Company A
Rank unknown
He was also shown as a member of the Navy-unassigned.
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18th Wisconsin Infantry
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Company A
Lieutenant
Wife's gg-grandfather was lieutenant of Co A, and was wounded at Pittsburgh Landing as well as Champion's Hill.
I am looking for photograph of the 18th or its officers.
Company B
Private
My g-g-g-g-grandfather
Company B
Colonel
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Company B
Private
4th Great Uncle - Private, Company B, 18th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Born on October 8, 1831 in Lahr, Ortenaukreis, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, he was drafted into Company B of the 18th Wisconsin on September 22, 1864 at the age of 32 while residing in Caledonia, Wisconsin. A portion of the regiment was engaged in the Battle of Allatoona Pass, Georgia on October 5, 1864. In November the new recruits of the 18th Wisconsin, probably including Ferdinand, were attached to the 93rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, and they participated in Sherman's March to the Sea, the Siege of Savannah, the Carolinas campaign, and fought at the Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina in March of 1865. The drafted men were reattached to 18th Wisconsin in April of 1865. Mustered Out on June 2, 1865. Died on October 9, 1906 in Brighton, Kenosha County, Wisconsin. Brother of Union soldiers Joseph Seitz, 26th Wisconsin, Charles Seitz, 39th Wisconsin, and Fidel Seitz, 1st Nebraska.
Company C
Private
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Company C
Private
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Company E
Private
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Company E
Private
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Company E
Private
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Company E
Captain
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Company E
Sergeant
Edward L Kent enlisted Dec 1861 as a sergeant in Company E commanded by Captian William Bruier (sp?) in the 18 regiment of Wisconsin Volunteers; honorably discharged at Madison on 14 March 1865; wounded at Shiloh. Lived in Belmont, Portage County, Wisconsin.
Company E
Private
Wounded during the Hornest Nest, was transported to Pittburg Landing and placed on a ship. Was then transported down the Tenn, River and up the Ohio to the Military Hospital at Evenville, IN where he died of his wounds on 9 May, 1862. Is buried at Evenville.
Company F
Private
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Company F
Private
Was 1 of 25 killed from the 18th on day 1 at Shiloh. he is buried among the Unknowns there.
Company H
Sergeant
George also had 2 brothers who served in the civil war. one of which was captured by the confederates where he died.