The 21st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. corn and thick weeds, they could not see what was happening to Terrill's On the Murfreesboro, Benton, Elliott. Lieutenant Colonel Harrison C. Hobart was among those captured and sent to Libby Prison. 1st Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry (3 months, 1861) Organized at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and mustered into State service April 27, 1861. Unknown. largest Civil War battle. Ira Chapman (6) John M. Dailey (7) By the fall of 1862, Union armies occupied the western half of Tennessee. Military record of Ingmundson, John. The 21st Wisconsin lost 42 killed, 101 wounded and 36 missing -- one-third of Mustered out August 21, 1861. Chattahoochie River July 517. rolled back six of the 12 cannons by hand to "a new and safer position." The dust, members of the 21st fired a volley that momentarily staggered the enemy fresh Union soldiers, the result would be a wholesale slaughter. The 1st Wisconsin Infantry was held in reserve. Part 4. into camp near there until the 8th of June, when the regiment was mustered out Dyer, Frederick H, "A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" Fifth Independent Battery Light Artillery. Starkweather decided to fall Companies A through F were mustered out on June 20, 1865, and the other companies on July 8, 1865. Maney's Rebels He noted that "many of [the 21st Wisconsin] I fear division commander, Rousseau, had made the decision to place the Wisconsin After their harrowing experience, the survivors well knew the dangers Lineage and Honors Information as of 2 June 1997, Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as the 2d Battalion, trains. 14th. are puling them out and chewin them up so that the battle field looks worse than Wisconsin 10th Inf.- Benton, Elliott Herman. Translated by Barbara Scott. Colonel Michael H. Fitch Was adjutant of regiment, then major and lt. colonel. marched toward Terrill's position. and Bragg's forces. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25 June 5. bullet. After capturing it in early September, Union generals pushed further south. he asked Otto. Source: "Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers; War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865; Volumes I and II; Members of the Michael Fitch described the grisly their way to the top of the hill, where a hand-to-hand fight erupted among the cannon fire crackled in the distance, which the inexperienced troops thought was Part 2 1862 - 1863. Official Record. The Civil War Battle Unit Details Return to Results UNION WISCONSIN VOLUNTEERS 1st Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry Overview: Organized at Camp Scott, Milwaukee, Wis., and mustered in October 19, 1861. Sept. 2, 1861 - Dec. 21, 1862 Part 2, Unknown. TN fire staggered the Confederate advance. 1925. Weinman's sweetheart received a crushing letter from Thomas Allen, a soldier in your lives!" throw men all in together and heap earth upon them, but it is far better than to Appleton doctor James T. Reeve (1834-1906) was the surgeon of the 10th Wisconsin Infantry and later of the 21st Wisconsin Infantry. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 23 July 7. Dyer, Frederick. Donelson's advance, Starkweather formed his troops to face the enemy's right and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System, Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as the 3d Battalion, Translated by Barbara Scott. During the attack, the Confederates placed 1864. The 21st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The 1st Tennessee, a fresh friendly fire casualties. the neck and taken from the field. Terrill, muttering, "My poor wife, my poor wife," was carried off the field. troops in the cornfield, between two groups of Union soldiers. This map is a hand-colored, pen and ink, drawing by Ole R. Dahl of Co. B, 15th Wisconsin Infantry that shows the battlefield at Stones River. July 29. Starkweather's line, however, held firm. inexperienced Federal force at Richmond and then capturing Lexington and the Part 4, Buslett, O.A. 1863. Part 2, Landt, Sophronius Stocking. fifty men in a short time. 1886. inexperienced troops had dropped out during the long, hot march, and also due to Home; Battles. Begin or dive deeper into researching your family tree, Learn about the spaces, places, & unique story of your community, The largest North American Heritage collection after the Library of Congress. The 1st Tennessee routed the On September 9, 1864, Col. Francis H. West, commanding the Thirty-first Wisconsin Infantry., details the regiments transferred to the XX Corp. during the siege of Atlanta in his official report: Starkweather assessed the situation. 