Category: 32nd Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, United States Civil War

Categories: Wisconsin, United States Civil War

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32nd Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry Overview:Organized at Oshkosh, Wis., and mustered in September 25, 1862. Left State for Memphis, Tenn., October 30. Attached to 5th Brigade, District of Memphis, Tenn., 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, District of Memphis, 13th Army Corps, to December, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 8th Division, 16th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to March, 1863. 2nd Brigade, District of Memphis, 5th Division, 16th Army Corps, to December, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 16th Army Corps, to September, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 17th Army Corps, to June, 1865.

Service:Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign; operations on the Mississippi Central Railroad November 18, 1862, to January 2, 1863. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., and provost duty there till November 26, 1863. Moved to Moscow, Tenn., November 26-30, and duty there till January 27, 1864. Repulse of Lee's attack on Moscow December 2, 1863. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., thence to Vicksburg, Miss., January 27-February 2, 1864. Meridian Campaign February 3-March 2. Meridian , February 14-15. Laudersdale Springs February 16. Marion February 15-17. Operations against Forest in West Tennessee March 16-April 10. At Decatur, Ala., April 10-August 4, 1864. Expedition to Courtland, Ala., May 27-29. Pond Springs, near Courtland, May 27. Expedition from Decatur to Moulton July 25. Courtland July 25 and 27. Moved to Atlanta, Ga, August 4-8. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign August 8-September 8. Siege of Atlanta August 8-25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro , August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Harrison's Field and Montieth Swamp December 9. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Reconnoissance to Salkehatchie River January 20. Salkehatchie Swamps , February 2-5. Rivers' and Broxton Bridges, Salkehatchie River, February 2. Rivers' Bridge, South Edisto River, February 3. Binnaker's Bridge, South Edisto River, February 9. Orangeburg February 11-12. Columbia February 16-17. 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 20. Grand Review May 24. Mustered out June 12, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 26 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 253 Enlisted men by disease. Total 281.


Person Profiles (26)

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Stockbridge, Calumet, Wisconsin, United States - 03 Sep 1864

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Apr 1844 New York, United States - 1927
1842 New York, United States - 01 Nov 1863

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abt 1828 New York, United States - 20 Mar 1863
20 Dec 1835 Marne, Dithmarschen, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany - 24 Mar 1891

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14 Dec 1838 Aurland, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway - 03 Mar 1864 photo

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12 Oct 1825 Berlin Township, Trumbull, Ohio, United States - 29 Mar 1863

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23 Apr 1843 Dayton, Cattaraugus, New York, United States - 13 Nov 1916
1836 Bavaria, Germany - 1914
23 Aug 1840 United States - 27 Jul 1921

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1844 Erie, New York, United States - 22 Jan 1864

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abt 1833 Ireland - 21 Jan 1894

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1832 Ireland - 04 Mar 1905
27 Apr 1838 Vercheres, Quebec, Canada - 08 Jan 1908

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16 Nov 1840 Wilmington, New York - 09 Oct 1923 photo
abt 07 Dec 1828 Pennsylvania, United States - 21 Apr 1896 photo

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06 Aug 1829 Passadumkeag, Penobscot, Maine, United States - 09 Feb 1917

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11 Apr 1840 Darien, Walworth, Wisconsin, United States - 06 Apr 1911
10 Nov 1832 Berka, Königreich Hannover, Deutscher Bund - 03 Dec 1911 photo

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28 Dec 1838 Orenhofen, Trier, Rheinprovinz, Preußen, Deutschland - 05 Mar 1864

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15 Apr 1840 New York, United States - 15 Apr 1910

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23 Oct 1827 Oneida, Madison Co., N. Y. - 03 Sep 1864
23 Oct 1844 Dringenburg, Dist. Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia, Prussia - 23 Nov 1913

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29 Mar 1842 Yorkshire, Cattaraugus, New York, United States - 25 Jun 1917 photo
abt 1816 Smyrna, Chenango, New York, United States - abt 07 Jun 1894
18 Apr 1838 Albion, Oswego, New York, United States - 27 Mar 1930




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