Philip W. Plummer
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Jump to navigationJump to searchPhilip W. Plummer was a Major of the 6th Wisconsin Infantry.
Antebellum
War Career
- Enlisted on April 23, 1861 in the 6th Wisconsin Infantry / Company C
- Promoted to 1st Lieutenant of the the 6th Wisconsin Infantry / Company C on April 27, 1861
- Promoted to Captain of the 6th Wisconsin Infantry / Company G on October 23, 1861
- Promoted to Major of the 6th Wisconsin Infantry on April 12, 1864
- Killed in action on May 5, 1864 at the Battle of the Wilderness
Postwar Career
Family
Notes
Sources
- Estabrook, Charles E. Wisconsin Losses in the Civil War. (Madison, Wis. Adjutant General's Dept., 1915). (Page 23)
- Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Pages 494, 505, 520)
Categories:
- Wisconsin Soldiers
- 6th Wisconsin Infantry
- Wisconsin Officers
- Soldiers from Crawford County, Wisconsin
- Soldiers from Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin
- Source: RWV (1) 0494
- Source: RWV (1) 0505
- Source: RWV (1) 0520
- Source: WLCW 0023
- Wisconsin Killed
- 6th Wisconsin Infantry Killed
- Wisconsin Killed at the Wilderness
- 6th Wisconsin Infantry Killed at the Wilderness