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1st Wisconsin Cavalry History

 

FIRST WISCONSIN CAVALRY.

Compiled by John W. Ganes of Beaver Dam, Wis, fort the reunion of the reg, in Kenosha, Wis., 2 Oct 1901.

 

COMPANY C. Decker, Capt. James, 5737 Lowe St., Chicago, Aldrich, Cyrus, Cactus, Kas. Allen, E. N., Schuyler, Neb. Bangs, Edwin D., Milwaukee, Wis. Barker, William B., Ellsworth, Wis. Black, J. F., Eau Claire, Wis. Brebner, Charles, Osage, la. Brown, R. D., Rock Falls, Wis. Blown, Volney, West Rosendale, Wis. Castle, B., Eau Claire, Wis. Chase, Chas., Greenleaf, Wis. Chase, Horace A., Blount, N. D. Clark, Marcus, Merrillan, Wis.

Crossen, Henry, Sr., Cataract, Wis. Curtis. M. J., Blaine, Wis. Dean, Benjamin, Royalton, Wis. Denny, John, Stoekbridge, Wis. Devand, Lewis, Marion, Wis. Devenpeck, B., Minneapolis, Minn. Dillon, Thos., Abbotsford, Wis. Dougherty, Jas., Shamrock, ; Wis. Dries, Louis, Brandon, Wis. Gibson, H. A., Hudson, Wis. Griffiths, L., Spokesville, Wis. Hart, A. S., Greenleaf, Wis. Heller, John, Stoekbridge, Wis. Howland, A., Chico, Cal. Johnson, H. L., West Rosendale, Wis.

Keller. W., Donephan, Neb., Keyes, Richard W., Seneca, Wis. Kichiier, Henry, Kohlsville, Wis. Kohn, Fred., Marquette, Wis. Kraigg, John T., Waseca, Minn. Lyon, Geo. IL, Augusta, Wis. Lyon, J. F., Iiomvood, Mich. Lammers, Garrett, Cedar Grove, Wis. Matchett, John, Blaek River Falls, Wis Noble, O. A.. Curien, la. Noble, W. A., Fennimore, Wis. Palmer, H. L., Beaver Dam, Wis. Pearsell, W. R, Elroy, Wis. Reese, Wm. R, Racine, Wis. Reil, Sebastian, National Home, Wis.

Veterans of the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 10, 1880).
 

The 1st Wisconsin Cavalry was organized at Camp Harvey in Kenosha between September 1, 1861, and February 2, 1862. It mustered in on March 10, 1862, and left for St. Louis, Missouri, on March 17, 1862, where it was stationed at Benton

 

Cape Girardeau, occupied by the Federal troops under General U. S. Grant, September 8th, 1861 "The soldier in our Civil War" a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Beard, Becker, Lovie, Schell, Crane and numerous other eye-witnesses to the strife Year: 1893 (1890s)

 

The 1st Wis. Cavalry traveled to Camp Girardeau, Missouri, on April 28, 1862, where it was attached to a series of Union cavalry brigades that fought in Kentucky, Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama over the next four years. The regiment fought at the Battle of Chickamauga on September 19-20, 1863, in the Atlanta Campaign the following year, and helped capture Confederate president Jefferson Davis on May 10, 1865.

 

1st Wisconsin Cavalry, 1865
A composite of 2 photoprints of Company I, first Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry. Standing in back: M.P. Stone, Hiram Gee. Next row: unidentified, John A. Read, and Amandus Barnes. Next row: William Horton, Joseph Eschenbaugh. Front row: Henry P. O'Connor, Wilson and John Fransworth. Most of the men of the regiment were from Menomonie, Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Historical Society

The 1st Cavalry lost a total of 401 men during service. Six officers and 67 enlisted men were killed. Seven officers and 321 enlisted men died from disease.

 

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