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He was then commissioned second lieutenant of Co. F in the 21st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment. After the war he became a U.S. congressman. Pliny Norcross was a corporal in Co. K and later became captain of Co. K in the 13th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment. After the war he became a Wisconsin state legislator and the 20th mayor of Janesville, Wisconsin.
The state of Wisconsin enrolled 91,327 men for service in the Union Army during the American Civil War, 77,375 in the infantry, 8,877 in the cavalry, and 5,075 in the artillery. Some 3,802 of these men were killed in action or mortally wounded, and 8,499 died from other causes; the total mortality was thus 12,301 men.
The 1st Wisconsin was mustered into service on May 14, 1898, at Camp Harvey in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a strength of fifty officers and 976 enlisted men. The regiment moved to Camp Cuba Libre in Jacksonville, Florida , and was assigned to the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division of the 7th Army Corps commanded by Fitzhugh Lee .
Wisconsin furnished approximately 15,000 men, and another 8,000 troops came from Michigan. [5] The division was made up of the 125th and 126th Infantry Regiments (63rd Infantry Brigade) and the 127th and 128th Infantry Regiments (64th Infantry Brigade), as well as three artillery regiments within the 57th Field Artillery Brigade. On 4 August ...
The four regiments of the Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry in federal service for the War with Spain were as follows: 1st Infantry mustered in 14 May 1898, at Milwaukee; mustered out 19 October 1898; 2nd Infantry Regiment mustered on 12 May 1898, at Madison; mustered out 11–21 November 1898;
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While at the university, he was a member of the Cadet Corps and enlisted the Wisconsin National Guard. [4] [1] [3] Fish graduated with Bachelor of Laws in June 1903 and promoted to captain in the 1st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment. He was admitted to the State Bar of Wisconsin in 1903 and began practice law in Racine and then Madison, Wisconsin.
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