John C. Starkweather

John C. Starkweather was a Colonel in the (I) 1st Wisconsin Infantry. After the initial 90 day enlistment of the unit expired, he was commissioned to reorganize the regiment as the (II) 1st Wisconsin Infantry as its colonel.

Antebellum

• Enlisted from Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

War Career

• April 20, 1861 - Enlisted in the (I) 1st Wisconsin Infantry
• April 27, 1861 - Mustered into Wisconsin State service as Colonel
• May 17, 1861 - Mustered into federal service with unit
• August 21, 1861 - Mustered out of federal service with unit
• August 21, 1861 - Reenlisted and began to organize the (II) 1st Wisconsin Infantry as its Colonel
• October 19, 1861 - Mustered into federal service with unit
• July 17, 1863 - Promoted to Brigadier General of United States Volunteers
• May 11, 1865 - Resigned from service

Post-War Career

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Family

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Sources

• Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Pages 294, 312)