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Third Wisconsin Infantry.
Ruger's Brigade —
Williams's Division--Twelfth Corps.
| companies. | killed and died of wounds. | died of disease, accidents, in Prison, &c. | Total Enrollment. |
| Officers. | Men. | Total. | Officers. | Men. | Total. |
| Field and Staff | 3 | | 3 | | | | 19 |
| Company | A | 1 | 19 | 20 | | 11 | 11 | 183 |
| | B | | 14 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 209 |
| | C | | 15 | 15 | | 11 | 11 | 198 |
| | D | | 14 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 197 |
| | E | | 14 | 14 | | 8 | 8 | 185 |
| | F | 1 | 12 | 13 | | 10 | 10 | 191 |
| | G | 1 | 14 | 15 | | 13 | 13 | 197 |
| | H | | 12 | 12 | | 12 | 12 | 174 |
| | I | 2 | 21 | 23 | | 13 | 13 | 202 |
| | K | 1 | 23 | 24 | | 15 | 15 | 184 |
| Totals | 9 | 158 | 167 | 2 | 113 | 115 | 1,939 |
Of the 979 originally enrolled, 124 were killed. == 12.6 per cent.
Total of killed and wounded 648; missing and captured, 122.
| battles | K. & M. W. | battles. | K. & M. W. |
| Bolivar Heights, Va. | 6 | Resaca, Ga. | 11 |
| Buckton Station, Va. | 2 | New Hope Church, Ga. | 28 |
| Winchester, Va. | 5 | Dallas, Ga., June 6, 1864 | 1 |
| Cedar Mountain, Va. | 26 | Lost Mountain, Ga. | 1 |
| Antietam, Md. | 41 | Kenesaw, Ga. | 2 |
| Fairfax Station, Va. | 1 | Peach Tree Creek, Ga. | 2 |
| Chancellorsville, Va. | 22 | Siege of Atlanta, Ga. | 5 |
| Beverly Ford, Va. | 2 | Siege of Savannah, Ga. | 1 |
| Gettysburg, Pa. | 2 | Argyle Island, Ga. | 1 |
| Guerillas, Tenn. | 1 | Averasboro, N. C. | 7 |
Present, also, at
Newtown, Va;
Cassville, Ga.;
Sherman's March;
Robertsville, Ga.;
Bentonville, N. C.; The Carolinas.
notes.--The above enrollment includes 586 conscripts and substitutes, very few of whom joined the regiment.
The Third Wisconsin left the
State on July 12, 1861, proceeding to
Maryland, where for several months, it remained on duty in
Frederick and along, or near, the
Upper Potomac.
While there, a forage party of three companies had a sharp fight with
Ashby at
Harper's Ferry, in which they held their ground against a superior force, but with a loss of 6 killed, and 8 wounded. In February, 1862, it moved with
Banks's Corps up the Shenandoah Valley, having been assigned to
Williams's Division in which it remained without further transfer during the war.
General George H. Gordon commanded the brigade.
At
Cedar Mountain, the regiment lost 17 killed, 66 wounded, and 25 missing; at
Antietam, 27 killed and 173 wounded, out of 340 engaged; at
Chancellorsville, 18 killed, 74 wounded, and 9 missing.
Lieut.-Col. Louis H. Crane was killed at
Cedar Mountain, and
Lieut.-Col. John W. Scott at
Chancellorsville.
The Corps was transferred, in September 1863, to
Tennessee, and in 1864, under the designation of the Twentieth, was engaged in the advance on
Atlanta.
The regiment was hotly engaged May 25, 1864, at New Hope Church, Ga., where it lost 15 killed, and 96 wounded. During the
Atlanta campaign it was constantly under arms and, almost daily, under fire; its losses from
Resaca to
Atlanta, amounted to 23 killed, 162 wounded, and 1 missing. Having reenlisted, it preserved its organization until the close of the war, and marched with
Sherman to the
Sea.
