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14th Wisconsin Infantry

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Company B

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Eric CrowderDate added 1/1/2009

Company B

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor JoanDate added 2/21/2008

Company C

Private

Enlisted as a Private on 8 September 1861. Died from wounds received at Shiloh on 15 April 1862 at Pittsburg Landing, TN.
Contributor Eric StoneDate added 5/28/2010

Company C

Private

Enlisted as a Private on 8 September 1861. Received a disability discharge on 27 August 1862.
Contributor Eric StoneDate added 5/28/2010

Company C

2nd Lieutenant

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Keith GruenigDate added 2/22/2011

Company D

Private

I am interested in getting in contact with anyone who has more information about the 14th Wisc. Aside from the pension records and what I can find on the net I do not have much more about this regiment.
Contributor Jeffery BirkelandDate added 8/14/2009

Company D

1st Lieutenant

No family notes have been added.
Contributor John HarringtonDate added 12/18/2009

Company E

Private

William Manson Clark was born: 1838 in Van Buren County, Tennessee. Died: 06 Jun 1862, buried in Shiloh National Military Park, Shiloh, Hardin County, Tennessee. 14th Wisconsin, Plot 546. Headstone - Pvt W.M. Clark Father: James A. Clark (1817-1866 TN) Mother: Rebecca Sanders-Clark (1816-1886 TN)
Contributor Dody Clark-DayDate added 9/29/2010

Company F

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Patricia Webster Hocking Date added 12/25/2007

Company G

Private

Brother of Jonas Miles Brewster of 5th Wisconsin Infantry, son of John L Brewster and Phebe A Brewster.
Contributor Judith Miller ShannerDate added 3/10/2007

Company G

Corporal

M. Ulvestad, NORMÆNDENE I AMERIKA (1907), pp. 282 & 625, reports an Erik Nelson FYLKEN from Valdres, resident of Gjerpen, Wisconsin, who was killed in the U.S. Civil War. According to the ROSTER OF WISCONSIN VOLUNTEERS, an Erik Nelson of Eaton was mustered into Company G, 14th Wisconsin Infantry, on 23 Sep 1861, and died on 24 Jul 1862 at Keokuk, Iowa. This soldier was just 23 when he died. There is no one by this name (or closely resembling it) in Eaton Twp. at the time of the 1860 census. Iowa Civil War Soldier Burial Records show Name: Erik Nelson Rank: Corporal Unit: WI 14 Inf G Death Information: 25 Jul 1862 Keokuk IA Cemetery: Keokuk National (Oakland) Cemetery Location: Keokuk Lee IA Comments: '612 enl 23 Sep 1861 age 23 res Eaton WI occupation farmer 5'9'' blue eyes light hair; died'. Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, Norwegians in the Civil War (http://vesterheim.org/CivilWar/) shows: NELSON, Erick WI 14th Inf Co G. Residence: Eaton, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. Born in Norway. Civil War: Age 25. Farmer. Blue eyes, light hair, light complexion, 5’8½”. Enlisted for three years on 23 Sep 1861 at Eaton and mustered on 30 Jan 1862 at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Private. Took part in the battle of Shiloh, Tennessee, 7 Apr 1862. Died 23 Jul 1862 in the general hospital at Keokuk, Iowa. Sources: (WHS red book vol 19, p136). The soldier Erik was the youngest son of Nils Håvolson Ellestad-Fylken and Turi Eriksdatter Lomen, born on 9 Mar 1838 in Vestre Slidre, Valdres, Oppland, Norway [as shown in parish records].
Contributor D'Arcy HandeDate added 8/31/2009

Company G

Corporal

Died from wounds. Corinth, MS. Oct 6th, 1862
Contributor Rick LaPorteDate added 1/13/2015

Company G

Private

Enlisted October 20, 1861. Mustered into service January 30, 1862, at Camp Wood, Fond du Lac. Saw action at Shiloh, Iuka, both battles of Corinth. Killed in action by a shot to the head defending Battery Robinette on October 3, 1862. His son, my great-grandfather, was born 2 weeks after his father was killed. Ladislaus Raab is buried at the Corinth National Cemetery. He was a revolutionary in the Hungarian Revolutions of 1848, emigrated to the US in 1857.
Contributor Heidi Raab AntoniDate added 2/10/2010

Company G

Private

Born 10/15/1844 in Milwaukee, WI, grew up in Town of Saukville, Ozaukee County, WI. Enlisted 1/2/1862 in Ashford, Fond du Lac County, WI. Fought at Shiloh, Iuka, Corinth, VIcksburg and Nashville. Not certain if he was on the Red River Expedition of 1864 or was in Worden's Battalion during the Atlanta Campaign of 1864. Mustered out at Nashville 1/30/1865. Suffered from rhumetism due to fording icy rivers and sleeping on frozen ground. Died 2/7/1933 in Port Washington, Ozaukee County, WI.
Contributor Wade WitmanDate added 4/26/2016

Company H

Rank unknown

I would be interested if anyone might have a picture of him. I believe he was from Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
Contributor Nancy Hasenstein-KleffmanDate added 12/13/2011

Company H

Sergeant

Don't know much except that he was promoted to Sgt. He was wounded during the Vicksburg campaign. He is related to my grandmother's family by marriage
Contributor Michael GallowayDate added 9/23/2006

Company I

Sergeant

ame: Peter Drumm , Residence: Manitowoc Rapids, Wisconsin Occupation: Farmer Enlistment Date: 29 December 1864 Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE Side Served: Union State Served: Wisconsin Unit Numbers: 3064 3064 Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 29 December 1864 at the age of 30 Drafted in Company I, 14th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 29 December 1864. Mustered out Company I, 14th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 09 October 1865 in Mobile, AL Sergeant Co I 14th Wisconsin Infantry Civil War Height: 5'11 ' Eye Color: blue Hair Color: brown Regimental History Fourteenth Infantry WISCONSIN (3-YEARS) Peter joined 14th December 29 1864 Battles Fought Fought on 06 January 1865 at Clinton, TN. Fought on 28 March 1865. Fought on 04 April 1865 at Spanish Fort, AL. Fought on 05 April 1865 at Spanish Fort, AL. Fought on 08 April 1865 at Spanish Fort, AL. The regiment was mustered out at Mobile, Oct. 9, 1865. Its original strength was 970. Gain by recruits, 540; substitutes, 85; draft, 315; veteran reenlistments, 272; total, 2,182. Losses by death, 287; missing, 13; desertion, 97; transfer, 23; discharge, 407; mustered out, 1,355.
Contributor John SeitesDate added 1/5/2006

Company I

Private

Enlisted as a Private on 19 February 1864. Mustered out on 9 October 1865 at Mobile, AL.
Contributor Eric StoneDate added 5/28/2010

Company I

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Don DeMersDate added 12/21/2009

Company I

Sergeant

Enlisted as a Corporal on 19 October 1861. Promoted to Full Sergeant. Received a disability discharge on 2 April 1863.
Contributor Eric StoneDate added 5/29/2010

Company K

Rank unknown

23 Feb 1864 to 09 Oct 1865
Contributor Bob McMurrayDate added 10/10/2009

Company K

Corporal

Francis is my Dad's grandfather. He is buried in a GAR group grave in the Malta, IL cemetery.
Contributor Robert La MereDate added 3/14/2011

Company K

Captain

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Elizabeth WallmanDate added 5/7/2009

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