44th Wisconsin
Infantry Regiment
RosterAssignments for 44th Infantry- Organized on Oct 1 1864 at Madison, WI
- Enlistment term: 1 year
- Mustered out on Aug 28 1865 at Paducah, KY
Available statistics for total numbers of men listed as:
- Enlisted or commissioned: 1098
- Transferred in: 17
- Died of disease: 59
- Died of disease (Officers): 1
- Died of disease (Enlisted men): 57
- Disabled: 8
- Deserted: 40
- Discharged: 16
- Mustered out: 875
- Transferred out: 1
Historical notes and Reports:
Forty-fourth Infantry
WISCONSIN
(1 YEAR)
Forty-fourth Infantry. -- Col., George G. Symes; Lieut.-Col., Oliver C. Bissell Maj., William Warner.
This regiment was organized at Camp Randall, Madison, in the fall of 1864. Co. A left the state Oct. 10, and was followed by Cos. B. F. D and C, successively, the last reaching Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 30.
The other companies reached Nashville in Feb. 1865, and the regiment was employed in post and guard duty until March 9, when it was ordered to Eastport, Miss., to escort the Union prisoners to be turned over by Forrest, but not getting them it returned to Nashville and left on April 3 for Paducah, Ky., where it remained on picket duty until Aug. 28, when it was mustered out.
Its original strength was 877. Gain by recruits, 235; substitutes, 2; total, 1,114. Loss by death, 57; desertion, 48, transfer, 121; discharge, 92; mustered out, 796.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 4, p. 70
Forty-fourth Infantry
WISCONSIN
(1 YEAR)
Forty-fourth Infantry. -- Col., George G. Symes; Lieut.-Col., Oliver C. Bissell Maj., William Warner.
This regiment was organized at Camp Randall, Madison, in the fall of 1864. Co. A left the state Oct. 10, and was followed by Cos. B. F. D and C, successively, the last reaching Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 30.
The other companies reached Nashville in Feb. 1865, and the regiment was employed in post and guard duty until March 9, when it was ordered to Eastport, Miss., to escort the Union prisoners to be turned over by Forrest, but not getting them it returned to Nashville and left on April 3 for Paducah, Ky., where it remained on picket duty until Aug. 28, when it was mustered out.
Its original strength was 877. Gain by recruits, 235; substitutes, 2; total, 1,114. Loss by death, 57; desertion, 48, transfer, 121; discharge, 92; mustered out, 796.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 4, p. 70
Brigade, Division, Corps, and Army assignments for 44th Infantry Regiment
From | To | Brigade | Division | Corps | Army/Department | Comments |
Nov 1864 | Mar 1865 | 2 | Post Nashville | District Nashville | Military Division of the Mississippi |
Roster for 44th Infantry Regiment - 1,115 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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