18th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

18th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
Flag of Wisconsin
Active	March 15, 1862 – July 18, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Size	Regiment
Engagements	American Civil War Battle of Shiloh Second Battle of Corinth Vicksburg Campaign Battle of Port Gibson Battle of Champion Hill Siege of Vicksburg Atlanta Campaign Battle of Altoona Pass Carolinas Campaign Battle of Bentonville
Commanders
Colonel	James S. Alban
Colonel	Gabriel Bouck
Lt. Colonel	Charles H. Jackson

The 18th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service[]

The 18th Wisconsin was organized at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and mustered into Federal service March 15, 1862.

The regiment was mustered out on July 18, 1865, at Louisville, Kentucky.

Casualties[]

The 18th Wisconsin suffered 4 officers and 52 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 2 officers and 167 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 225 fatalities.[1]

Monument to the 18th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry located at Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.

Commanders[]

• Colonel James S. Alban (March 15, 1862 – April 7, 1862) - Killed at the Battle of Shiloh.
• Colonel Gabriel Bouck (April 29, 1862 – January 4, 1864) - Resigned.
• Lt. Colonel Charles H. Jackson (January 4, 1864 – July 18, 1865) - Mustered out.

Notable people[]

• Jeremiah Wallace Baldock - served in the Wisconsin State Assembly
• Samuel Beall - served as lieutenant colonel, wounded at Shiloh - Wisconsin's 2nd Lieutenant Governor
• Edward Colman - wounded at Shiloh and Champion Hill - served in the Wisconsin State Senate
• Ira Ford - served as a captain, wounded at Shiloh and taken prisoner - served in the Wisconsin State Assembly
• Addison W. Merrill - served in the Wisconsin State Assembly
• Fred Ties - served in the Wisconsin State Assembly

See also[]

• List of Wisconsin Civil War units
• Wisconsin in the American Civil War

References[]

• The Civil War Archive

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