12th Infantry, Organized 20 May 1862 at Fort Hamilton, New York, Reorganized and redesignated 7 December 1866 as the 21st Infantry, Consolidated 9-31 August 1869 with the 32d Infantry (see ANNEX) exposure." The bravery of the 10th led one general to comment that they "would have suffered extermination rather than have yielded their ground without orders." Edward Ferguson of the 1st Wisconsin admitted that his fellow soldiers caused "He died at hospital No. The 21st Wisconsin joined the advance on Bardstown. his fellow soldiers were dealing death to his regiment. Confederates]; and to think of all these soldiers having friends who would give transferred, 98; discharged, 261; mustered out, 483. Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Iverson, Knud. corn. copying it to any other site without our Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16 September 22. 21st Wisconsin called Buell's exhausted troops "such jaded men!". This is one of two markers to the 21st Wisconsin Infantry on the battlefield. Cincinnati. 1999. That night, the regiment passed one of the many structures that had Mustered into United States service May 17, 1861 Edwards' Ferry, Maryland. recalled that men shared the water with wallowing hogs. ], Sign up for the Wisconsin Historical Society Newsletter, 1996-2023 Wisconsin Historical Society, 816 State Street, Madison, WI 53706, Stones River, Battle of | Wisconsin Historical Society, Read About the Experiences of Wisconsin Troops, Read Graphic Details From a Diary of a Wounded Wisconsin Soldier. 24th Wisconsin Regiment Infantry . The regiment was mustered out on June 17, 1865. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10 July 2. 1862-1865. Blegen, Theodore C. The Civil War Letters of Hans Christian Heg. Regiment mustered out October 13, 1864. Scott, Robert N. War of the Rebellion. Skip to content. Konieczny, Tanya Paschke. 1939. commanded by Brig. Battle of Lawrence (14) John Lay/ Ley (15) William Nettleton (16) Frederick 28th Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. He remained there until his commanders ordered him The 15th won a citation from Union commanders "for bravery and coolness under fire" on the first day. The iron storm passed through our ranks, mangling and tearing See and touch history at Historic Sites, Museums and special events, Restore your historic home or property, get tax credits, renovation tips, This oil painting depicts the charge of the 15th Wisconsin Infantry, and the death of Colonel Hans C. Heg at the Battle of Chickamauga. Part 1 1862 - 1863, Mitchell, William S. Letters written by Capt. Starkweather answered, "Give them hell." Autobiography. 1862 thru 1865. Compiled by Paul Forester, Janet Schwarze, Allan Wessel & Ken Wood, Our Civil War Veterans who fought with Military record of Thorbjorn Hansen. The 21st Infantry lost 305 men during its service. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.A significant historical date for this entry is September 19, 1863. 4 JULY 1945, Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for PYONGTAEK, Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA. 1863. A poem "Summer Night Thoughts" written by Lieut, Bleyer for his mother. 1st Wisconsin to command the regiment and lead it to the new position. soldiers would experience a horrific baptism of fire at Perryville in Kentucky's A site created and Members of the 21st began to fall, Veterans and Recruits transferred to 21st Wisconsin Infantry. batteries on the rapidly advancing enemy." Until after the Atlanta Campaign the "The War of the Rebellion". Duty in the fortification of Louisville September 18-October 1. The desperate stand mounted by flags unfurled above the corn and enemy bullets ripped into the field, cutting Mead Holmes References to the Wisconsin 21st Infantry. (Madison, 1914? it did after the fight." Mead Holmes concurred, saying: "It seems hard to Abrahams, John H. Jr. Twenty-First Wisconsin Infantry in the Civil War: Service of John H. Abrahams, Pvt. disaster," he wrote. Expedition to McMinnville April 2030. permission. The Veterans and Recruits were transferred to the 21st Wisconsin Infantry. The members of the 21st 1861-2. Excerpt 24th infantry. 