32nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

32nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
32nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
	Flag of Wisconsin
Active	December 24, 1862 – July 8, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Size	Regiment
Engagements	American Civil War Vicksburg Campaign; Meridian Campaign; Atlanta Campaign Battle of Atlanta; Battle of Jonesborough; ; Savannah Campaign; Carolinas Campaign Battle of Rivers' Bridge; Battle of Bentonville; ;
Commanders
Colonel	James Henry Howe
Colonel	Charles 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]

Commanders[]

Colonel James Henry Howe (September 25, 1862 – July 6, 1864) resigned. After the war was appointed United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
Colonel Charles Henry De Groat (July 6, 1864 – July 8, 1865) mustered out with the regiment and received an honorary brevet to brigadier general.