21st Wisconsin Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

Organized at Oshkosh, Wis., and mustered in September 5, 1862. Left State for Cincinnati, Ohio, September 11, thence to Covington, Ky., and to Louisville, Ky., September 15. Duty in the fortification of Louisville September 18-October 1. Attached to 28th Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Ohio, September, 1862. 28th Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Center 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to April, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Army Corps, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Army Corps, to June, 1865.

SERVICE.--Pursuit of Bragg to Crab Orchard, Ky., October 1-16, 1862.

• October 8, 1862 - Battle of Perryville, Kentucky

Guard duty at Mitchellsville until December 7. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., and duty there until December 26. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Jefferson December 30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro until June. Expedition to McMinnville April 20-30. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 23-July 7. Hoover's Gap June 24-26. Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August 16.

• August 16-September 22, 1863 - The Chickamauga Campaign
  • Davis Cross Roads, near Dug Gap, September 11.
  • September 19-September 20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
  • Rossville Gap September 21.
• September 24-October 27, 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga, Tennessee
• November 23-27, 1863 - The Chattanooga/Ringgold Campaign
  • Orchard Knob November 23-24.
  • Mission Ridge November 25.
• Reconnaissance to Cooper's Gap November 30-December 3.
• May 1-September 8, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
  • May 8-11, 1864 - Demonstration against Rocky Faced Ridge, Georgia
  • May 13, 1864 - Combat at Resaca, Georgia
  • May 14-May 15, 1864 - Battle of Resaca, Georgia
  • Advance on Dallas May 18-25.
  • May 25-June 5, 1864 - Operations in Bartow County, Georgia
  • Pickett's Mills May 27.
  • Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2.
  • Pine Hill June 11-14.
  • Lost Mountain June 15-17.
  • Assault on Kenesaw June 27.
  • Ruff's Station July 4.
  • Chattahoochie River July 5-17.
  • Buckhead, Nancy's Creek, July 18.
  • Peach Tree Creek July 19-20.
  • July 22-August 25, 1864 - Siege of Atlanta, Georgia
  • Utoy Creek August 5-7.
  • Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30.
  • Near Red Oak August 29.
  • Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1.
• Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 30-November 3.
  • October 19, 1864 - Veterans and Recruits from the (II) 1st Wisconsin Infantry transferred to companies of this regiment
• November 15-December 21, 1864 - The Savannah Campaign
  • December 10-21, 1864 - Siege of Savannah, Georgia
• January 1-April 26, 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
  • Taylor's Hole Creek, Averysboro, N. C., March 16.
  • Battle of Bentonville March 19-21.
  • Occupation of Goldsboro March 24.
  • 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 17.
• Grand Review May 24.
• Mustered out June 8 and discharged from service June 17, 1865.

Regimental Roster

Field and Staff Officers

Company A

Company B

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21st Wisconsin Infantry / Company B (Officers)

