11th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment

11th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry

Wisconsin flag
Active October 18, 1861, to September 5, 1865
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Infantry
Engagements Battle of Port Gibson
Battle of Champion Hill
Battle of Big Black River
Siege of Vicksburg
Assault on Fort Blakely

The 11th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 11th Wisconsin was raised at Madison, Wisconsin, and mustered into Federal service October 18, 1861.

The regiment was mustered out on September 5, 1865, at Mobile, Alabama.

Total enlistments and casualties

The 11th Wisconsin initially mustered 1,045 men and later recruited an additional 622 men, for a total of 1,667 men. The regiment lost 8 officers and 80 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 4 officers and 253 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 280 fatalities.

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