Book Description
During the Civil War, the state of Wisconsin raised fifty-three regiments of infantry, one company of sharpshooters, four regiments of cavalry, one regiment of heavy artillery, and thirteen batteries of light artillery. Civil War Regiments from Wisconsin provides the history of these units, including the engagements fought, how many men enlisted, and of those who enlisted, how many died from wounds or disease. Originally edited by Jerome A. Watrous who began his Civil War career in the Sixth Wisconsin Infantry and ended as Adjutant-General of the famed Iron Brigade.