Rank	Name	City/Town	Commission From
Captain	Charles N. Paine	Oshkosh, WI	August 26, 1862
Captain	James E. Stuart	Oshkosh, WI	August 31, 1864
1st Lieutenant	Hiram Russell	Fremont, WI	August 26, 1862
1st Lieutenant	Edgar Vredenburg	Winneconne, WI	August 31, 1864
2nd Lieutenant	James H. Jenkins	Oshkosh, WI	August 7, 1862
2nd Lieutenant	Edward Dorian	Oshkosh, WI	October 19, 1864
2nd Lieutenant	Alexander Peterson	Oshkosh, WI	April 11, 1865
1st Sergeant	Thomas E. Hayter	Oshkosh, WI	?
Sergeant	Franklin Bourne	Oshkosh, WI	?
Sergeant	Francis Jones	Algoma, WI	?
Sergeant	John A. Jordan	Oshkosh, WI	?
Sergeant	William H. Jordan	Oshkosh, WI	?
Sergeant	Leonard J. Miller	Winneconne, WI	?
Sergeant	Anthony Premo	Lincoln, WI	?
Sergeant	Joseph Trexell	Oshkosh, WI	?
Corporal	Avery Amos	Oshkosh, WI	?
Corporal	Theodore Barnes	Omro, WI	?
Corporal	Noble A. Blinn	Oshkosh, WI	?
Corporal	George S. Bourne	Oshkosh, WI	?
Corporal	Thomas Davidson	Winneconne, WI	?
Corporal	Samuel Higgins	Oshkosh, WI	?
Corporal	John B. Kellet	Oshkosh, WI	?
Corporal	John Langmuir	Springfield, WI	?
Corporal	Charles H. Miller	Utica, WI	?
Corporal	Daniel H. Moscrip	Winneconne, WI	?
Corporal	Jonthon B. Peaslee	Winneconne, WI	?
Corporal	Henry W. Reed	Rushford, WI	?
Corporal	Thomas Rohan	Rushford, WI	?
Corporal	Norman H. Scott	Vinland, WI	?
Corporal	William G. Sherburne	Weyauwega, WI	?
Corporal	Ira G. Shipman	Omro, WI	?
Corporal	Merrill C. Thompson	Weyauwega, WI	?
Corporal	Frank E. Wickwire	Oshkosh	?
Musician	Rufus P. Benedict	Vinland, WI	?
Musician	Manford Benedict	Winneconne, WI	?
Wagoner	Robert Kellett	Oshkosh, WI	?

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17th Wisconsin Infantry / Company B (Enlisted Men)

