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The 2nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, reconstituted in 1898, was as an
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that served in the
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during the
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. The regiment served in the Puerto Rico campaign.


Service

The 2nd Wisconsin Infantry was mustered into service on May 12, 1898, at Camp Harvey in
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, Wisconsin, with a strength of 49 officers and 972 enlisted men. They proceeded to Camp Thomas, near the old Chickamauga battlefield in Tennessee, to prepare for battle in the
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. The regiment was stricken by an outbreak of
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. They were sent to South Carolina to prepare for the invasion of
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, but were delayed due to logistical problems and missed the Cuba campaign. Instead, in July 1898, they joined the Puerto Rico campaign. They occupied the cities of Ponce and Coamo, and engaged in skirmishing in that area until the cessation of hostilities in August. The 2nd Wisconsin Infantry returned to Wisconsin in September and was mustered out of service on November 21, 1898. At the time of mustering out, the unit consisted of 48 officers and 1,248 enlisted men.


Casualties

The 2nd Wisconsin Infantry suffered 39 enlisted men who died of disease, plus 5 additional men who were discharged for disability, court martial, or other causes, and 1
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.


Commanders

*
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Charles A. Born


Notable people

* Norman Knudson was first lieutenant of Co. H. He later served as a Wisconsin state senator. * Albert Solliday was lieutenant colonel of the regiment. He had previously served in the 114th Ohio Infantry Regiment during the
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. Between the wars, he served as the 24th mayor of
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, and was a Wisconsin state senator. After the war he was appointed quartermaster and commissary general for the
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.


See also

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2nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment The 2nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It spent most of the war as a member of the famous Iron Brigade of the Army of the Potomac. It suffered the largest numbe ...


References

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