The 36th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a

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that served in the Union Army during the

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. Their entire service was spent in II Corps, with the

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in the eastern theater of the war.

Service

The 36th Wisconsin was organized at

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, and mustered into federal service on March 23, 1864. The regiment was mustered out on July 12, 1865.

Casualties

The 36th Wisconsin suffered 7 officers and 150 enlisted men killed or fatally wounded in action and 3 officers and 182 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 342 fatalitie

Salisbury Prison, otherwise known as Camp Lee North Carolina. Many men from the 36th Wisconsin were sent there. Due to the conditions they experienced many died. The camp dug 13 trenches to dispose of the dead that is now a National Cemetary. The 36th had many buried in those mass graves.Names of Soldiers Who In the Defense of The Amerian Union, Suffered Martyerdom in the Prison Pens Throughout the South, Roll of Honor (XIV), Quartermaster General’s Office, General Orders No. 7, February 20, 1868, 202

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Commanders

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* Colonel (United States), Colonel Frank A. Haskell (March 23, 1864June 3, 1864) — Killed in action at the

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, previously served in the

6th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment The 6th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Throughout the war, it was part of the brigade that came to be known as the Iron Brigade in the Army of the Pot ...

. * Colonel John A. Savage Jr. (June 3, 1864June 18, 1864) — Killed in action at the

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. * Colonel Harvey M. Brown (June 18, 1864October 27, 1864) — Wounded at the Second Battle of Petersburg at the same place Colonel Savage was killed, only held nominal command of the regiment. * Colonel

Clement Warner Clement Edson Warner (February 23, 1836May 20, 1916) was an American farmer, Republican politician, and Union Army officer in the American Civil War. He served with the 36th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment and commanded the regiment near the end ...

(October 27, 1864July 12, 1865) — Entered service as captain of Co. B, wounded at

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, lost an arm, but returned to command the regiment through the end of the war. ** Captain Austin Cannon was in operational command of the regiment from the time of Colonel Warner's injury on August 14, 1864, until the return of Captain George A. Fisk, who was senior captain. ** Captain George A. Fisk was in operation command of the regiment from September 1864 until Colonel Warner returned to active duty in December 1864.

Notable people

* John W. Thomas was a private in Co. K. He later became a Wisconsin state senator and the 8th Wisconsin railroad commissioner. * George Weeks served as first lieutenant of Co. B., promoted to captain after the war, later became a politician.

References

The Civil War Archive
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