ACU 13

£2.50

6th wisconsin regiment 1863-65 (see main description for battle honours)

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ACU013
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Description

Organized at camp randall, madison, wisconsin and, mustered in july 16, 1861. Left state for washington, d. C., in july 28. The unit would see exclusive service in the eastern theatre. Service: duty in the defences of washington, d.C., till march, 1862. Advance on manassas, virginia., march 10-16., advance to falmouth april 9-19. Operations against jackson june 2-11, reconnaissance to orange court house july 24-27,. Reconnaissance to frederick’s hall station and spotsylvania court house august 5-8., thornburg’s mills (or massaponax church), battle of cedar mountain august 9. Pope’s campaign in northern virginia august 16-september 2. Fords of the rappahannock august 21-23. Action at gainesville august 28, battles of groveton, bull run, chantilly, maryland campaign, battles of south mountain, maryland., september 14, antietam, advance to falmouth, virginia, fredericksburg, mud march, expedition to heathsville february 12-14, chancellorsviile campaign, operations at pollock’s mill creek, fitzhugh’s crossing, chancellorsviile, gettysburg (pa.) campaign, june 11-july 24,.Gettysburg, haymarket, mine run campaign, campaign from the rapidan to the james river may 4-june 15, 1864, wilderness, laurel hill, spotsylvania, spotsylvania court house, bloody angle, north anna river, jericho ford, cold harbor, bethesda church siege of petersburg june 16, 1864, to april 2, 1865, weldon railroad, boydton road, hatcher’s run, dabney’s mills, hatcher’s run, appomattox campaign march 28-april 9,. Lewis farm, boydton and white oak roads, five forks, appomattox court house. Regiment lost during service 16 officers and 228 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 officer and 112 enlisted men by disease, a total of 357. The second issue of flags to this unit in june 1863, were made by gilbert hubbard & co of chicago. The national flag is adorned with numerous battle honours and, bears the designation of veteran infantry, the state or regimental flag has a blue field with a gold fringe upon the flag is the wisconsin state seal and, the national arms on the reverse. Below the seal and national arms are red scrolls, with the unit designation, in gold. The originals are housed in the wisconsin veterans museum, madison, wisconsin.