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''[[United States of America|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Military Records|U.S. Military]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Wisconsin|Wisconsin]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Wisconsin Military Records|Wisconsin Military]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Wisconsin in the Civil War]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]1st Regiment, Wisconsin Heavy Artillery | ''[[United States of America|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Military Records|U.S. Military]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Wisconsin|Wisconsin]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Wisconsin Military Records|Wisconsin Military]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Wisconsin in the Civil War]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]1st Regiment, Wisconsin Heavy Artillery'' | ||
=== Brief History === | === Brief History === | ||
Battery "A" organized as Company "K," 2nd Wisconsin Infantry. Detached from Regiment August, 1861, and assigned to duty as Heavy Artillery at Forts Corcoran, Marcy and Ethan Allen, Defences of Washington, D. C., until October, 1861. Rejoined Regiment October 10. Permanently detached as Battery "A," 1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery, December 9, 1861. Attached to Military District of Washington, to May, 1862. Whipple's Command, Military District of Washington, to February, 1863 | |||
Battery "B" organized at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and left State for Murfreesboro, Tennessee, September, 1863. Mustered out August 30, 1865. | |||
Battery "C" left State October 30, 1863, for Chattanooga, Tennessee.Attached to 2nd Division, Artillery Reserve, Dept. of the Cumberland, to December, 1863. Garrison Artillery, Chattanooga, Tennessee to April, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, District of East Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to July, 1865. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, District of East Tennessee, to August, 1865. Duty at Chattanooga, Tennessee, until March 29, 1865. At Athens, Mouse Creek and Strawberry Plains, Tennessee, until September. Mustered out September 21, 1865. | |||
Battery "D" mustered in November 7, 1863. Ordered to New Orleans, Louisiana., February 9, 1864. Attached to the Defences of New Orleans, Lousiana., Dept. of the Gulf, to July, 1864. District of LaFourche, Lousiana., Dept. of the Gulf, to June, 1865 Ordered to Washington, D. C., and there mustered out August 18, 1865. | |||
Batteries "E," "F," "G," "H," "I," "K," "L" and "M" organized September and October, 1864. Ordered to Washington. D. C. Attached to 3rd Brigade, DeRussy's Division, 22nd Army Corps, to December, 1864. 4th Brigade, DeRussy's Division, 22nd Army Corps, to June, 1865. Batteries "E" to "M" mustered out June 26, 1865. | |||
=== Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | === Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | ||