14th Wisconsin Infantry

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Regimental History and Service Record

DESIGNATIONS

  • Organized at Fond du Lac, Wis., and mustered in January 30, 1862.
  • Left State for St. Louis, Mo., March 8, thence moved to Savannah, Tenn., March 23-28.
  • Served unattached Army of the Tennessee to May, 1863.
  • 2nd Brigade, 5th Division, Army of the Tennessee, May, 1862.
  • Provost guard at Pittsburg Landing and Hamburg Landing, Tenn.
  • Unattached, Army of the Tennessee, to August, 1862.
  • 2nd Brigade, 6th Division, District of Corinth, Miss., Army of the Tennessee, to November, 1862.
  • 2nd Brigade, 6th Division. Left Wing, 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862.
  • 2nd Brigade, 6th Division, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1863.
  • 2nd Brigade, 6th Division, 17th Army Corps, to September, 1863.
  • 2nd Brigade. 1st Division, 17th Army Corps, to March, 1864.
  • 2nd Brigade, Provisional Divisional, 17th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to June, 1864.
  • Veterans attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 17th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, April to November, 1864.
  • Detached Brigade, 17th Army Corps, and 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps, to August, 1864.
  • 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps, to December, 1864.
  • 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Detachment Army of the Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to February, 1865.
  • 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps (New), Military Division of West Mississippi, to March, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps, to August, 1865.
  • District of Alabama to October, 1865.

SERVICE.--

  • April 6-7, 1862 - Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee
  • Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30.
  • Provost duty at Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., until July 23, and at Hamburg until August 23.
  • Moved to Corinth August 23.
  • Battle of Iuka, Miss., September 19.
  • Battle of Corinth. Miss., October 3-4.
  • Pursuit of Ripley October 5-12.
  • At Corinth until November 2.
  • Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign.
    • Operations on the Mississippi Central Railroad November 2 to December 23.
  • Moved to Moscow and duty along Memphis & Charleston Railroad until January 10, 1863.
  • Moved to Memphis January 10, thence to Young's Point, La., January 17 and to Lake Providence, La., February 8.
  • Duty there until April.
  • Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30.
  • May 18-July 4, 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi
  • Moved to Natchez, Miss., July 12.
  • Capture of Natchez July 13 and duty there until October 9.
  • Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., October 9 and duty there until March, 1864.
  • Regiment veteranized December 11, 1863, and Veterans on furlough January 3 to March 6 1864.
  • Company "E" and Veteran detachments from each Company Joined 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 17th Army Corps, at Clifton, Tenn., thence march to Ackworth, Ga., via Huntsville and Decatur, Ala.. and Rome, Ga., April 29-June 8.
  • June 8-September 8, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign (detachment)
    • Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2.
    • Assault on Kenesaw June 27.
    • Nickajack Creek July 2-5.
    • Chattahoochie River July 5-17.
    • Howell's Ferry July 5.
    • Leggett's or Bald Hill July 20-21.
    • Battle of Atlanta July 22.
    • July 22-August 25, 1864 - Siege of Atlanta, Georgia
    • Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30.
    • Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1.
    • Lovejoy Station September 2-6.
    • Pursuit of Hood into Alabama October 3-26.
  • Rejoined Regiment at Nashville, Tenn., December, 1864,
    • Company E remained as a pontoon train guard
      • November 15-December 21, 1864 - The Savannah Campaign
      • January 1-April 26, 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
      • March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19.
      • Grand Review May 24.
      • Rejoined Regiment at Montgomery, Ala,, July 16, 1865.
  • Non-veterans on Meridian Campaign February 3-March 2, 1864.
  • March 10-May 22, 1864 - The Red River Campaign
  • Grand Ecore April 3.
  • Pleasant Hill Landing April 12.
  • About Cloutiersville April 22-24.
  • About Alexandria April 26-May 13.
    • Wells' Plantation May 6.
    • Bayou Boeuf May 7.
  • May 13-20, 1864 - Retreat from Alexandria, Louisiana to Morganza, Louisiana
    • Mansura May 16.
  • Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., May 20-24, thence to Memphis, Tenn., May 28-30, and duty there until June 22.
  • Moved to Moscow and LaGrange June 22-27.
  • Smith's Expedition to Tupelo, Miss., July 5-21.
    • Camargo's Cross Roads, near Harrisburg, July 13.
    • Harrisburg, near Tupelo, July 14-15.
  • Moved to St. Charles, Ark., August 3-6, thence to Devall's Bluff September 1, and to Brownsville September 8.
  • March through Arkansas and Missouri in pursuit of Price September 17-November 17.
  • Moved to Nashville, Tenn., November 23-30.
  • Battle of Nashville December 15-16.
  • Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28.
  • Moved to Eastport, Miss., and duty there until February 6, 1865.
  • Moved to New Orleans, La., February 6-22.
  • Campaign against Mobile and its Defenses March 17-April 12.
    • Fish River March 17.
    • Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 8.
    • Assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9.
  • Occupation of Mobile April 12.
  • March to Montgomery April 13-25 and duty there until August.
  • Moved to Mobile August 27 and duty there until October.
  • Mustered out October 9, 1865.

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Regiment Statistical Information

  • Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 116 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 194 Enlisted men by disease. Total 319.

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Notes

  1. ↑ Not originally referenced on unit homepage

Sources

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