18th Wisconsin Infantry

== Regimental History and Service Record ==
Organized at Milwaukee, Wis., and mustered in March 15, 1862. Left State for St. Louis, Mo., March 30; thence moved to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., March 31-April 5. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 6th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 6th Division, District of Corinth, Miss., to November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 6th Division, Left Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 6th Division, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 6th Division, 17th Army Corps, to May, 1863. 1st Brigade, 7th Division, 17th Army Corps, to September, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 17th Army Corps, to December, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 15th Army Corps, to April, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 15th Army Corps, to July, 1865. (Non-Veterans attached to 93rd Illinois Infantry November-December, 1864. Veterans attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Provisional Division, Dept. of the Cumberland, December, 1864, to February, 1865. District of New Berne, N. C., Dept. of North Carolina, to April, 1865.)
SERVICE.--
* April 6-7, 1862 - Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee
Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Duty at Corinth until July 18. Moved to Bolivar, Tenn., July 18, and duty there until August 16. Return to Corinth, Miss., August 16. March to Iuka, Miss., September 7-19. Battle of Iuka September 19. Battle of Corinth October 3-4. Pursuit to Hatchie River July 5-12. Moved to Grand Junction November 2. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign. Operations on the Mississippi Central Railroad November 2, 1862, to January 3, 1863. Moved to Moscow, Tenn., January 3; thence to Memphis, Tenn., January 10, and to Young's Point, La., January 17. Moved to Lake Providence, La., February 8, and duty there until April 20. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 20-30. Battle of Port Gibson, Miss., May 1 (Reserve). Jackson May 14. Battle of Champion's Hill May 16. 
* May 18-July 4, 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi
** May 19, 1863 - Assault on Vicksburg, Mississippi
** May 22, 1863 - Assault on Vicksburg, Mississippi
* Guard and patrol duty at Vicksburg until September. 
* Moved to Helena, Ark., September 11; thence to Memphis and Corinth and march to Chattanooga, Tenn., October 6-November 20. 
* September 26-November 20, 1863 - Expedition from Vicksburg, Mississippi to Chattanooga, Tennessee
* Operations on Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Alabama October 20-29. 
* November 23-27, 1863 - The Chattanooga/Ringgold Campaign
** Tunnel Hill November 24-25.
** Mission Ridge November 25.
** Pursuit to Graysville November 26-27.
* Duty at Bridgeport, Ala., until December 21, and at Huntsville, Ala., until May 1, 1864. 
* At Whitesburg, Ala., until June 19. Moved to Stevenson, Ala., June 19-25; thence to Allatoona, Ga., July 1-6. and garrison duty there until August 22. 
* March to Chattanooga, Tenn. (7 Cos.), August 22-25. (Cos. "E," "F" and "I" remained on duty at Allatoona.) 
* March into East Tennessee in pursuit of Wheeler August 25-30.
* Moved to Cowan, Tenn., and guard Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad until September 19. 
* Moved to Allatoona, Ga., September 19-22, and garrison duty there until November. 
* ?-September 8, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
* October 5, 1864 - Engagement at Allatoona, Georgia
* Veterans on furlough November-December. 
* Non-Veterans attached to 93rd Illinois Infantry November, 1864, to April, 1865
* November 15-December 21, 1864 - The Savannah Campaign
** December 10-21, 1864 - Siege of Savannah, Georgia
* January 1-April 26, 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
** Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 19-21. 
*** Veterans ordered to Nashville, Tenn., December 28, 1864. 
**** Moved to Baltimore, Md., thence to Beaufort, N. C., January 5-February 2, 1865, and to New Berne, N. C., February 8. 
**** Duty at New Berne until March 28. 
**** Moved to Goldsbore, N. C., and rejoin command. 
** Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. 
** Occupation of Raleigh April 14. 
** Bennett's House April 26. 
*** Surrender of Johnston and his army. 
* March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19. 
* Grand Review May 24. 
* Moved to Louisville, Ky., June, and mustered out July 18, 1865.
== Regimental Roster ==
== Regiment Statistical Information ==
* Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 52 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 167 Enlisted men by disease. Total 225.
== Legacy ==
== Notes ==
== Sources == 
* (Pages 83-111)
* (Pages 704, 720, 721, 723, 779, 783, 835, 847, 866, 1681)
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