49th Wisconsin
Infantry Regiment
Roster- Organized on Feb 1 1865 at Camp Randall, Madison, WI
- Enlistment term: 1 year
- Mustered out on Nov 8 1865 at St Louis, MO
Available statistics for total numbers of men listed as:
- Enlisted or commissioned: 1009
- Transferred in: 6
- Died of disease (Enlisted men): 54
- Disabled: 134
- Deserted: 5
- Discharged: 16
- Mustered out: 804
- Transferred out: 1
Historical notes and Reports:
Forty-ninth Infantry
WISCONSIN
(1 YEAR)
Forty-ninth Infantry. -- Col., Samuel Fallows, Lieut.-Col., Edward Coleman, Maj., D. K. Noyes.
This regiment was organized at Camp Randall, Madison, and left the state March 8, 1865. It reached Benton barracks, St. Louis, two days later, and was ordered to Rolla, Mo., for guard and garrison duty.
Co. K was placed at Fort Wyman, I at Fort Detty and B was sent 10 miles east of St. James. Co. A was stationed at Waynesville in June, D at Big and Little Piney. In July Co. H was sent to St. Louis for provost duty, and Cos. D and E to Benton barracks as permanent guard.
Col. Fallows was placed in command of the post at Rolla in March, and later of the 3rd sub-district of Missouri. Maj. Noyes was detailed on general court-martial at St. Louis, Lieut.-Col. Coleman taking command of the regiment and giving it a name for discipline which elicited high commendations from the department commander.
The regiment was ordered to St. Louis Aug. 17, for prison guard duty, Col. Fallows being placed in command of the post there and of the first sub-district of Missouri. Cos. B, C, and D were mustered out Nov. 1, and the remainder on Nov. 8.
Col. Fallows was brevetted brigadier-general, Lieut.-Col. Coleman became colonel, Maj. Noyes, lieutenant-colonel and Capt. Cheney was brevetted mayor.
The original strength of the: regiment was 986. Gain by recruits, 16; total, 1,002. Loss by death, 48; desertion, 6; discharge, 173; mustered out, 775.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 4, p. 71
Forty-ninth Infantry
WISCONSIN
(1 YEAR)
Forty-ninth Infantry. -- Col., Samuel Fallows, Lieut.-Col., Edward Coleman, Maj., D. K. Noyes.
This regiment was organized at Camp Randall, Madison, and left the state March 8, 1865. It reached Benton barracks, St. Louis, two days later, and was ordered to Rolla, Mo., for guard and garrison duty.
Co. K was placed at Fort Wyman, I at Fort Detty and B was sent 10 miles east of St. James. Co. A was stationed at Waynesville in June, D at Big and Little Piney. In July Co. H was sent to St. Louis for provost duty, and Cos. D and E to Benton barracks as permanent guard.
Col. Fallows was placed in command of the post at Rolla in March, and later of the 3rd sub-district of Missouri. Maj. Noyes was detailed on general court-martial at St. Louis, Lieut.-Col. Coleman taking command of the regiment and giving it a name for discipline which elicited high commendations from the department commander.
The regiment was ordered to St. Louis Aug. 17, for prison guard duty, Col. Fallows being placed in command of the post there and of the first sub-district of Missouri. Cos. B, C, and D were mustered out Nov. 1, and the remainder on Nov. 8.
Col. Fallows was brevetted brigadier-general, Lieut.-Col. Coleman became colonel, Maj. Noyes, lieutenant-colonel and Capt. Cheney was brevetted mayor.
The original strength of the: regiment was 986. Gain by recruits, 16; total, 1,002. Loss by death, 48; desertion, 6; discharge, 173; mustered out, 775.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 4, p. 71
Roster for 49th Infantry Regiment - 1,014 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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