45th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

45th Wisconsin
Infantry Regiment

Roster

Assignments for 45th Infantry

- Organized on Nov 8 1864
- Enlistment term: 1 year
- Mustered out on Jul 17 1865 at Nashville, TN

Available statistics for total numbers of men listed as:
- Enlisted or commissioned: 968
- Drafted: 49
- Transferred in: 16
- Killed or died of wounds: 1
- Died of disease (Enlisted men): 34
- Deserted: 8
- Discharged: 24
- Mustered out: 859
- Transferred out: 1

Historical notes and Reports:

Forty fifth Infantry
WISCONSIN
(1 YEAR)

Forty fifth Infantry. -- Col., Henry F. Belitz, Lieut.-Col., Gumal Hesse; Maj., Charles A. Menges.

This regiment was organized during the fall and winter of 1864, was sent by companies to Nashville at various times during the early spring of 1865, and was stationed at Nashville until mustered out July 17, 1865.

Its original strength was 859. Gain by recruits, 142; total, 1,001. Loss by death, 26; desertion, 8; transfer, 85; discharge, 80; mustered out, 802.

Source: The Union Army, vol. 4, p. 70

Brigade, Division, Corps, and Army assignments for 45th Infantry Regiment

From	To	Brigade	Division	Corps	Army/Department	Comments
Nov 1864	Nov 1864	2	Post Nashville	District Nashville	Military Division of the Mississippi
Feb 1865	Mar 1865	2	4	20	Dept and Army of Ohio and Cumberland
Mar 1865	Jul 1865	1	1	District Nashville	Military Division of the Mississippi	Mustered Out

Roster for 45th Infantry Regiment - 1,032 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

Abderson - Gundloch	Gunther - McDonald
McFigul - Stanley	Stautz - Zurner

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