Robert H. Hughes
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Jump to navigationJump to searchRobert H. Hughes was a Captain in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company B.
Antebellum
- Enlisted from La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin
War Career
- April 18, 1861 - Enlisted in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company B
- April 18, 1861 - Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
- June 11, 1861 - Mustered into federal service with unit
- September 27, 1861 - Promoted to 1st Lieutenant
- September 15, 1862 - Promoted to Captain
- July 1, 1863 (?) - Taken prisoner in action at the
Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Death and Burial
- May 10, 1864 - Killed in action at Laurel Hill during the
Battles of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
Family
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Notes
Sources
- Estabrook, Charles E. Wisconsin Losses in the Civil War. (Madison, Wis. Adjutant General's Dept., 1915). (Page 7)
- Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Page 350)
Categories:
- Wisconsin Soldiers
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry
- Wisconsin Enlisted
- Wisconsin Officers
- Union Officers on 1861.04.18 (2nd Lieutenant)
- Wisconsin Officers on 1861.04.18 (2nd Lieutenant)
- Wisconsin Mustered In
- Union Officers on 1861.09.27 (1st Lieutenant)
- Wisconsin Officers on 1861.09.27 (1st Lieutenant)
- Union Officers on 1862.09.15 (Captain)
- Wisconsin Officers on 1862.09.15 (Captain)
- Wisconsin Prisoners
- Wisconsin Killed
- Union Killed on 1864.05.10 (Spotsylvania, VA)
- Wisconsin Killed on 1864.05.10 (Spotsylvania, VA)
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry Killed on 1864.05.10 (Spotsylvania, VA)
- Source: RWV (1) 0350
- Source: WLCW 0007