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5th Wisconsin Infantry

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Company A

Corporal

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Scot BurbidgeDate added 10/16/2008

Company A

Corporal

Jacob Cochems died at the Battle of Williamsburg
Contributor Tom BrunetDate added 9/13/2007

Company A

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Tom BrunetDate added 9/13/2007

Company B

1st Sergeant

Wounded in action assaulting Marye's Heights in the Second Battle of Fredericksburg. Wounded and captured May 10th, 1864 at Spottsylvania Court House, Va. Held in Andersonville and Florence prisons for seven months. Later served as a witness for the state of Wisconsin into conditions at Andersonville Prison, and on a state commission to investigate placing a Wisconsin monument there. Claimed to have been present for all the regiments battles until the time he was captured, except Gettysburg, due to his wound and in which the unit saw no active fighting.
Contributor JaminDate added 1/27/2014

Company C

Captain

I'm interested in any information or perhaps picture of his regiment, that would be the 5th regiment, company c. My family is in possesion of company orders, several letters, and his sabre.
Contributor Chris LuxemDate added 1/14/2007

Company C

Captain

Died on April 6, 1865.He is buried at Section E, Site 5252 at Poplar Grove National Cemetery.
Contributor Arturo E. LaraDate added 11/13/2014

Company D

Private

Enlisted, Aug. 31, 1864, M.O. June 20, 1865
Contributor Ross AbbottDate added 6/17/2007

Company D

Private

He died in Virginia on May 10,1864. His true name was Louis Felix Cote.
Contributor LesleeDate added 10/24/2006

Company D

Private

5th Wi. Co. C and D. Wounded in the left thigh,May 6th 1864 in Saunders Field at the Battle of the Wilderness.
Contributor Tom CallahanDate added 3/14/2010

Company D

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Deborah YeagerDate added 6/14/2010

Company E

Private

Brother of John Gehring, Pvt, Wis. 32nd Inf, Co. B
Contributor Patrick RingDate added 5/5/2005

Company E

1st Lieutenant

Residence: Town of Vinland. Rank from Sept. 12, '64; M.O. June 20, '65.
Contributor Patrick McKoneDate added 4/3/2009

Company E

Private

Cassville, 1864-65
Contributor Rod PlößlDate added 11/25/2009

Company E

Private

Cassville, 1864-65
Contributor Rod PlößlDate added 11/25/2009

Company F

Private

One of three brothers to serve in Wisconsin regiments during the Civil War. He was wounded in the lower left rib cage at battle of Rappahannock Station in November 1863 and spent most of his remaining enlistment in hospital at Washington.
Contributor Thomas J. KeenanDate added 11/14/2007

Company G

Private

Enlisted (drafted) Sept. 28, 1864 in 5th Wisc. Inf. (reorganized). Killed in action, April 2, 1865, in assault on Petersburg, VA.
Contributor Steve SnyderDate added 6/15/2011

Company G

Private

Noah survived the War.
Contributor Kathleen Decker BurdenDate added 7/1/2008

Company G

Private

Newell Jordan was killed in action on July 7, 1864 in Cold Harbor, VA. He was my 2nd great-uncle. He resided in Auroraville, Wisconsin in 1861.
Contributor Linda VindickDate added 3/25/2010

Company G

Rank unknown

Born July 15, 1835, in Colchester, Connecticut. Married Clarissa Paulley in Jackson County, Wisconsin. Died February 24, 1928, in Barnesville, Ohio. Buried in Riverside Cemetery, Black River Falls, Wisconsin. I do not know much about his military service other than the unit he served with and that he 'attained the rank of sergeant'.
Contributor DanaDate added 10/27/2005

Company H

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor SharonHomepage Halls in WyomingDate added 3/27/2007

Company H

Captain

Captain Turner is my 5th Great-Grandpa. He enlisted as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1861. He would be reach the rank of Captain in 1862. He would be killed at the 2nd Battle of Frederickburg May 3, 1863
Contributor Chad FranksDate added 11/22/2018

Company I

Private

Jonas Miles Brewster was killed in action at the Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse. He was the son of John L Brewster and Phebe A Brewster, and brother of Joel Thomas Brewster who served in the 14th Wisconsin Infantry.
Contributor Judith Miller ShannerDate added 3/10/2007

Company K

Private

john aumiller, red cedar(menomonie) WI Aug 14,1862 Co K 5th inf. Trsf to Co C 5th inf. Oct 20 1862. Trsf back to Co K 5th inf. sept 1863. Trsf July 1864 Co C to Co A in name only.???? Reenlisted as private sept 19 1864 Co d 16th inf. Mustered out CO D. 16th inf june 2, 1865.
Contributor leeann blakemoreDate added 10/21/2006

Company K

Private

Fredrick was from Menomine, and was wounded at Fredricksburg, Va on May 3rd 1863. He is buried in Pottsville Penna.
Contributor Stu RichardsDate added 9/26/2007

Company K

Rank unknown

Frederick Ringling was my great great grandpa. I am seeking any and all info on him.
Contributor Hugh RinglingDate added 4/6/2006

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