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3rd Wisconsin Infantry

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Company B

Private

He was later promoted to Corpl. He was also a Chaplin
Contributor JaimeeDate added 9/14/2004

Company C

Corporal

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Vonnie ElledgeDate added 3/27/2010

Company C

Rank unknown

Thomas Reuben Cook Military service Residence: Victory, Illinois Enlistment Date: 22 April 1861 Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE Side Served: Union State Served: Wisconsin Unit Numbers: 3093 3093 Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 22 April 1861 Enlisted in Company C, 3rd Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 22 April 1861. Mustered out Company C, 3rd Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 18 July 1865 in Madison, WI Source Information: Historical Data Systems, comp. Military Records of Individual Civil War Soldiers.
Contributor Patricia BordenDate added 8/4/2011

Company C

Private

Willard Walker was born October 16, 1839, in Varysburg (Sheldon Township), New York. In 1855, at age 16 he migrated with his family to Richland Wisconsin. on April 9, 1861 (i.e. three days before the firing on Ft. Sumter), he enlisted with a semi-local Wisconsin militia, the Watertown Rifles. His personal notes go on to say that he “mustered in” with federal forces (i.e. Third Wisc. Volunteer Infantry) about a month later. He and his two brothers, Levi and William (“Wim”), were eyewitnesses and combat participants in the Civil War. Respectively, they fought, were wounded, and died in its most significant battles, Antietam, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg. Levi (Iron Brigade) gave his life at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863; Wim (fifth Wisc. Volunteers, Company H (Scott Guards)) was seriously injured at Chancellorsville . Willard was at all three battles and many others. After service at Resaca in 1864, he took six months off to get married back in Wisconsin and then returned to his colleagues in Savannah to march north with General Sherman. He was at the final Battle of Bentonville, NC, and marched with the unit to participate in the grand victory parade inn May 1865. In about 1880 he moved with his wife and children to the remote Township of Myron in Dakota Territory. Until his death in Pennsylvania in 1913, Willard was periodically confined to veterans’ hospitals, for service-related medical problems
Contributor Derek HuntDate added 7/17/2026

Company C

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor LesleeDate added 10/1/2006

Company D

Private

My 2nd great grand uncle. Enlisted as a Private in Company D, 3rd Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 22 Apr 1861. Killed on 9 Aug 1862 at Battle of Cedar Mountain, Culpepper, VA, USA
Contributor Mike WestDate added 7/30/2011

Company E

Private

Entered into service at Mayville, Wisconsin on May 20, 1861. Wounded in the Corn Field at Antietam Creek (Lost Left eye). Discharged due to disability on February 7, 1863
Contributor Martin SpannDate added 7/29/2007

Company E

Private

Frank was my mother's paternal great grandfather's brother.
Contributor Pam HaysDate added 4/5/2008

Company G

Private

Not much on Ira Prouty Jr. Any info would be a huge help, Thank you.
Contributor Shawn VerdineDate added 7/13/2006

Company H

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Johnna C SimsDate added 6/17/2010

Company I

Private

I have assembled/edited a monograph of the 3rd Wisconsin covering the Atlanta Campaign, the march to the sea, and the Carolina Campaign. It is a narrative compiled from many sources. Would be glad to send anyone a copy!
Contributor Frank HollingsheadDate added 11/6/2006

Company I

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor LesleeDate added 5/27/2006

Company K

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Jean E. DeLaucheDate added 2/18/2015

Company K

Private

Mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky 18 Jul 1865; Died of disease at Louisville, Kentucky either 25 Jul or 28 Jul 1865; Son of John Ogden also of the 3rd Wisconsin Infantry, Company K
Contributor Jean E. DeLaucheDate added 2/18/2015

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