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6th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment

Index 6th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment

The 6th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. [1]

55 relations: Adam Gale Malloy, American Civil War, Army of the Potomac, Battle of Antietam, Battle of Chancellorsville, Battle of Cold Harbor, Battle of Five Forks, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Gettysburg, First Day, Battle of Globe Tavern, Battle of Mine Run, Battle of South Mountain, Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Battle of the Wilderness, Benjamin Sweet, Brevet (military), Brigade, Brigadier general (United States), Bristoe Campaign, Charles G. Dawes, Colonel (United States), Confederate States Army, Counterattack, Daniel J. Dill, Edward S. Bragg, George Davis McDill, Grand Review of the Armies, Infantry, Iron Brigade, James R. Lyon, John Azor Kellogg, John Bell Hood, John C. Hall, John J. Jenkins, John Tester, Joseph R. Davis, Lieutenant colonel, List of Wisconsin Civil War units, Louisville, Kentucky, Lysander Cutler, Madison, Wisconsin, Maryland Campaign, Mississippi, Northern Virginia Campaign, Regiment, Robert Lees (politician), Rufus Dawes, Second Battle of Bull Run, Siege of Petersburg, Texas Brigade, ..., Thomas McDill, Union (American Civil War), Union Army, United States, Wisconsin in the American Civil War. Expand index (5 more) »

Adam Gale Malloy

Adam Gale Malloy (September 10, 1830 – November 10, 1911) was a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War who was nominated and confirmed for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general in 1866.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.

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Army of the Potomac

The Army of the Potomac was the principal Union Army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.

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Battle of Antietam

The Battle of Antietam, also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the Southern United States, was a battle of the American Civil War, fought on September 17, 1862, between Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and Union General George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac, near Sharpsburg, Maryland and Antietam Creek.

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Battle of Chancellorsville

The Battle of Chancellorsville was a major battle of the American Civil War (1861–1865), and the principal engagement of the Chancellorsville Campaign.

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Battle of Cold Harbor

The Battle of Cold Harbor was fought during the American Civil War near Mechanicsville, Virginia, from May 31 to June 12, 1864, with the most significant fighting occurring on June 3.

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Battle of Five Forks

The Battle of Five Forks was fought on April 1, 1865, southwest of Petersburg, Virginia, around the road junction of Five Forks, Dinwiddie County, Virginia, during the end of the Richmond–Petersburg Campaign (sometimes called the Siege of Petersburg) and in the beginning stage of the Appomattox Campaign near the conclusion of the American Civil War.

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Battle of Gettysburg

The Battle of Gettysburg (with an sound) was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War.

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Battle of Gettysburg, First Day

The First Day of the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War took place on July 1st, 1863, and began as an engagement between isolated units of the Army of Northern Virginia under Confederate General Robert E. Lee and the Army of the Potomac under Union Maj. Gen. George G. Meade.

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Battle of Globe Tavern

The Battle of Globe Tavern, also known as the Second Battle of the Weldon Railroad, fought August 18–21, 1864, south of Petersburg, Virginia, was the second attempt of the Union Army to sever the Weldon Railroad during the Siege of Petersburg of the American Civil War.

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Battle of Mine Run

The Battle of Mine Run, also known as Payne's Farm, or New Hope Church, or the Mine Run Campaign (November 27 – December 2, 1863), was conducted in Orange County, Virginia, in the American Civil War.

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Battle of South Mountain

The Battle of South Mountain—known in several early Southern accounts as the Battle of Boonsboro Gap—was fought September 14, 1862, as part of the Maryland Campaign of the American Civil War.

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Battle of Spotsylvania Court House

The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, sometimes more simply referred to as the Battle of Spotsylvania (or the 19th-century spelling Spottsylvania), was the second major battle in Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Overland Campaign of the American Civil War.

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Battle of the Wilderness

The Battle of the Wilderness, fought May 5–7, 1864, was the first battle of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Virginia Overland Campaign against Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War.

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Benjamin Sweet

Benjamin Jeffery Sweet (April 24, 1832 – January 1, 1874) was an American politician, soldier and Deputy Commissioner of Internal Revenue.

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Brevet (military)

In many of the world's military establishments, a brevet was a warrant giving a commissioned officer a higher rank title as a reward for gallantry or meritorious conduct but without conferring the authority, precedence, or pay of real rank.

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Brigade

A brigade is a major tactical military formation that is typically composed of three to six battalions plus supporting elements.

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Brigadier general (United States)

In the United States Armed Forces, brigadier general (BG, BGen, or Brig Gen) is a one-star general officer with the pay grade of O-7 in the U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Air Force.

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Bristoe Campaign

The Bristoe Campaign was a series of minor battles fought in Virginia during October and November 1863, in the American Civil War.

