23^rd Wisconsin Infantry
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Organized at Madison, WI and mustered in August 38, 1862, the Regiment left the state for Cincinnati, OH September 15. They were attached to 2^nd Brigade, 2^nd Division, Army of Kentucky, Dept of the Ohio to October 1862. The Regiment lost during service one Officer and 40 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded. They also lost five Officers and 262 Enlisted men by disease for a total loss of 308 lives. Mustered out near Mobile on July 4, 1865.  The chronology below shows their assignments, service, and engagements with the enemy:    Reference.

      1862 – Assignments and Service   Top

• Duty at Newport, KY till October 8; moved to Paris, KY October 8 – 15, thence to Lexington and Nicholasville, KY October 22 – 31

• Moved to Louisville, thence to Memphis, TN November 8 - 27

• 1^st Brigade, 1^st Division, Army of Kentucky to November

• Sherman’s Yazoo Expedition December 20, 1862 to January 3, 1863

• 1^st Brigade, 10^th Division, Right Wing 13^th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee to December

• Expedition from Milliken’s Bend to Louisiana & Shreveport Railroad December 25 – 26

• Chickasaw Bayou December 26 – 28; Chickasaw Bluff December 29

      1863 – Assignments and Service   Top

• 1^st Brigade, 1^st Division Sherman’s Yazoo Expedition to January

• Expedition to Arkansas Post, AR January 3 – 10

• Assault on and capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post January 10 – 11

• Moved to Young’s Point, LA January 15 and duty there till March 8

• Expedition to Cypress Bend, AR February 14 – 29

• Moved to Milliken’s Bend, LA March 8 and duty there till April 25; movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25 – 30

• Battle of Port Gibson May 1 (Reserve); Champion Hill May 16 and Big Black River May 17

• Siege of Vicksburg, MS May 18 to July 4; assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22

• Advance on Jackson, MS July 4 – 10; siege of Jackson July 10 – 17; camp at Vicksburg till August

• 1^st Brigade, 10^th Division, 13^th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee to August

• Ordered to New Orleans, LA August 24

• Expedition to New and Amite Rivers September 24 – 29

• Western Louisiana Campaign October 3 to November 30

• Carrion Crow Bayou November 3; at New Iberia till December 7; moved to Berwick December 7 – 10

• Moved to Brashear City, thence to Algiers and to Matagorda Peninsula, TX December 13, 1863 to January 1, 1864

      1864 – Assignments and Service   Top

• Reconnaissance on Matagorda Peninsula January 21

• Duty at DeCrow’s Point till February 22; moved to Algiers, LA February 22 – 26

• Red River Campaign March 10 to May 22

• Advance from Franklin to Alexandria March 24 – 26

• Bayou de Paul, Carroll’s Mill, and battle of Sabine Cross Roads April 8

• Monett’s Ferry, Cane River Crossing April 23

• At Alexandria April 26 to May 13; construction of dam at Alexandria April 30 to May 10

• Retreat to Morganza May 13 – 20; Mansura May 16

• 1^st Brigade, 4^th Division, 13^th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf to June

• Moved to Baton Rouge May 24 and duty there till July 8; moved to Algiers, LA July 8, thence to Morganza July 26

• Expedition to Mobile Bay August 18 to September 2

• Defenses of New Orleans, LA to August 1864

• 3^rd Brigade, 2^nd Division, 19^th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf August

• Operations near Morganza September 16 – 25

• Expedition to Bayou Sara October 3 – 6; Bayou Sara and Thompson’s Creek, near Jackson, October 5

• Guppy’s Brigade, Mobile Bay, Dept of the Gulf to October

• Moved to Helena, AR October 10 and duty there till February 23, 1865

      1865 – Assignments and Service   Top

• District of Eastern Arkansas, 7^th Army Corps, Dept. of Arkansas to February

• 3^rd Brigade, 1^st Division, Reserve Corps, Military Division West Mississippi to February

• Ordered to New Orleans, LA February 23

• Campaign against Mobile, AL and its defenses March 17 to April 8; assault on and capture of Fort Blakely April 9

• Occupation of Mobile April 12; occupation of Mobile April 12 and duty at and near Mobile till July

• 3^rd Brigade, 1^st Division, 13^th Army Corps (New), Military Division West Mississippi to July

Source:  Regimental Histories, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion.