46th Wisconsin
Infantry Regiment
Roster- Organized on Mar 2 1865 at Camp Randall, Madison, WI
- Enlistment term: 1 year
- Mustered out on Sep 27 1865 at Nashville, TN
Available statistics for total numbers of men listed as:
- Enlisted or commissioned: 934
- Drafted: 1
- Transferred in: 7
- Died of disease (Enlisted men): 20
- Deserted: 8
- Discharged: 5
- Mustered out: 884
Historical notes and Reports:
Forty-sixth Infantry
WISCONSIN
(1 YEAR)
Forty-sixth Infantry. -- Col., Frederick S. Lovell; Lieut.-Col., Abel B. Smedley, Maj., Charles H. Ford.
This regiment was organized at Camp Randall, Madison, and was mustered in March 2, 1865. It left the state March 5 for Louisville, but was at once forwarded to Athens Ala., where it acted as railroad guard.
Col. Lovell was placed in command of the post, Lieut.-Col. Smedley assuming command of the regiment, and it passed the summer at that point. It was mustered out at Nashville Sept. 27, 1865. Col. Lovell was brevetted brigadier-general.
The original strength of the regiment was 914. Gain by recruits, 33; total, 947; Loss by death, 13; desertion, 8; transfer, 31; discharge, 41; mustered out, 854.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 4, p. 71
Forty-sixth Infantry
WISCONSIN
(1 YEAR)
Forty-sixth Infantry. -- Col., Frederick S. Lovell; Lieut.-Col., Abel B. Smedley, Maj., Charles H. Ford.
This regiment was organized at Camp Randall, Madison, and was mustered in March 2, 1865. It left the state March 5 for Louisville, but was at once forwarded to Athens Ala., where it acted as railroad guard.
Col. Lovell was placed in command of the post, Lieut.-Col. Smedley assuming command of the regiment, and it passed the summer at that point. It was mustered out at Nashville Sept. 27, 1865. Col. Lovell was brevetted brigadier-general.
The original strength of the regiment was 914. Gain by recruits, 33; total, 947; Loss by death, 13; desertion, 8; transfer, 31; discharge, 41; mustered out, 854.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 4, p. 71
Roster for 46th Infantry Regiment - 942 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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