32nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

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32nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
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ActiveDecember 24, 1862 – July 8, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
SizeRegiment
EngagementsAmerican Civil War
Commanders
ColonelJames Henry Howe
ColonelCharles Henry De Groat

The 32nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service[]

The 32nd Wisconsin Infantry was organized at Camp Bragg in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and mustered into service on September 25, 1862. The regiment left Wisconsin for Memphis, Tennessee, on October 30 and moved through Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, the Carolinas, Virginia and Washington D.C.[1]

It participated in the Siege of Atlanta, Sherman's March to the Sea, the Battle of Bentonville and the surrender of the Confederate army.

Casualties[]

The 32nd Wisconsin suffered 1 officer and 26 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 3 officers and 86 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 112 fatalities.[1]

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References[]

  1. ^ Quiner, Edwin B. (1868). "Regimental History–Thirty-Second Infantry". The Military History of Wisconsin. Clarke & Co. pp. 800–807. Retrieved October 27, 2021.

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