53rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

The 53rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Union Army near the end of the American Civil War.

53rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
ActiveMarch 1865  June 10, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
SizeRegiment
EngagementsAmerican Civil War
Commanders
Lt. ColonelRobert T. Pugh

Service

The regiment was organized at Madison, Wisconsin, and mustered in during April, 1865. Right away it was ordered to St. Louis, Missouri. After St. Louis, it then went to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. On June 10, 1865, the regiment was absorbed into the 51st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment. During its service the regiment lost eight men to disease.[1]

Notable people

See also

References

  1. Dyer (1959), Volume 3. p. 1,689.

References

  • Dyer, Frederick H. (1959). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. New York and London. Thomas Yoseloff, Publisher. LCCN 59-12963.
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