1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery Regiment

1st Regiment Wisconsin Heavy Artillery Flag of Wisconsin (1866-1913).pngborder December 9, 1861, to September 21, 1865 United States Union Artillery The 1st Regiment Wisconsin Heavy Artillery was an artillery regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery was originally organized by companies over a considerable period of time and did not serve together as a complete regiment. Battery "A" was created from Company "K," 2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment on December 9, 1861, in the Washington, D.C. defenses, assigned at various times to Fort Cass, Fort Buffalo, Fort Ellsworth, Fort Worth, Battery Rodgers and Fort Willard. The battery was mustered out on August 18, 1865. Battery "B" was organized at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in September 1863 and was assigned to Fort Terrell at Murfreesboro, Tennessee and remained there until January 4, 1864. It spent the remainder of the war at Fort Clay at Lexington, Kentucky and was mustered out on August 30, 1865. Battery "C" was sent to Chattanooga, Tennessee, on October 30, 1863, and served in various stations in that state. The battery mustered out on September 21, 1865. Battery "D" was mustered in on November 7, 1863, and was transferred to New Orleans, Louisiana, on February 9, 1864, and remained there to July, 1864. The battery was transferred to the District of LaFourche, Louisiana, in the Department of the Gulf until June, 1865. It mustered out of Federal service on August 18, 1865. Batteries "E," "F," "G," "H," "I," "K," "L" and "M" were organized in September and October, 1864 and were sent to Washington, D.C. Company "E" was assigned to Fort O'Rourke. Company "F" was assigned to Fort Ellsworth. Companies "G" and "H" were assigned Fort Lyon. Company "I" was assigned to Fort Farnsworth. Company "K" was assigned to Fort Lyon. Company "L" was assigned to Fort Willard. Company "M" was assigned to Forts Lyon, Fort Weed and Fort Farnsworth. Batteries "E" to "M" were mustered out on June 26, 1865. Total strength and casualties The 1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery initially recruited 1,777 officers and men. An additional 386 men were recruited as replacements, for a total of 2,163 men.http://freepages.books.rootsweb.com/~wirockbios/Blue1907/1907-5-WICW.html 1907-5-WICW 2007-04-19 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070326062654/http://freepages.books.rootsweb.com/~wirockbios/Blue1907/1907-5-WICW.html 2007-03-26 The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin, compiled and published under the direction of J. D. Beck, Commissioner of Labor and Industrial Statistics, 1907. Democratic Printing Company, State Printer, Madison, WI 1907. The regiment suffered 4 enlisted men killed or died from wounds in action, and 2 officers and 77 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 83 fatalities.http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unwiarty.htm The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959. Notable people Francis J. Borchardt, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly David C. Fulton, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly Richard W. Hubbell, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly Gilbert E. McKeeby, member of the Wisconsin State Senate Henry Powell, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly'Wisconsin Blue Book 1887,' Biographical Sketch of Henry Powell, pg. 495 William T. Pugh, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly'Wisconsin Blue Book 1891,' Biographical Sketch of William T. Pugh, pg. 590 George Washington Putnam, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly Patrick Henry Ray, later a brigadier general in the U.S. Army William M. Williams, Jr., member of the Wisconsin State Assembly See also American Civil War List of Wisconsin Civil War units Wisconsin in the American Civil War Notes References The Civil War Archive Category:Artillery units and formations of the American Civil War Category:Military units and formations established in 1861 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865 Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Wisconsin Category:1861 establishments in Wisconsin