acting brigade commander. After the war he received an honorary brevet to brigadier general.
    • Lt. Colonel William Freeman Vilas (June 5, 1863 – August 25, 1863) mustered in as captain of Co. A, and was promoted to major then lieutenant colonel. He had command of the regiment in the summer of 1863 when Colonel Guppey was incapacitated by illness. He resigned his commission in August 1863. After the war he became a United States senator.
    • Lt. Colonel Edgar P. Hill (August 25, 1863 – January 1864, June 1864 – January 1865) was originally captain of Co. C. He was acting commander of the regiment after the resignation of Lt. Colonel Vilas.
    • Major Joseph E. Green (January 1864 – June 1864, January 1865 – June 1865) was originally captain of Co. D. He was acting commander of the regiment while Lt. Colonel Hill was on leave in Wisconsin.

Notable people

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "American Civil War Archive - facts, history, letters and battle". American Civil War Archive.
  2. ^ "Union - Wisconsin Infantry (Part 1)". www.civilwararchive.com.
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