Rank	Name	City/Town	Enlistment Date
Private	William R. Adams	Prairie du Chien, WI	November 20, 1863
Private	Charles F.O. Alden	Vinlad, WI	August 14, 1862
Private	Melville Angell	Oshkosh, WI	August 13, 1862
Private	Cornelius Antoine	Beaver Dam, WI	December 18, 1861
Private	Louis Antoine	Winneconne, WI	February 12, 1864
Private	John Arnold	Kenosha, WI	December 16, 1862
Private	Benjamin G. Avery	Oshkosh, WI	August 15, 1862
Private	Jay Baker	Winneconne, WI	August 15, 1862
Private	Wesley C. Banker	Waupun, WI	August 26, 1862
Private	John W. Barrett	Winneconne, WI	August 14, 1862
Private	George W. Barry	?	December 28, 1863
Private	Henry Beneki	Milwaukee, WI	November 20, 1863
Private	Jeffrey Binder	Wheaton, WI	November 20, 1863
Private	John Blackmore	Madison, WI	February 13, 1864
Private	John Blanchard	Wiota, WI	November 16, 1863
Private	Ferdinand Blume	Milwaukee, WI	November 20, 1863
Private	John Bones	Burnett, WI	November 20, 1863
Private	John C. Brockway	Oshkosh, WI	August 12, 1862
Private	Alden S. Brooks	Oshkosh, WI	August 12, 1862
Private	Edgar Brown	Winneconne, WI	August 14, 1862
Private	Oscar A. Brown	Winneconne, WI	August 15, 1862
Private	Stephen D. Brownell	Janesville, WI	November 11, 1863
Private	Edmond Cain	Poygan, WI	August 14, 1862
Private	James Carey	Fond du Lac, WI	November 18, 1863
Private	Joseph D. Carpenter	Poygan, WI	August 12, 1862
Private	Robert Champion	Winneconne, WI	February 19, 1864
Private	Samuel Champion	Winneconne, WI	August 15, 1862
Private	Hiram A. Chapple	Milwaukee, WI	November 18, 1863
Private	James Clark (Jr.)	Winneconne, WI	August 13, 1864
Private	Andrew Clausen	Winneconne, WI	August 15, 1862
Private	John Comly	Oshkosh, WI	August 12, 1862
Private	Levi Corbin	Oxford, WI	February 15, 1864
Private	Warren J. Corey	Kekoskee, WI	December 24, 1863
Private	George P. Cown	Winneconne, WI	February 6, 1864
Private	Hiram Crawford	Delafield, WI	November 12, 1863
Private	Aretas Crittenden	Weyauwega, WI	August 14, 1862
Private	Joseph De Cremer	Oshkosh, WI	February 1, 1864
Private	Benjamin F. De Diemer	Kenosha, WI	August 22, 1862
Private	Russell F. Dimmick	Kenosha, WI	January 20, 1863
Private	Loren Dudley	Weyauwega, WI	August 14, 1862
Private	Alvin Dunn	Oshkosh, WI	August 14, 1862
Private	Joseph Dushine	Oshkosh, WI	January 26, 1864
Private	Benjamin F. Dyball	Oak Creek, WI	November 25, 1863
Private	John M. Eastman	Kenosha, WI	October 6, 1862
Private	Charles S. Edwards	Oshkosh, WI	August 15, 1862
Private	Charles Eggleston	Oxford, WI	February 9, 1864
Private	Amos E. Estey	Neupuskin, WI	August 20, 1862
Private	Frederick Everson	Prairie du Chien, WI	November 11, 1863
Private	Michael Ferrell	Oshkosh, WI	August 12, 1862
Private	James Fleming	Prairie du Chien, WI	November 20, 1863
Private	Charles Fritsche	Prairie du Chien, WI	November 18, 1863
Private	George H. Fuller	Winneconne, WI	February 1, 1864
Private	John H. Genard	Oshkosh, WI	August 19, 1862
Private	James H. Gray	Mt. Pleasant, WI	January 20, 1864
Private	Andrew Grignon	Winneconne, WI	August 15, 1862
Private	Marshall Grignon	Oshkosh, WI	January 26, 1864
Private	Edward B. Hain	Winneconne, WI	August 14, 1862
Private	Patrick Harling	Fond du Lac, WI	November 18, 1863
Private	John Heilman	Bristol, WI	November 12, 1863
Private	Jackson Heuston	Omro, WI	August 12, 1862
Private	Christopher Hill	Winneconne, WI	August 14, 1862
Private	Henry C. Hoffman	Winneconne, WI	August 15, 1862
Private	Elisha C. Hunt	Kilbourn, WI	January 7, 1864
Private	Oliver C. Hyatt	Rushford, WI	August 20, 1862
Private	John Isquchapit	Winneconne, WI	February 6, 1864
Private	Munroe W. Jackman	Oshkosh, WI	August 11, 1862
Private	Edwin Jacobs	Argyle, WI	November 16, 1863
Private	Peter F. Jaquier	Nekimi, WI	February 29, 1864
Private	Augustus Jones	Algoma, WI	August 11, 1862
Private	Hiram Jones	Algoma, WI	August 13, 1862
Private	Washington G. Jones	Algoma, WI	August 11, 1862
Private	Charles Knaggs	Oshkosh, WI	January 26, 1864
Private	Reuben M. Knofsker	Vinland, WI	August 20, 1862
