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39th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

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39th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
Wisconsin flag
ActiveJune 3, 1864, to September 22, 1864
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
EngagementsForrest's Attack on Memphis, August 21, 1864

The 39th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was among scores of regiments that were raised in the summer of 1864 as Hundred Days Men, an effort to augment existing manpower for an all-out push to end the war within 100 days.

Service

The 39th Wisconsin was organized at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and mustered into Federal service on June 3, 1864.

The regiment was mustered out on September 22, 1864.

Casualties

The 39th Wisconsin suffered 3 enlisted men killed or fatally wounded in action, and 1 officer and 27 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 31 fatalities.[1]

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