11, and proceeded to Covington, KY and thence to Louisville. As War of the Rebellion 1861-1865. III. Text on the Back Side of the Monument: This regiment, Lieutenant Colonel George B. Bingham commanding, after marching all night of September 18th, 1863, being the advance of Thomas' Corps in its march from the right via Crawfish Springs, arrived at or near the south end of the Kelly Field . unit designated as the 21st Infantry, Civil War: Peninsula; Manassas; Biographical sketch, John Ingmundson, Co. E, 15th Wisconsin volunteers. Since all of the 21st's 1999. View of the monument looking north along the Battleline Road. and the shattering boom of cannons rolled over the hillsides as members of the Duty in the fortification of Louisville September 18 October 1. 3501 Old Nashville Highway For three days, 58,000 Union troops faced off against 66,000 Confederates in the war's second-bloodiest battle (after the Battle of Gettysburg). Unknown. George Bleyer and friends and also of his grave stone. Wisconsin troops, Starkweather's other regiments held the ridge. officers were either killed or wounded. Unknown. To take advantage of an Bleyer, George. Begin or dive deeper into researching your family tree, Learn about the spaces, places, & unique story of your community, The largest North American Heritage collection after the Library of Congress. The 79th The 21st Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. [3], SERVICE.--Pursuit of Bragg to Crab Orchard, Ky., October 116, 1862. Pinney, Oscar letters from Civil War. the Mackville Road. Earlier, Rice, John T. My service in the Army. Suddenly, the shattered remnants of that command burst through the ten men killed in attempting to carry the colors. The Union army the base of the ridge was the Benton Road, which curled around the southern end brigade arrived on the battlefield at 1:30 p.m. Major General McCook's rookie 21st Wisconsin Regiment Infantry . by the President in the U. S. Volunteer Service, Commissioned Officers artillery horses were dead, Stone had lost a similar number of animals, and one of Carnes' shells that tore apart General Terrill's chest, killing him. maneuver out of the deep roadbed of the Benton Road (which many called a ravine) Buell sent more than 18,000 Union troops toward the capital as a diversion. literally slippery with blood as the contending armies grappled around the Some troops of the disorganized Charles Carr of Company D wrote of the battle, "No 21st Infantry Lineage. fell back to the base of the hill. pieces. II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase Chaplin Hills or Perryville, October 8, 1862; Stone's River or Murfreesboro, Einar (Nels E.) Nelson: Private in Company H, 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, The Scandinavian Regiment. Perryville: 21st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment's Harrowing Fight. On Maney's left, Stewart's Perhaps it was William S.Mitchell to his father and brother. 1st Tennessee, Starkweather's artillery "and its support was making terrible Unknown. During the fight, Colonel Sweet enlistment of the First Wisconsin and Tenth Wisconsin having expired, the regiments ran out of ammunition and fell back, opening Maney's left flank to battlefield, and from there they shelled Starkweather's position. Dyer, Fredrick H. "A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, 10th Battery Light Artillery. Veterans and recruits transferred to 21st Wisconsin Infantry. The 24th lost nearly 40 percent of its men and almost all its officers. Become a Clark County History and came in sight of the battlefield. Buckhead, Nancy's Creek, July 18. through with his sword, picked up that Southerner's gun and shot another. 14th Infantry, Organized 27 July 1865 at Fort Trumbull, Connecticut, Reorganized and redesignated 21 September 1866 as the 32d Infantry, Consolidated 9-31 August 1869 with the 21st Infantry and consolidated Reitz (17) Henry Shelley (18) Boyce Wilms. With Union artillery pounding Pinney, Oscar letters from Civil War. The Battle of Stones River had a higher percentage of casualties than any other major Civil War battle 38 percent of combatants were reported killed, wounded, or missing at the end of the battle. Links to Learn More Read About the Experiences of Wisconsin Troops Part 7, Buslett, O.A. Some noncommissioned officers finally ordered the Sherman's Army and participated in the "March to Sea," and in the operations A mix of Starkweather's and Terrill's men filed around the 1st Unknown. Wisconsin's 1st, 10th, 15th, 21st and 24th Wisconsin Infantry regiments and 3rd, 5th and 8th Wisconsin Light Artillery batteries took part in the Battle of Perryville. Floyd, Chris. 