14th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

Union Army infantry regiment 14th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment Flag of Wisconsin.svg 100 Flag of Wisconsin January 30, 1862October 9, 1865 United States Union Infantry Regiment American Civil War Battle of Shiloh Battle of Corinth Battle of Iuka Battle of Champion's Hill Siege of Vicksburg Battle of Kennesaw Mountain Battle of Atlanta Red River Campaign Battle of Nashville David E. Wood Colonel John Hancock Colonel Lyman M. Ward Colonel Carlos M. G. Mansfield Captain Eddy F. Ferris Lt. Colonel Isaac E. Messmore Lieutenant Colonel Wisconsin U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865 13th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment 15th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment The 14th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Four of its members received the Medal of Honor for service in the Second Battle of Corinth, October 3 and 4, 1862; among them the Color-Sergeant Denis Murphy (Green Bay), who, though wounded 3 times, continued bearing the colors throughout the battle. Service thumb|right|The charge of the 14th Wisconsin Volunteers, capturing the New Orleans Battery at the Battle of Shiloh. Lt. Col. Isaac E. Messmore depicted in the center, riding the horse. The 14th Wisconsin was raised at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, under Colonel David E. Wood. Wood was a prominent Fond du Lac citizen, former legislator and Circuit Court judge. The camp in Fond du Lac where they trained was renamed "Camp Wood," after him. The 14th Wisconsin was mustered into Federal service on January 30, 1862. +14th Wisconsin Company OrganizationWisconsin. Adjutant General's Office https://archive.org/details/rosterofwisconsi01wisco/page/770/mode/2up?q=thirteenth+regiment+infantry Roster of Wisconsin volunteers, war of the rebellion, 1861-1865 1886 Madison, Democrat printing co., state printers The Library of CongressEstrabrook Charles E. http://historyweb.digitalhistory.bsu.edu/jklinger/ensuringloyaltykentucky/Documents/Wiadj.pdf Annual Reports of the Adjutant General of the State of Wisconsin for the Years 1860, 1861,1862, 1863, 1864. Democrat Printing Co. 1912 Madison, Wisconsin 67–68 2021-10-31 2025-05-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20211031225756/http://historyweb.digitalhistory.bsu.edu/jklinger/ensuringloyaltykentucky/Documents/Wiadj.pdf bot: unknown CompanyEarliest MonikerPrimary Place of RecruitmentCompany CommandersAWood ProtectorsFond du Lac County Lyman M. Ward Charles L. Kimball John V. Frost Charles F. Williams BWaupaca & Portage County Union RiflesWaupaca County and Portage County Asa Worden Sydney CarpenterCOmro Union RiflesWinnebago County William W. Wilcox Absalom S. Smith Asahel ChildsDMessmore GuardsLa Crosse County James W. Polleys Samuel A. Harrison Cyrus P. ShepherdEManitowoc and Kewaunee County GuardsManitowoc County, Kewaunee County George E. Waldo † Levi W. Vaughn † William I. Henry Joseph SmithFDepere RiflesBrown County and Dodge County Joseph G. Lawton Samuel Harrison † Delos A. Ward John P. RyanGCalumet and Manitowoc Invincibles Calumet County, Brown County and Chippewa County Frederick H. Magdeburg Orrin R. Potter Marion S. LakeHForest Union RiflesSheboygan County, Fond du Lac County, Richland County, St. Croix County, and Vernon County William D. Ghoslin Carlos M.G. Mansfield John Kennealy IBlack River RangersClark County, Jackson County and Buffalo County Calvin R. Johnson Michael CrawleyKNoble GuardsSauk County Edward W. Cornes James V. McCall John N. Price John J. Postel The regiment was mustered out on October 9, 1865, at Mobile, Alabama. Casualties The 14th Wisconsin suffered 6 officers and 116 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 3 officers and 194 enlisted men (including Col. Wood) who died of disease, for a total of 319 fatalities.Civil War Archive A metal plaque on the grounds of Camp Randall in Madison, Wisconsin, states that 27 members of the 14th Wisconsin—all of whom are named on the plaque—died as a result of wounds received on April 7, 1862. Commanders Colonel David E. Wood (January 30, 1862June 17, 1862) wounded at Shiloh, died of disease. Colonel John Hancock (June 17, 1862January 23, 1863) wounded at the Second Battle of Corinth, resigned due to disability. Colonel Lyman M. Ward (January 23, 1863October 9, 1865) mustered out with the regiment, received brevet to brigadier general. Captain Carlos M. G. Mansfield (acting March 6, 1864November 1864) acted as commander of the regiment while Colonel Ward was in command of the brigade. Lt. Colonel Eddy F. Ferris (acting November 1864October 9, 1865) acted as commander of the regiment while Colonel Ward was in command of the brigade. Notable members Dugald D. Cameron was surgeon of the regiment, but resigned in September 1862. Before the war he had served as a Wisconsin state legislator; he was a younger brother of Angus Cameron who later became a U.S. senator. Calvin R. Johnson, captain of Co. I, after the war became a Wisconsin state representative and county judge. Isaac E. Messmore, lieutenant colonel, wounded at Shiloh, later became colonel of the 31st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment. Denis J. F. Murphy, sergeant, received the Medal of Honor for actions in the Second Battle of Corinth, where he was wounded three times. John Milton Read was sergeant major and then commissioned adjutant of the regiment, he later served as adjutant of the brigade. He was wounded and captured at Second Corinth, but quickly paroled. He was later wounded at Vicksburg. After the war he became a Wisconsin state senator. Van Eps Young was first lieutenant of Co. H and adjutant of the regiment from May 1862 to May 1863. He afterward became colonel of the 49th United States Colored Infantry Regiment and was provost marshal of western Mississippi from 1864 through 1866. After the war he served as a Wisconsin state senator. See also American Civil War List of Wisconsin Civil War units Wisconsin in the American Civil War Further reading https://archive.org/details/militaryhistoryo00quin/ The Military History of Wisconsin 1866 Clarke & Co. Quiner Edwin B. Chicago https://archive.org/details/militaryhistoryo00quin/page/598/ Regimental History–Fourteenth Infantry 598–612 References External links The Civil War Archive 102-year-old veteran of the 14th Wisconsin Infantry{reference only} Category:Military units and formations established in 1862 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865 Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Wisconsin Category:1862 establishments in Wisconsin Category:1865 disestablishments in Alabama