Wisconsin in the Civil War

Wisconsin was admitted to the Union on May 28, 1848 as the 30th state. 
== Population and Demographics ==
== Antebellum Wisconsin ==
* Summary Herdegan, IBiCWaM, 51
== Initial Response to the Secession Crisis ==
== Conflict == 
 
 
 1861
* July 2, 1861 - The (I) 1st Wisconsin Infantry participates in Action at Falling Waters, West Virginia. Private George C. Drake becomes the first soldier from the state of Wisconsin to be killed in action
 
 
 1862
 
 
 1863
 
 
 1864
 
 
 1865
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== Units from Wisconsin ==
 
 
 Artillery
* 1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery
INDEPENDENT BATTERIES
* 1st Wisconsin (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
* 2nd Wisconsin (Independent) Light Artillery Battery	
* 3rd Wisconsin (Independent) Light Artillery Battery (Badger Battery)
* 4th Wisconsin (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
* 5th Wisconsin (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
* 6th Wisconsin (Independent) Light Artillery Battery (Buena Vista Artillery)
* 7th Wisconsin (Independent) Light Artillery Battery (Badger State Flying Artillery)
* 8th Wisconsin (Independent) Light Artillery Battery (Lyons' Pinery Artillery)	
* 9th Wisconsin (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
* 10th Wisconsin (Independent) Light Artillery Battery	
* 11th Wisconsin (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
* 12th Wisconsin (Independent) Light Artillery Battery 	
* 13th Wisconsin (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
 
 
 Cavalry
* 1st Wisconsin Cavalry	
* 2nd Wisconsin Cavalry
* (I) 3rd Wisconsin Cavalry / (II) 3rd Wisconsin Cavalry
* 4th Wisconsin Cavalry
 
 
 Infantry
* (I) 1st Wisconsin Infantry / (II) 1st Wisconsin Infantry (3 Years)
* 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / 2nd Wisconsin Infantry - Independent Battalion
* 3rd Wisconsin Infantry
* 4th Wisconsin Infantry
* (I) 5th Wisconsin Infantry / (II) 5th Wisconsin Infantry	
* 6th Wisconsin Infantry
* 7th Wisconsin Infantry	
* 8th Wisconsin Infantry
* 9th Wisconsin Infantry / 9th Wisconsin Infantry - Independent Battalion	
* 10th Wisconsin Infantry
* 11th Wisconsin Infantry	
* 12th Wisconsin Infantry
* 13th Wisconsin Infantry 	
* 14th Wisconsin Infantry
* 15th Wisconsin Infantry 	
* 16th Wisconsin Infantry
* 17th Wisconsin Infantry 	
* 18th Wisconsin Infantry
* 19th Wisconsin Infantry 	
* 20th Wisconsin Infantry
* 21st Wisconsin Infantry 	
* 22nd Wisconsin Infantry
* 23rd Wisconsin Infantry 	
* 24th Wisconsin Infantry
* 25th Wisconsin Infantry 	
* 26th Wisconsin Infantry
* 27th Wisconsin Infantry	
* 28th Wisconsin Infantry
* 29th Wisconsin Infantry 	
* 30th Wisconsin Infantry
* 31st Wisconsin Infantry 	
* 32nd Wisconsin Infantry
* 33rd Wisconsin Infantry 	
* 34th Wisconsin Infantry
* 35th Wisconsin Infantry 	
* 36th Wisconsin Infantry
* 37th Wisconsin Infantry 	
* 38th Wisconsin Infantry
* 39th Wisconsin Infantry 	
* 40th Wisconsin Infantry
* 41st Wisconsin Infantry 	
* 42nd Wisconsin Infantry
* 43rd Wisconsin Infantry 	
* 44th Wisconsin Infantry
* 45th Wisconsin Infantry 	
* 46th Wisconsin Infantry
* 47th Wisconsin Infantry 	
* 48th Wisconsin Infantry
* 49th Wisconsin Infantry	
* 50th Wisconsin Infantry
* 51st Wisconsin Infantry	
* 52nd Wisconsin Infantry
* 53rd Wisconsin Infantry
 
 
 Other Units
* 1st United States Sharpshooters / Company G (Berdan's Sharpshooters)
* 29th United States (Colored) Infantry / Company F
== Casualties from Wisconsin == 
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== Record-keeping in Wisconsin ==
* An estimated soldiers from Wisconsin served in the War of the Rebellion (Click for full list)
== Notes ==
== Sources ==
* (Pages 1666-1689)
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=== Other Sources ===
* Appleton Crescent
* Daily Wisconsin
* Grant County Gazette
* Janesville Daily Gazette 
* Madison Argus and Democrat - Democratic paper
* Madison Daily Patriot - Pro-war
* Mauston Star
* Milwaukee Daily Wisconsin
* Milwaukee Morning Sentinel
* Milwaukee Sentinel 
* Milwaukee Sunday Telegraph
* Oshkosh Daily Gazette
* Waukesha Freeman
* Weekly Racine Advocate
* Wisconsin State Journal
* Wisconsin State Register
* Correspondence of Wisconsin Volunteers, 1861-1865 by E.B. Quiner
* History of Wisconsin in the Civil War by Colonel C.K. Pier 
* Messages and Proclamations of Wisconsin War Governors (1)
* Parade Ground Soldiers: Military Uniforms and Headdress, 1837-1910, Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin
* Wisconsin in the Civil War - Colonel C.K. Pier (2)
* Wisconsin Quartermaster General Correspondence, Wisconsin Historical Society