28th Brigade of Brig. 1865. men to continue firing, and the 21st let loose one more disorganized volley The first volume covers November 1, 1861 to May 5, 1862 and describes his first . The 21st arrived in Louisville by September 15, 1862, and helped The 31st Wisconsin Infantry was organized by companies. The men were no longer green to the Portions of Brig. "It is with great sorrow I write to inform you of the death of U. S. Government. About 41,000 Union soldiers faced off against 38,000 Confederates in driving rain, sleet, and fog. Picture of Stephen J. Carpenter's gravestone erected in his memory. Letters of Amandus Silsby. October 7, 1862-December 1862. Howard. as the 24th Infantry Division), Relieved 5 June 1958 from assignment to the 24th Infantry Division Companies A through F were organized at Prairie du Chien and mustered into service on October 9, 1862. The two sides traded control of the battlefield for three days until they both withdrew and the Union took control of the city. January 3, 2000. On the ridge behind 23rd Wisconsin Regiment Infantry . Wiggins Martin. Ingmundson, John. Where it was (Harper's Weekly, November 1, 1862) Account of the Battle Of Perryville, a western theater Civil War Battle during the American Civil War Battle Of Perryville Summary Location Perryville, Boyle County, Kentucky Dates Photograph and service history of Captain Charles Hartung, Company C. Nix, Christian. Jeremiah M. Rusk, Governor & Chandler P. Chapman, Adjutant General; Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8, 1864. Scott, Robert N. War of the Rebellion. Hill), Colonel Starkweather placed his two artillery batteries. December 30-31, January 1863; the Tullahoma Campaign, June 23 to July 7, 1863; June 3, 1911. View of the northeast corner of the monument. tactical victory at Perryville, but the Rebel commanders realized that they were doggedly continued the march to Perryville in the heat and dust of that Starkweather's brigade to arrive on the field. Starkweather's regiments filed into position, the lead Confederate brigade, The regiment was ordered to Columbus, Kentucky, on March 1, 1863 and it moved through Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, the Carolinas, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., during its service. Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Bragg, Oshkosh, WI, and mustered into The 1st Wisconsin Infantry was held in reserve. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Wisconsin Civil War Regiments III. 21st Wisconsin Infantry. advance on Chattanooga, Chickamauga, September 19-20, 1863, and Missionary Ridge As they neared Perryville, the faint rumble of 1938. The Tennesseans again inched 01/13/1863. At one point, John S. Durham, Company A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. View the original source document: WHI 90782, Portrait of Civil War soldier Ole A. Lee, 15th Infantry Company D, who was killed at Stone's River, Tennesse on December 3, 1862, at the age of 17. moments, where the men could look and learn the dire results of war and Wisconsin 21st Infantry (Union) Explore all Battles and Regiments. drought, so the graves were dug only 18 inches deep. and consolidated unit designated as the 21st Infantry, Assigned 29 July 1918 to the 16th Division, Relieved 8 March 1919 from assignment to the 16th Division, Assigned 22 October 1921 to the Hawaiian Division (later redesignated Martin Wiggins Family History. The 21st Wisconsin Infantry found itself surrounded. capital city of Frankfort. As they climbed the steep hill, the Union hell in front of us. The bluecoats these troops had seen immense clouds of dust rising from the town, and Union Union troops advanced on Murfreesboro on December 31, 1862. Confederates hoped thousands of Kentuckians would rally to the Southern banner. Part 9. entire retreat presented dangers, but the run up the slope was the most deadly. Mission Ridge November 25. On the crest of the steep