49th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment | |
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Active | December 24, 1864 – November 8, 1865 |
Country | United States |
Allegiance | Union |
Branch | Infantry |
Size | Regiment |
Engagements | American Civil War |
Commanders | |
Colonel | Samuel Fallows |
Colonel | Edward Colman |
The 49th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
The 49th Wisconsin was organized at Camp Randall in Madison, Wisconsin, and mustered into federal service between February 8, 1865, and March 6, 1865.[1] It left the state on March 8, 1865, and was assigned to duty in western Missouri. Companies B, C, and D were mustered out on November 1, 1865, and the remaining companies were mustered out on November 8, 1865.[2]
The 49th Wisconsin suffered 54 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 54 fatalities.[3]