United States Regiments & Batteries > Wisconsin > 19th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
The 19th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment mustered 973 men when it mustered in. During the course of the Civil War it added recruits (but no drafter men) for a total of 1,484 men. It lost 2 officers and 41 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 3 officers and 115 enlisted men to disease.
1862 | |
Organized at Racine but transferred to Camp Randall in Madison, Wisconsin to guard Confederate prisoners from Fort Donelson and Island No. 10.
Organization of the Regiment
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April 30 | The 19th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment mustered in for three years Federal service under the command of Colonel Horace T. Sanders, Lieutenant Colonel Charles Whipple, and Major Alvin E. Bovay. |
June 2 | Left Wisconsin for Washington, D.C. |
June 5 | Arrived at Washington, D.C. |
June 8 | Moved to Alexandria and then to Fortress Monroe at Hampton, Virginia |
June 29 | Moved to Norfolk, Virginia |
July-April | Garrison duty at Norfolk, Virginia, attached to District of Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va., 7th Corps, Department of Virginia. Colonel Horace T. Sanders was appointed Provost Judge and regiment Provost Guard for Norfolk and Portsmouth. |
September 29 | Captain William W. Bates of Company K resigned fdue to disability. |
1863 | |
January 5 | First Lieutenant Hannon Wentworth was promoted to Captain of Company K. |
April 11-14 | Captiain Martin Scherff of Company F marched a detachment to the head of tidewater on the west branch of the Elizabeth River and constructed about a mile and a half of rifle pits. |
April 14 | Ordered to Suffolk, Virginia and camped at Jericho Creek. Attached to Reserve Brigade, 3rd Division, 7th Corps, Deprtment of Virginia and employed on picket and fatigue duty and the construction of rifle pits and corduroy roads. |
April 14-May 4 |
Siege of Suffolk |
April 24 |
Action at Edenton Road, Suffolk |
May 15-18 |
Operations on Norfolk & Petersburg Railroad |
May 17 | Near Providence Church |
June 1 | Captain John N. Stone of Company G resigned, and First Lieutenant Henry W. Kingsbury was promoted to Captain of Company G. |
June 17 | Moved to Norfolk |
June 18 | Embarked for Yorktown. Attached to Wistar’s Independent Brigade, 7th Corps, Department of Virginia |
June 24-July 7 |
Dix’s Peninsula Campaign |
June 25 | At West Point. |
July 8 | Returned to Yorktown and assigned to garrison duty. |
July 30 | Captain John A. Chandler of Company C resigned. First Lieutenant Charles Case was promoted to Captain of Company C. |
August 16 | Moved to Newport News |
September 11 | Captain William H. Tucker of Company B resigned. First Lieutenant Alvin York was promoted to Captain of Company B. |
September 29 |
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October 8-11 | Moved to New Berne, North Carolina and assigned to outpost aud picket duty. |
Fall | Outpost and picket duty at New Berne, North Carolina attached to Department of Virginia and North Carolina
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December 3 | Lieutenant Colonel Charles Whipple resigned. Major Rollin M. Strong was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel. Captain Samuel K. Vaughan of Company D was promoted to Major. |
1864 | |
January 18-February 10 |
Operations about New Berne against Whiting |
February 1-3 |
Defense of New BerneConfederates attacked Beech Grove and Batchelor’s Creek.