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Charles G. Dawes

Charles Gates Dawes (August 27, 1865 – April 23, 1951) was an American banker, general, diplomat, and Republican politician who was the 30th Vice President of the United States from 1925 to 1929.

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Colonel (United States)

In the United States Army, Marine Corps, and Air Force, colonel is the most senior field grade military officer rank, immediately above the rank of lieutenant colonel and immediately below the rank of brigadier general.

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Confederate States Army

The Confederate States Army (C.S.A.) was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (Confederacy) during the American Civil War (1861–1865).

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Counterattack

A counterattack is a tactic employed in response to an attack, with the term originating in "war games".

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Daniel J. Dill

Daniel J. Dill was a military officer and politician.

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Edward S. Bragg

Edward Stuyvesant Bragg (February 20, 1827 – June 20, 1912) was a Democratic politician, lawyer and Union Army general from Wisconsin.

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George Davis McDill

George Davis McDill was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

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Grand Review of the Armies

The Grand Review of the Armies was a military procession and celebration in Washington, D.C., on May 23 and May 24, 1865, following the close of the American Civil War.

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Infantry

Infantry is the branch of an army that engages in military combat on foot, distinguished from cavalry, artillery, and tank forces.

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Iron Brigade

The Iron Brigade, also known as The Black Hats, Black Hat Brigade, Iron Brigade of the West, and originally King's Wisconsin Brigade was an infantry brigade in the Union Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War.

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James R. Lyon

James R. Lyon was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

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John Azor Kellogg

John Azor Kellogg (March 16, 1828 – February 10, 1883) was an American military leader and politician from Wisconsin.

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John Bell Hood

John Bell Hood (June 1 or June 29, 1831 – August 30, 1879) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War.

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John C. Hall

John C. Hall (May 21, 1821 – November 29, 1896) was an American physician and politician.

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John J. Jenkins

John James Jenkins (August 24, 1843 – June 10, 1911) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.

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John Tester

John A. Tester (March 30, 1835 – May 26, 1918) was an American merchant who served as a Republican member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Buffalo County, Wisconsin in 1883.

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Joseph R. Davis

Joseph R. Davis (born Joseph Robert Davis; January 12, 1825 – September 15, 1896) was an American politician and a senior officer of the Confederate States Army who commanded infantry in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.

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Lieutenant colonel

Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel.

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List of Wisconsin Civil War units

The state of Wisconsin enrolled 91,327 men for service in the Union Army during the American Civil War, 77,375 in the infantry, 8,877 in the cavalry, and 5,075 in the artillery.

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Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 29th most-populous city in the United States.

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Lysander Cutler

Lysander Cutler (February 16, 1807 – July 30, 1866) was an American businessman, educator, politician, and a Union Army General during the American Civil War.

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Madison, Wisconsin

Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the seat of Dane County.

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Maryland Campaign

The Maryland Campaign—or Antietam Campaign—occurred September 4–20, 1862, during the American Civil War.

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Mississippi

Mississippi is a state in the Southern United States, with part of its southern border formed by the Gulf of Mexico.

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Northern Virginia Campaign

The Northern Virginia Campaign, also known as the Second Bull Run Campaign or Second Manassas Campaign, was a series of battles fought in Virginia during August and September 1862 in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.

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Regiment

A regiment is a military unit.

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Robert Lees (politician)

Robert Lees (July 3, 1842 – September 21, 1908) was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate and the Wisconsin State Assembly.

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Rufus Dawes

Rufus R. Dawes (July 4, 1838 – August 2, 1899) was a military officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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Second Battle of Bull Run

The Second Battle of Bull Run or Battle of Second Manassas was fought August 28–30, 1862 in Prince William County, Virginia, as part of the American Civil War.

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Siege of Petersburg

The Richmond–Petersburg Campaign was a series of battles around Petersburg, Virginia, fought from June 9, 1864, to March 25, 1865, during the American Civil War.

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Texas Brigade

The Texas Brigade (also known as Hood's Brigade) was an infantry formation that distinguished itself in the American Civil War.

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Thomas McDill

Thomas McDill was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

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Union (American Civil War)

During the American Civil War (1861–1865), the Union, also known as the North, referred to the United States of America and specifically to the national government of President Abraham Lincoln and the 20 free states, as well as 4 border and slave states (some with split governments and troops sent both north and south) that supported it.

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Union Army

During the American Civil War, the Union Army referred to the United States Army, the land force that fought to preserve the Union of the collective states.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Wisconsin in the American Civil War

With the outbreak of the American Civil War, the northwestern state of Wisconsin raised 91,379 soldiers for the Union Army, organized into 53 infantry regiments, 4 cavalry regiments, a company of Berdan's sharpshooters, 13 light artillery batteries and 1 unit of heavy artillery.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_Wisconsin_Volunteer_Infantry_Regiment

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