Monthly Archives: July 2007
Vicksburg, 144 Years ago
Descendants of the 11th Wisconsin, 144 years ago your ancestors took great pride in the fall of Vicksburg. The regiment fought bravely suffering more losses (killed/wounded in battle) during Grant’s Vicksburg Campaign than during any other campaign of the war … Continue reading
The Irish Regiment!?
After some research today I feel confident in debunking the myth that the 11th Wisconsin was dominated by Irish recruits; please do note that I am German/Irish. Looking through the muster roll I would say, with just a glancing guess, … Continue reading
Military History: Battles of the 11th
WISCONSIN 11TH INFANTRY REGIMENT Date of Organization: 18 October 1861 Date of Muster: 05 September 1865 Officers Killed or Mortally Wounded: 6 Officers Died of Disease or Accident: 4 Enlisted Killed or Mortally Wounded: 80 Enlisted Died of Disease or … Continue reading
11th Wisconsin Demographics
CLICK HERE FOR GRAPHAs some of you are aware, I have been researching the 11th Wisconsin Civil War regiment for some time now. I have spent a significant amount of time of late going through muster and descriptive rolls to … Continue reading
The Battle at Bayou Cache and Historical Interpretation
[First published on my blog4history site] Arkansas, July 7, 1862, near Hill’s Plantation and Cache River a small battle took place. On the afternoon of July 6, 1862, Maj. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis’ Army of the Southwest was strung out … Continue reading