Wisconsin Losses in the Civil War

State Mortality Rate: 13.2%
Union Mortality Rate: 5%
Confederate Mortality Rate: 11%

Out of the total population of Wisconsin, 1 in 9 bore arms and out of voters, 1 in 2

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Infantry
Regiment
Killed in Action Died of Wounds Died of Disease Died in accidents Total Loss

1st

97

45

120

4

266

2nd

150

62

62

1

275

3rd

101

53

105

0

256

By special orders of the War Department of September 1st of 1863, The 4th Wisconsin was changed to a Cavalry Regiment and therafter known as the Fourth Wisconsin Cavalry. See the Fourth Wisconsin Cavalry for Losses.

5th

116

64

125

3

308

6th

163

73

89

3

328

7th

179

99

130

0

408

8th

37

16

212

7

272

9th

50

28

98

10

186

10th

71

27

45

4

247

           
11th

37

53

284

7

381

12th

58

35

214

3

310

13th

3

2

192

4

201

14th

68

38

203

2

301

15th

48

34

217

3

302

16th

77

64

247

5

393

17th

23

16

195

6

240

18th

41

21

212

2

276

19th

28

14

112

2

156

20th

57

38

134

0

229

           
21st

69

47

177

2

295

22nd

35

32

163

1

231

23rd          
24th

62

36

74

3

175

25th

27

16

376

5

414

26th

129

56

65

2

252

27th

15

8

225

4

252

28th

8

2

222

4

236

29th

41

36

213

10

300

30th

1

1

67

1

70

           
31st

14

9

89

4

116

32nd

16

11

251

4

282

33rd

18

11

167

5

201

34th

0

0

18

2

20

35th

1

1

267

4

273

36th

79

53

164

0

296

37th

98

46

78

1

223

38th

31

26

51

0

108

39th

3

0

32

0

35

40th

0

0

18

0

1

41st

0

0

13

0

13

42th

0

0

55

2

57

43th

2

0

73

0

75

44th

0

0

60

0

60

45th

0

0

32

0

32

46th

0

0

15

0

15

47th

0

0

37

0

37

48th

0

0

16

0

16

49th

0

0

51

1

52

50th

1

0

38

4

43

51th

0

0

10

1

11

52th

0

0

8

0

8

53th

0

0

6

0

6

Co. G
U.S. Sharpshooters

(Berdan's)

13

9

13

0

35

Cavalry Regiments
1st

56

16

309

8

389

2nd

16

4

276

8

304

3rd

55

21

124

26

226

4th

74

41

264

18

397

Artillery

1st Light

20

22

231

10

283

1st Heavy

4

0

65

6

75

Total

2,314

1,302

7,759

208

11,583


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