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February 7 | Captain Chrles Case of Company C resigned, and First Lieutenant Henry B. Nichols was promoted to Captain of Company C. |
February 15 | First Lieutenant William H. Spain was promoted to Captain of Company D. |
March 20 | Company E was ordered to Fort Gaston. |
March 25 | Captain Henry W. Kingsbury of Company G resigned. |
March 28 | Company H replaced Company E at Forst Gaston. |
April 13 | First Lieutenant Otto Puhlman was promoted to Captain of Company G. |
April 19-24 |
Expedition to relief of PlymouthSix companies were sent to reinforce the garrison at Plymouth, North Carolina, but it surrendered before reinforcements could arrive and the detachment returned. |
April 26-28 | Moved to Yorktown and assigned to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 18th Corps, Army of the James, Department of Virginia and North Carolina. |
May 4-28 |
Butler’s operations on south side of the James River and against Petersburg and Richmond. |
May 5 | Occupation of Bermuda Hundred. |
May 9 |
Movement to Walthal JunctionDestroyed three miles of the Richmond & Petersburg Railroad. |
May 12-16 |
Operations against Fort Darling |
May 14-16 |
Battle of Drury’s BluffCompanies A, C, D, E aud F, were sent forward as skirmishers while the remainder of the regiment was on picket duty. Eleven men were wounded. On the 16th the Confederates launched a heavy attack under the cover of a dense fog. The Union right wing was driven back. In the center, commanded by Colonel Horace Sanders, Ashby’s Battery was captured and the brigade fellback and formed a new defensive line on the Pike near the Halfway House. The regiment lost 7 men killed and 32 men wounded. |
June 16-July 20 | Returned to Bermuda Hundred. Companies B, C & I were detached to General Butler’s headquarters, while the rest of the regiment engaged in picket duty. |
June 17 |
Assault on Port WalthalDestroyed three miles of track on the Richmond & Petersburg Railroad. |
June 20 | Transferred to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 18th Corps, Army of the James. |
June-August | In trenches before Petersburg |
June 30 | Captain Albert Grant of Company H was captured. |
July 3 | Second Lieutenant John S. Harris of Company G was wounded. |
August | At Norfolk, Virginia |
August 13 | 250 Reenlisted Veterans left for Wisconsin.Non-Veterans were assigned to provost duty at Norfolk, Virginia. |
August 22 | The Veterans arrived at Madison and began a 30 day furlough. |
October 12 | The Veterans returned from furlough, embarking at Aiken’s Landing. They marched to Chapin’s farm and were assigned to Atached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 18th Corps, Army of the James |
October 27-28 |
Battle of Fair OaksThe returned Veterans of the regiment took part in a reconnaissance in force to the old Fair Oaks battlefield east of Richmond. Their brigade was ordered to charge a Confederate fort across an open plain, losing half their men. The charge was unable to advance closer than 100 yards from the fort. The men laid in position under intense fire waiting for supports that never arrived. After two hours a Confederate charge from the fort captured almost the entire regiment. Nine officers and 180 enlisted men went into the charge. Eight officers and 136 enlisted men were lost, of whom 2 officers and 17 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded and 64 were taken prisoner.
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October 30 | The surviving 80 Veterans returned to the camp at Chapin’s Farm and were joined by the non-Veterans who had been on provost duty in Norfolk. They were engaged in picket duty on the lines under the command of Acting Lieutenant Colonel Samuel K. Vaughan. |
December | Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 24th Corps, Army of the James |
1865 | |
April 3 |
Occupation of RichmondThe regiment entered Richmond around 8 a.m. Acting Lieutenant Colonel Samuel K. Vaughan placed the colors on City Hall, the first regimental colors raised over the city. The 19th Wisconsin was assigned provost duty. |
April 19 | Captain Albert A. York of Company B resigned. |
April 28 | The regiment moved to Fredericksburg. Non-Veterans mustered out. Acting Lieutenant Colonel and Major Samuel K. Vaughan was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel. |
April 30 | First Lieutenant Theophilus Charroin ompany H in Richmond. |
May-July |
Provost duty at Fredericksburg, Virginia |
May 23 |
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May 29 | First Lieutenant Jonathan S. Patten was promoted to Captain of Company B. |
July 24 | Moved to Warrenton, Virginia and assigned to provost duty attached to 1st Independent Brigade, 24th Corps |
August 4 | Moved to Richmond, Virginia. |
August 9 | The 19th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment mustered out of Federal service at Richmond under the command of Colonel Horace F. Sanders and Lieutenant Colonel Samuel K. Vaughan and was ordered to report to Madison, Wisconsin. |
August 15 | Arrived at Madison |
August 27 | The men were paid and received their final discharge. |