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16th
Wisconsin Infantry
| Regimental History |
| Sixteenth Infantry. — Cols., Benjamin Allen, Cassius Fairchild;
Lieut. - Cols., John Bracken, Cassius Fairchild, Thomas Reynolds; Majs., Cassius
Fairchild, Thomas Reynolds, William F. Davis, John R. Wheeler, Joseph Craig. This regiment
was organized at Camp Randall in Nov., 1861, was mustered in, Jan. 31, 1862, and left the
state, March 13, for Pittsburg landing. It participated in the battle of Shiloh, where it
was exposed to a heavy fire for the greater part of two days and sustained a loss of 245
men killed and wounded. It took part in the siege of Corinth from April 15 to May 29; also
in the second battle of Corinth in October. It was engaged in railroad guard duty from the
latter part of Dec, 1862, to the latter part of Jan., 1863, and was stationed at Lake
Providence, La., from Feb. 1, to the beginning of August, when it went into camp at
Vicksburg until Sept. 28. It was then stationed at Redbone, Miss., guarding fords on the
Big Black river and engaging in skirmishes with bands of Confederate cavalry until Feb. 5,
1864, when it again became a part of the garrison at Vicksburg. Its next important service
was in the Atlanta campaign, and it was before Kennesaw mountain, occupying trenches and
skirmishing during the most of June, 1864. In the battles before Atlanta in July, it
sustained a loss of 123 men, killed and wounded. It was occupied in duty at Atlanta until
Aug. 26, when it moved forward in pursuit of the enemy, engaged in skirmishes at Jonesboro
and Lovejoy's Station, and went into camp at Atlanta on Sept. 8. It was on the march to
the sea, took part in the siege of Savannah and in the Carolina campaign was engaged at
Beaufort, Whippy swamp, and at Orangeburg, where it crossed the North Edisto, waded
through swamps and drove the enemy from his position. It participated in the battle of
Bentonville and took part in the grand review at Washington in May, 1865. Part of the
regiment was mustered out on June 2, at Washington, and the remainder on July 16, at
Louisville, Ky. Its original strength was 1,066. Gain by recruits, 629; substitutes, 88;
draft, 174; veteran reenlistments, 243; total, 2,200. Losses by death, 363; missing, 46;
desertion, 115; transfer, 38; discharge, 386; mustered out, 1,252. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 4
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