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11th Wisconsin Infantry

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Company A

Private

Looking for information regarding my GGGrandfather, his company (also known as the 'Watson Guard', any possible photographs of the Wisconsin 11th Volunteers, Company A, etc.Links..etc. Many thanks for your help.
Contributor LouisDate added 4/1/2006

Company A

Private

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Contributor Harlan WoolworthDate added 11/7/2008

Company D

Musician

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Janis Alling AdamsDate added 9/18/2009

Company D

Private

Born in Maine, lived in Iowa after the war.
Contributor Craig AlbrechtsonDate added 10/25/2007

Company E

Private

Looking for information regarding my GGGrandfather. I believe his company was known as the 'Plow Boys'. Many of them were from Mineral Point, Wisconsin. I am looking for any possible photographs or links of the Wisconsin 11th Volunteers, Company E, Many thanks for your help.
Contributor Tim SimpsonDate added 4/3/2006

Company E

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Dan BryantDate added 4/14/2012

Company E

Rank unknown

No family notes have been added.
Contributor MarioDate added 1/6/2008

Company E

Private

thomas is my great granduncle he died July 20, 1863.
Contributor vernon smithDate added 8/6/2009

Company F

Rank unknown

Lewis was the oldest of four brothers, who all served in the Civil War. Mons in MN 2nd, Company I, Christian and John, both in the MN 8th, Company D. In addition, 2 half-brothers also served, Elling Trulson Thompson [discharge ill and unable to serve under the name Male in Wisconsin] and his brother, Hermund Trulson Thompson [drafted, Wisconsin]. All six sons of Truls Hermundson Mael served in the Civil War.
Contributor Sharon BuethnerDate added 8/4/2013

Company H

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Brian HornerDate added 3/31/2010

Company H

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Jim ThomaDate added 5/21/2014

Company H

Rank unknown

# Name: Nicholas Phillips # Sex: M # Birth: 3 Apr 1833 in Geisfeld, Trier, Geisfeld, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany # Death: 25 Apr 1893 in Meeme, Manitowoc, WI. 890 Veterans Schedules about Nicholas Philopps Veteran's Name: Nicholas Philopps Home in 1890 (Township, County, State): Meeme, Manitowoc, Wisconsin Year enlisted: 1864 Year discharged: 1865 Rank: Private COMPANY: I Regiment or vessel: 11th Wisconsin Infantry Length of service: 8 Mo 6 Days September 30 1864-JJune 6 1865 1870 United States Federal Census about Mary Philipps Name: Mary Philipps Estimated Birth Year: abt 1862 Age in 1870: 8 Birthplace: Wisconsin Home in 1870: Meeme, Manitowoc, Wisconsin Race: White Gender: Female Value of real estate: View Image Post Office: Kiel Household Members: Name Age Nicklas Philipps 44 Catherine Philipps 28 Mary Philipps 8 Gertraud Philipps 6 Elisabeth Philipps 3 Matthias Philipps 1 Andreas Philipps Phillips, Nicolaus PDF Print E-mail Nicolaus Phillips 11th WI Infantry, Company I Born: April 5, 1833 Enlisted: September 30, 1864 as a Private, from Meeme, WI, 31 year-old Farmer, 5’8”, brown eyes, brown hair. Mustered Out: June 6, 1865 Wife: Catharina Nid, 1842-1887 1890 Veterans Schedule, Manitowoc County: Nicholas Phillips, Pvt 11 I, post office Edwards, Sheboygan Co Died: April 25, 1893 Buried: St Fidelis Cemetery, Meeme Twp, WI Gravesite: 5-11: War vet flag holder Nicolaus Philipps/d. 23 Mar. 1893/age 60 yrs./from record of St. Fidelis Nickolaus Pfilipps/Geb./d. 5 April/1833/Gest./d. 25 April 1893 Last Updated ( Monday, 24 September 2007 ) Nicholas (3 April 1833 Geisfeld - 25 April 1893 Meeme, WI) married abt 1862 Catherine Nigg (22 Nov 1842 Prussia - 4 Feb 1887) They had 12 children.
Contributor John SeitesDate added 10/1/2008

Company I

Sergeant

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Linda VindickDate added 3/25/2010

Company I

Private

killed Pittman's Ferry Ark
Contributor AnnDate added 11/28/2010

Company K

Private

Enlisted 29 Feb 1864. Honorably discharged 04 Sep 1865.
Contributor Jim FrasierDate added 10/28/2010

Company K

Sergeant

Born on 24 Aug 1839 in West Java, Wyoming Co., NY; Enlisted as Sergeant in Co K, 11th WI Infantry Regiment on 17 Sep 1861; Discharged from Co K, 11th WI Inf Reg on 12 Oct 1863; Comissioned in Co I, 52nd Colored Inf Reg as Captain on 12 Oct 1863; died on 07 Nov 1910 in Connor, Marion Co., FL (drowned in the ferry over the Ocklawaha River); buried at Ocklawaha Baptist Church Cemetery in Lynne, Marion Co., FL. His brother Ezra R. Lisk served in the 1st WI Heavy Artillery. Married Susan Elizabeth Thoman on 29 Dec 1870 in Crestline, Crawford Co., Ohio. Practiced medicine in Lone Tree/Central City, Merrick Co., Nebraska (where he moved in 1868, and was elected Justice of the Peace in 1870) and Marion Co., Florida (licensed in 1885). Five children (only Percy had issue)- Edna Pearl Lisk Gibson; Phillip Clyde Lisk; Baby Boy Lisk; Dr. Percy Franklin Lisk, MD; Dr. Henrietta Lisk, D.Sc. Civil War pension filed under certificate # 722891.
Contributor Alex Bueno-EdwardsDate added 3/4/2007

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