49th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

49th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
ActiveDecember 24, 1864 – November 8, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
SizeRegiment
EngagementsAmerican Civil War
Commanders
ColonelSamuel Fallows
ColonelEdward Colman

The 49th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

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The 49th Wisconsin was organized at Camp Randall in Madison, Wisconsin, and mustered into federal service between February 8, 1865, and March 6, 1865.[1] It left the state on March 8, 1865, and was assigned to duty in western Missouri. Companies B, C, and D were mustered out on November 1, 1865, and the remaining companies were mustered out on November 8, 1865.[2]

Casualties

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The 49th Wisconsin suffered 54 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 54 fatalities.[3]

Commanders

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Notable people

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