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866 MILITARY HISTORY OF WISCONSIN.
The regiment, on the 6th of September, commenced its march to Fort Zarah, 250 miles west of Lawrence, where they arrived on the 26th. Companies E and G, under Captain Hutchinson, were left at Fort Zarah, and the other eight companies proceeded to Fort Earned, twenty-eight miles further west, where the regi¬ mental headquarters were established, and companies A and H were stationed. Companies B and I, under Major Butts, were sent to Fort Dodge, sixty miles from Fort Earned, Companies T> and F, under Captain Wittman, to Fort Aubrey, 160 miles from Fort Lamed, and companies C and K, under Lieutenant Colonel Shears, to Fort Lyon, Colorado, 210 miles from Fort Earned, Their duties were to escort mail and government trains.
Companies A, H, E and G returned to Leavenworth in De¬ cember, and were mustered out of service, together with the Field and Staff, except the Lieutenant Colonel and Major, on the 30th of December, 1865, These companies returned home, arriving at Madison, "Wis,, on the 3d of January, 1866, where they were paid and disbanded.
The remaining companies were subsequently mustered out at Leavenworth, the last of them arriving in Madison the latter part of March, and were disbanded.
Regimental Statistics,— Original strength, 828. Gain — by re¬ cruits in 1865, 4; total, 832, Loss — by death, 9; deserted, 67; discharged, 36. Number mustered out not yet reported.
FORTY-NINTH INFANTRY.
This regiment was organized at Camp Randall, Madison, under the superintendence of Colonel Samuel Fallows, and mustered into the United States service, and left the State on the 8th of March, 1865, for St. Louis, with the following roster :
Colonel —SAMUEL FALLOWS.
Lieutenant Cb?onei—Edward Coleman; 3/cyor—D. K, Noyes; Ac^utant—jAM.yfS li. High; Quartermaster—Dennis A. Reed; Surgeon—Orrin W. Blanchard; First As- sistant Surgeon—Jonathan Gibbs; Second Assistant Surgeon—Pz.iny W. Blanchakd; C/wplai/i— Rev, James J, McIntyre.
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| Title | 42nd to 53rd Infantry, chapter 48 from E.B. Quiner's Military History of Wisconsin (Chicago, 1866) |
| Source Title | 42nd to 53rd Infantry, chapter 48 from E.B. Quiner's Military History of Wisconsin (Chicago, 1866) |
| Regiment | 42nd Infantry; 43rd Infantry; 44th Infantry; 45th Infantry; 46th Infantry; 47th Infantry; 48th Infantry; 49th Infantry; 50th Infantry; 51st Infantry; 52nd Infantry; 53rd Infantry; |
| Author/Creator | Quiner, E. B. (Edwin Bentley), d. 1868. |
| Description | This is an excerpt from E.B. Quiner's thousand-page volume, The Military History of Wisconsin: a record of the civil and military patriotism of the state, in the war for the union, with a history of the campaigns in which Wisconsin soldiers have been conspicuous, regimental histories, sketches of distinguished officers, the roll of the illustrious dead, movements of the Legislature and state officers, etc. (Chicago: Clarke & co., 1866). Because the entire work is so unwieldy and most users want to consult only a single chapter, we have divided it into smaller portions covering discrete topics. The entire work is online at Google Books and the Internet Archive (www.archive.org) in the most popular ereader formats. |
| Source Type | history |
| Place of Publication | Chicago |
| Source Creation Date | 1866 |
| Source Publisher | Clarke & Co. |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2010 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2010 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Digital Format | XML |
| Digital Identifier | CWOT0000zp |
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| Title | 866 |
| Source Title | 42nd to 53rd Infantry, chapter 48 from E.B. Quiner's Military History of Wisconsin (Chicago, 1866) |
| Regiment | 49th Infantry |
| Source Type | history |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2010 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2010 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Digital Format | JPG |
| Full text | 866 MILITARY HISTORY OF WISCONSIN. The regiment, on the 6th of September, commenced its march to Fort Zarah, 250 miles west of Lawrence, where they arrived on the 26th. Companies E and G, under Captain Hutchinson, were left at Fort Zarah, and the other eight companies proceeded to Fort Earned, twenty-eight miles further west, where the regi¬ mental headquarters were established, and companies A and H were stationed. Companies B and I, under Major Butts, were sent to Fort Dodge, sixty miles from Fort Earned, Companies T> and F, under Captain Wittman, to Fort Aubrey, 160 miles from Fort Lamed, and companies C and K, under Lieutenant Colonel Shears, to Fort Lyon, Colorado, 210 miles from Fort Earned, Their duties were to escort mail and government trains. Companies A, H, E and G returned to Leavenworth in De¬ cember, and were mustered out of service, together with the Field and Staff, except the Lieutenant Colonel and Major, on the 30th of December, 1865, These companies returned home, arriving at Madison, "Wis,, on the 3d of January, 1866, where they were paid and disbanded. The remaining companies were subsequently mustered out at Leavenworth, the last of them arriving in Madison the latter part of March, and were disbanded. Regimental Statistics,— Original strength, 828. Gain — by re¬ cruits in 1865, 4; total, 832, Loss — by death, 9; deserted, 67; discharged, 36. Number mustered out not yet reported. FORTY-NINTH INFANTRY. This regiment was organized at Camp Randall, Madison, under the superintendence of Colonel Samuel Fallows, and mustered into the United States service, and left the State on the 8th of March, 1865, for St. Louis, with the following roster : Colonel —SAMUEL FALLOWS. Lieutenant Cb?onei—Edward Coleman; 3/cyor—D. K, Noyes; Ac^utant—jAM.yfS li. High; Quartermaster—Dennis A. Reed; Surgeon—Orrin W. Blanchard; First As- sistant Surgeon—Jonathan Gibbs; Second Assistant Surgeon—Pz.iny W. Blanchakd; C/wplai/i— Rev, James J, McIntyre. |
| Digital Identifier | CWOT0887 |