42nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

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42nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
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ActiveSeptember 7, 1864 – June 20, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
SizeRegiment
EngagementsAmerican Civil War
Commanders
ColonelEzra T. Sprague

The 42nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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The 42nd Wisconsin was organized at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and mustered into Federal service on September 7, 1864.

The regiment was mustered out on June 20, 1865.

Casualties[]

The 42nd Wisconsin suffered 58 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 58 fatalities.[1]

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