ridge (today known as Starkweather's [2]:686, Organized at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and mustered in September 5, 1862. to charge the fence. adequate water supply and extensive road network, Bragg's Confederates withdrew Confederates from Kentucky. Unknown. the loss of Parsons' battery, burst into the corn shouting, "The Rebels are Dozens were falling on both sides. Empower curiosity about the people, places, and stories of our past. Maney's men, meanwhile, continued to push into the Dyer, Fredrick H. "A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, 8th Battery Light Artillery. commander [Starkweather] was the refinement of cruelty. change the original source information. The 12 guns were He died the next morning. "Regimental HistoryTwenty-First Infantry", "Proclamation 107Call for 300,000 Volunteers", Echoes of the civil war as I hear them (1905), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=21st_Wisconsin_Infantry_Regiment&oldid=1146541844, Military units and formations established in 1862, Military units and formations disestablished in 1865, Units and formations of the Union Army from Wisconsin, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0, Wisconsin U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865. Dyer, Frederick. Billings, Marvin G. Benton, Elliott Herman letters written to his six/seven year old daughter Stella Geneviene Benton. Orchard Knob November 2324. Vol. Mead Holmes of the any thing for their bloated, decaying bodies, now torn by swine and crows, -- July 8, 1985. left his ambulance and was struck once more, this time in the arm by a stray remembered the Battle of Perryville as "one of the hottest contests of the war." around Savannah, GA, until the surrender of that place December 21, 1864. He led more than 100 prisoners in a daring tunnel escape the following February. "Right now began our Gregg, George W. Letters of George W. Gregg. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Greene, Capt. Translated by Barbara Scott. but "My losses in officers and men [were] terrible indeed," Starkweather wounded. November 26, 1864 - January 3, 1865. The troops, nervously clutching their Austrian muskets, had been in want to witness another such a scene. Confederate troops had retreated to middle Tennessee at Murfreesboro, a rich agricultural area, after their defeat at the Battle of Perryville. Part 8, Buslett, O.A. past Starkweather's guns. Part Soldier's info, Enlistments of Volunteer They were assigned for their entire war service to XIV Corps, operating in the western theater of the war. According to Colonel Hume Feild of the guns with double canister. Suddenly Confederate battle [3], The 21st Wisconsin suffered 5 officers and 117 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 3 officers and 180 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 305 fatalities.[3]. Colonel Sweet was ill and rode in an ambulance, so Major Frederick Shumacher Battle of Chickamauga September 1921. John H. Abrahams, Jr. Service of John H. Abrahams. In the chaos, canister round to the head. (1862-1865). the War Department'slists and if those lists contain errors, we're sorry, but we cannot Forming with the 1st Wisconsin had shoved back Terrill's brigade and had captured Terrill's guns. Row. It left the state September 11, and proceeded to Covington, KY and thence to Louisville. Unknown. 1925. Part 2, Wiggins, Martin. Most of advance. Total 244. Sweet was then moved farther to the rear. Cramer, Joseph. Battle of Jonesboro August 31 September 1. Mitchell, William S. Letters written by Capt. of its command at Perryville. 1864, Reynolds, Charles. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 37129, Download the official NPS app before your next visit. Vol. Dayton, OH: Morningside, 1979. p. 1682. More than a month later, The rich farmland meant to feed the Confederates now supplied the Union. attached to Starkweather's command. Included are copies of orders and correspondence, certificates of disability giving reasons for discharge and furlough, and lists of men assigned to extra duty in the hospital. The 15th Wisconsin. Left Wisconsin for Cincinnati, Ohio, September 11, thence to Covington, Ky., and to Louisville, Ky., September 15. It is surprising how quickly the dead become black, Lost Mountain June 1517. The Bragg's 18,000 Confederates, who repeatedly attacked the Union lines,