John Mansfield
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Antebellum
- Enlisted from Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin
War Career
- April 19, 1861 - Enlisted in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company G
- June 11, 1861 - Mustered into federal service with unit
- April 25, 1861 - Promoted to Captain of Company G
- June 11, 1861 - Mustered into federal service with unit
- January 26, 1863 - Promoted to Major of the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry
- July 1, 1863 - Wounded in action at the
Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- July 5, 1863 - Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel
- February 9, 1864 - Promoted to Colonel
- May 5, 1864 - Wounded and taken prisoner in action at the Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia
- August 14, 1864 - Mustered out of federal service
- December 3, 1864 - Appointed Colonel V.R.C.
Post-War Career
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Family
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Notes
Sources
- Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Pages 345, 364)
- Wikipedia - John Mansfield
Categories:
- Wisconsin Soldiers
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry
- Soldiers from Columbia County, Wisconsin
- Soldiers from Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Enlisted
- Wisconsin Mustered In
- Wisconsin Officers
- Union Officers on 1861.04.25 (Captain)
- Wisconsin Officers on 1861.04.25 (Captain)
- Union Officers on 1861.01.26 (Major)
- Wisconsin Officers on 1861.01.26 (Major)
- Wisconsin Wounded
- Union Officers on 1863.07.05 (Lieutenant Colonel)
- Wisconsin Officers on 1863.07.05 (Lieutenant Colonel)
- Union Officers on 1863.02.09 (Colonel)
- Wisconsin Officers on 1863.02.09 (Colonel)
- Union Wounded on 1864.05.05 (Wilderness, VA)
- Wisconsin Wounded on 1864.05.05 (Wilderness, VA)
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry Wounded on 1864.05.05 (Wilderness, VA)
- Wisconsin Prisoners
- Union Prisoners on 1864.05.05 (Wilderness, VA)
- Wisconsin Prisoners on 1864.05.05 (Wilderness, VA)
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry Prisoners on 1864.05.05 (Wilderness, VA)
- Wisconsin Mustered Out
- Union Mustered Out on 1861.08.14
- Wisconsin Mustered Out on 1861.08.14
- V.R.C.
- Source: RWV (1) 0345
- Source: RWV (1) 0364