Private	Moses Ladd	Winneconne, WI	August 15, 1862
Private	David A. Larkins	Oxford, WI	February 19, 1864
Private	Leopold Litner	Oshkosh, WI	August 14, 1862
Private	William Lowe	Rushford, WI	August 15, 1862
Private	Daniel Maxson	Poygan, WI	August 14, 1862
Private	Nelson Miller	Winneconne, WI	August 14, 1862
Private	Francis H. Moon	Vinland, WI	August 14, 1862
Private	Jeremiah Moon	Beaver Dam, WI	November 27, 1863
Private	George O. Morton	Winneconne, WI	August 11, 1862
Private	Norman Mosier	Trenton, WI	November 20, 1863
Private	Charles Mulaskey	Oshkosh, WI	August 11, 1862
Private	Samuel C. Onsen	Winneconne, wI	August 14, 1862
Private	Rudolph Otto	Oshkosh, WI	August 13, 1862
Private	Allen Packard	Utica, WI	August 15, 1862
Private	John Parr	Jefferson, WI	November 28, 1863
Private	Charles A. Peterson	Shawano, WI	August 11, 1862
Private	Lancelette H. Pickle	Winneconne, WI	August 9, 1862
Private	Mansuette Pickle	Winneconne, WI	December 10, 1863
Private	James Pillar	Vinland, WI	August 14, 1862
Private	Charles L. Porlier	Oshkosh, WI	August 9, 1862
Private	William F. Pruyn	Winneconne, WI	February 6, 1864
Private	Sydney Raymond	Omro, WI	August 13, 1862
Private	Nelson Rice	Oshkosh, WI	August 13, 1862
Private	Smith Ripley	Utica, WI	August 15,1862
Private	Daniel Roach	Winneconne, WI	August 14, 1862
Private	Chester T. Rogers	Utica, WI	August 15, 1862
Private	Merritt Rowe	?	December 14, 1863
Private	Willard A. Russell	Winneconne, WI	August 14, 1862
Private	Patrick Ryan	Oshkosh, WI	August 14, 1862
Private	Henry C. Scott	Vinland, WI	August 9, 1862
Private	David A. Service	Vinland, WI	August 14, 1862
Private	David Seymour	Vinland, WI	August August 14, 1862
Private	Walter B. Sharpe	Oshkosh, WI	August 13, 1862
Private	Jonathan Shephard	Oak Grove, WI	November 20, 1863
Private	Elijah B. Showers	Wolf River, WI	August 15, 1862
Private	St. Clair F. Smothers	Prairie du Chien, WI	November 14, 1863
Private	Henry Spindler	Wolf River, WI	August 15, 1862
Private	Dwight Stacey	Winneconne, WI	February 1, 1864
Private	Arnold Tax	Wilson, WI	November 24, 1863
Private	Harvey Thompson	Weyauwega, WI	August 13, 1862
Private	John Tipler	Vinland, WI	August 14, 1862
Private	Peter W. Torgeson	St. Croix Falls, WI	January 12, 1864
Private	David Vanluven	Poygan, WI	August 14, 1862
Private	Luke Walker	Poygan, WI	August 14, 1862
Private	Israel H. Welch	Oshkosh, WI	August 20, 1862
Private	Sylvester S. Westgate	Oshkosh, WI	August 11, 1862
Private	Elbert M. White	Winneconnne, WI	February 1, 1864
Private	Michael White	Winneconnne, WI	February 6, 1864
Private	George C. Warden	Vinland, WI	August 14, 1862
Private	Reuben F. Yost	Oshkosh, WI	August 13, 1862
Private	Jacob Young	Oshkosh, WI	January 9, 1864

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Regiment Statistical Information

Regiment Casualty Comparisons by Source

Source	Casualties	Remarks
Dyer	5 Officers and 117 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded 3 Officers and 180 enlisted men killed by disease Total 305	None
Fox	Fox lists this unit as: 177th on the list of units with losses based on duration of the entire term of service of the unit (9th of the Wisconsin troops)	None
WotRWiki Statistics	0 troops killed Includes 0 troops mortally wounded Includes 0 troops killed by disease All others are troops killed in action or under special circumstances	This feature is not yet available. Check back soon for updates!

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Sources

• Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 2. (Madison, 1886). (Pages 164-200)
• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 701, 704, 705, 707, 715, 721, 723, 733, 835, 860, 862, 866, 1682)
• Fox, William F. 1840-1909. Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the Extent and Nature of the Mortuary Losses in the Union Regiments, With Full and Exhaustive Statistics Compiled From the Official Records on File in the State Military Bureaus and at Washington. Albany: Albany Pub. Co., 1889. (Page 14)