- U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles
Peter DeBrien
Residence: Keshena, Wisconsin
State Served: Wisconsin
Rank, Company: Private, Company
Regiment: Wisconsin 18th Infantry
Enlisted: 10 Jan 1864
Musturerd Out: 18 Jul 1865
Survived the War? - Yes
Was POW? - WasPOW?
Was Wounded? - WasWounded?
Service Record: Drafted to Company E, Wisconsin 18th Infantry Regiment on 01 Oct 1864. Mustered out on 18 Jul 1865 at Louisville, KY.
1864-1865; UNION WISCONSIN VOLUNTEERS; 18th Regiment, Wisconsin InfantryOrganized at Milwaukee, Wis., and mustered in March 15, 1862. Left State f or St. Louis, Mo., March 30; thence moved to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., Mar ch 31-April 5. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 6th Division, Army of the Tennesse e, to July, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 6th Division, District of Corinth, Miss ., to November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 6th Division, Left Wing 13th Army Cor ps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 6th Divi sion, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 6th Division, 17th A rmy Corps, to May, 1863. 1st Brigade, 7th Division, 17th Army Corps, to Se ptember, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 17th Army Corps, to December, 18 63. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 15th Army Corps, to April, 1865. 2nd Brigad e, 4th Division, 15th Army Corps, to July, 1865. (Non-Veterans attach ed to 93rd Illinois Infantry November-December, 1864. Veterans attach ed to 1st Brigade, 1st Provisional Division, Dept. of the Cumberland, Dece mber, 1864, to February, 1865. District of New Berne, N. C., Dept. of Nor th Carolina, to April, 1865.)SERVICE.-Battle of Shiloh , Tenn., April 6-7, 1862. Advance on and sie ge of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Duty at Corinth till July 18. Mov ed to Bolivar, Tenn., July 18, and duty there till August 16. Return to Co rinth, Miss., August 16. March to Iuka, Miss., September 7-19. Battle of I uka September 19. Battle of Corinth October 3-4. Pursuit to Hatchie Riv er July 5-12. Moved to Grand Junction November 2. Grant's Central Mississi ppi Campaign. Operations on the Mississippi Central Railroad November 2, 1 862, to January 3, 1863. Moved to Moscow, Tenn., January 3; thence to Memp his, Tenn., January 10, and to Young's Point, La., January 17. Moved to La ke Providence, La., February 8, and duty there till April 20. Moveme nt on Brulnsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 20-30. Battle of Port Gibs on , Miss., May 1 (Reserve). Jackson May 14. Battle of Champion's Hill M ay 16. Siege of Vicksburg May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 a nd 22. Guard and patrol duty at Vicksburg till September. Moved to Helen a, Ark., September 11; thence to Memphis and Corinth and march to Chattano oga, Tenn., October 6-November 20. Operations on Memphis & Charleston Rail road in Alabama October 20-29. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-2 7. Tunnel Hill November 24-25. Mission Ridge November 25. Pursuit to Grays ville November 26-27. Duty at Bridgeport, Ala., till December 21, and at H untsville, Ala., till May 1, 1864. At Whitesburg, Ala., till June 19. Mov ed to Stevenson, Ala., June 19-25; thence to Allatoona, Ga., July 1-6, a nd garrison duty there till August 22. March to Chattanooga, Tenn. (7 Cos. ), August 22-25. (Cos. "E," "F" and "I" remained on duty at Allatoona.) Ma rch into East Tennessee in pursuit of Wheeler August 25-30. Moved to Cowa n, Tenn., and guard Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad till September 19. Mo ved to Allatoona, Ga., September 19-22, and garrison duty there till Novem ber. Repulse of French's attack on Allatoona October 5. Veterans on furlou gh November-December. Non-Veterans attached to 93rd Illinois Infantry Nove mber, 1864, to April, 1865, participating in march to the sea November 15- December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas J anuary to April, 1865. Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 19-21. Vetera ns ordered to Nashville, Tenn., December 28, 1864. Moved to Baltimore, Md ., thence to Beaufort, N. C., January 5-February 2, 1865, and to New Bern e, N. C., February 8. Duty at New Berne till March 28. Moved to Goldsbor o, N. C., and rejoin command. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupati on of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston a nd his army. March to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 1 9. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June, and mustered out J uly 18, 1865.Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 52 Enlisted men killed and mor tally wounded and 2 Officers and 167 Enlisted men by disease. Total 225
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