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10th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

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10th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
ActiveOctober 14, 1861 – October 25, 1864
DisbandedOctober 25, 1864
Country United States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
SizeRegiment
EngagementsAmerican Civil War
Commanders
ColonelAlfred R. Chapin
ColonelJohn G. McMynn

The 10th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 10th Wisconsin was raised at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and mustered into Federal service October 14, 1861. The regiment was mustered out on October 25, 1864, and the Veterans and later recruits transferred to the 21st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment.

Total enlistments and casualties

The 10th Wisconsin initially mustered 1,029 men and later recruited an additional 601 men, for a total of 1,630 men.[1] The regiment lost 5 officers and 91 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 1 officer and 147 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 244 fatalities.[2]

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