42th Wisconsin
Infantry Regiment
Roster- Organized on Sep 7 1864 at Camp Randall, Madison, WI
- Enlistment term: 1 year
- Mustered out on Jun 20 1865 at Milwaukee, WI
Available statistics for total numbers of men listed as:
- Enlisted or commissioned: 953
- Transferred in: 8
- Died of disease (Enlisted men): 58
- Disabled: 49
- Deserted: 13
- Discharged: 9
- Mustered out: 816
- Transferred out: 1
Historical notes and Reports:
Forty-second Infantry
WISCONSIN
(1 YEAR)
Forty-second Infantry. -- Col., Ezra T. Sprague, Lieut.-Col., W. Wallace Botkins; Maj., John W. Blake.
This regiment was organized at Camp Randall, Madison, in Aug., 1864, was mustered in Sept. 7, and left the state about Sept. 20. It went to Cairo, Col. Sprague being placed in command of that post, and Lieut.- Col. Botkin took command of the regiment.
On Oct. 15, Cos. A, F, D, I and C were sent to Columbus, Ky. to assist in the defense against guerrillas. Capt. George M. Humphrey of Co. C, was appointed chief of ordnance of that post and assistant inspector-general in charge of Fort Defiance.
On Oct. 25, Cos. B. G. K, E and H were ordered to Springfield, where Co. B was assigned to provost duty and Co. G was sent to Marshall. Cos. H and K were afterwards sent in search of deserters and to forward drafted men to the rendezvous.
The regiment was reunited at Cairo in the early winter, performed provost and guard duty until June, 1865, and was mustered out at Madison on June 20.
Its original strength was 877. Gain by recruits, 130; substitute, 1; total, 1,008. Loss by death, 57; desertion, 18; transfer, 149; discharge. 138; mustered out, 646.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 4, p. 70
Forty-second Infantry
WISCONSIN
(1 YEAR)
Forty-second Infantry. -- Col., Ezra T. Sprague, Lieut.-Col., W. Wallace Botkins; Maj., John W. Blake.
This regiment was organized at Camp Randall, Madison, in Aug., 1864, was mustered in Sept. 7, and left the state about Sept. 20. It went to Cairo, Col. Sprague being placed in command of that post, and Lieut.- Col. Botkin took command of the regiment.
On Oct. 15, Cos. A, F, D, I and C were sent to Columbus, Ky. to assist in the defense against guerrillas. Capt. George M. Humphrey of Co. C, was appointed chief of ordnance of that post and assistant inspector-general in charge of Fort Defiance.
On Oct. 25, Cos. B. G. K, E and H were ordered to Springfield, where Co. B was assigned to provost duty and Co. G was sent to Marshall. Cos. H and K were afterwards sent in search of deserters and to forward drafted men to the rendezvous.
The regiment was reunited at Cairo in the early winter, performed provost and guard duty until June, 1865, and was mustered out at Madison on June 20.
Its original strength was 877. Gain by recruits, 130; substitute, 1; total, 1,008. Loss by death, 57; desertion, 18; transfer, 149; discharge. 138; mustered out, 646.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 4, p. 70
Roster for 42th Infantry Regiment - 960 men
Source: Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers; War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865; Volumes I and II; compiled by Authority of the Legislature, under the direction of Jeremiah M. Rusk, Governor & Chandler P. Chapman, Adjutant General; Democrat Printing Company, State Printers; Madison, Wisconsin; 1886
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