- UNION WISCONSIN VOLUNTEERS 18th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry
Organized 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.
Service before 1/10/1864 not included here
Duty at Bridgeport, Ala., till December 21, and at Huntsville, Ala., till May 1, 1864.
At Whitesburg, Ala., till June 19.
Moved to Stevenson, Ala., June 19-25; thence to Allatoona, Ga., July 1-6, and 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.) March into East Tennessee in pursuit of Wheeler August 25-30.
Moved to Cowan, Tenn., and guard Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad till September 19.
Moved to Allatoona, Ga., September 19-22, and garrison duty there till November. Repulse of French's attack on Allatoona October 5. Veterans on furlough November-December.
Non-Veterans attached to 93rd Illinois Infantry November, 1864, to April, 1865, participating in march to the sea November 15- December 10.
Siege of Savannah December 10-21.
Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865.
Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 19-21. Veterans ordered to Nashville, Tenn., December 28, 1864. Moved to Baltimore, Md ., thence to Beaufort, N. C., January 5-February 2, 1865, and to New Berne, N. C., February 8.
Duty at New Berne till March 28.
Moved to Goldsboro, N. C., and rejoin command. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14.
Occupation of Raleigh April 14.
Bennett's House April 26.
Surrender of Johnston and 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 July 18, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 52 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 167 Enlisted men by disease. Total 225.
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