- 1862-1863 Served in 16 regiment in Civil war 12/04/1862-9/26/1863UNION WISCONSIN VOLUNTEERS, 16th Regiment, Wisconsin InfantryOrganized at Madison, Wis., and mustered in January 31, 1862. Left State f or St. Louis, Mo., March 13, thence moved to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., Mar ch 14-20. Attached to 1st Brigade, 6th Division, Army of the Tennesse e, to July, 1862. 1st Brigade, 6th Division, District of Corinth, Miss ., to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 6th Division, Left Wing 13th Army Cor ps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 6th Divi sion, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade 6th Division, 17th Ar my Corps, to September, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 17th Army Corp s, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 17th Army Corps, to July, 18 65.SERVICE.-Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7, 1862. Advance on and sie ge of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Duty at Corinth till September 1 7. Battle of Corinth, Miss., October 3-4. Pursuit to Ripley October 5-1 2. Ordered to Grand Junction November 2 and duty there till November 28. G rant's Central Mississippi Campaign. Operations on the Mississippi Centr al Railroad to December 28. Moved to Moscow and duty along Memphis & Charl eston Railroad till January 10, 1863. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., January 1 0, thence to Young's Point, La., January 17, and to Lake Providence Mar ch 8. Action at Old River, Lake Providence, February 10. Provost duty at L ake Providence till August. Pin Hook and Caledonia Bayou. Macon, May 10. E xpedition to Mechanicsburg May 26-June 4. Near Lake Providence June 9. Mov ed to Red Bone Church August 1 and duty there till February 5, 1864. Garri son duty at Vicksburg till March 4. Veterans on furlough March and Apri l. Non-veterans on duty at Vicksburg till April 5, then joined Regime nt at Cairo, Ill. Veterans moved to Cairo, Ill., April 20-22. Moved to Cli fton, Tenn., May 4, thence march to Ackworth, Ga. via Huntsville and Decat ur, Ala., and Rome, Ga., May 5-June 8. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign June 8-Septe mber 8. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-Ju ly 2. Brush Mountain June 15. Assault on Kenesaw Mountain June 27. Nickaja ck Creek July 2-5. Howell's Ferry July 5. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. L eggett's or Bald Hill July 20-21. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atla nta July 22-August 25. Ezra Chapel July 28. Flank movement on Jonesboro Au gust 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station Sep tember 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama Sep tember 29-November 3. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of S avannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 186 5. Pocotaligo, S. C., January 14. Reconnoissance to Salkehatchie River Jan uary 25. Barker's Mills, Whippy Swamp, February 1. Salkehatchie Swamp Febr uary 2-5. Binnaker's Bridge, South Edisto, February 9. Orangeburg Februa ry 11-12. Columbia February 16-17. Averysboro , N. C., March 16. Batt le of Bentonville March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advan ce on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's Hou se April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D. C ., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louis ville, Ky., June 7. Mustered out July 12, 1865.Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 141 Enlisted men killed and mo rtally wounded and 4 Officers and 248 Enlisted men by disease. Total 399.
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