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Fifth Wisconsin Infantry.
Russell's Brigade —
Wright's Division--Sixth 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 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | | 1 | 19 |
| Company | A | 1 | 17 | 18 | | 12 | 12 | 124 |
| | B | | 13 | 13 | | 7 | 7 | 117 |
| | C | 1 | 11 | 12 | | 9 | 9 | 116 |
| | D | 2 | 11 | 13 | | 11 | 11 | 135 |
| | E | 1 | 15 | 16 | | 10 | 10 | 134 |
| | F | | 11 | 11 | | 10 | 10 | 129 |
| | G | 2 | 15 | 17 | | 9 | 9 | 136 |
| | H | 3 | 10 | 13 | | 11 | 11 | 122 |
| | I | | 20 | 20 | | 10 | 10 | 149 |
| | K | 2 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 132 |
| Veteran Battalion | 2 | 13 | 15 | | 8 | 8 | |
| Totals | 15 | 150 | 165 | 2 | 108 | 110 | 1,313 |
| Seven New Companies | | 30 | 30 | | 24 | 24 | 660 |
| Totals | 15 | 180 | 195 | 2 | 132 | 134 | 1,973 |
Prior to the re-organization October, 1864, 165 were killed== 12.5 per cent.
Total of killed and wounded, 749; missing and captured, 106.
| battles. | K. & M. W. | battles. | K. & M. W. |
| Picket, Lee's Mills, Va. | 1 | Wilderness, Va. | 20 |
| Williamsburg, Va. | 17 | Spotsylvania, Va., May 10 | 31 |
| Golding's Farm, Va. | 1 | Spotsylvania, Va., May 12 | 8 |
| Gaines's Mill, Va. | 1 | Cold Harbor, Va. | 5 |
| First Fredericksburg, Va. | 1 | Opequon, Va. | 5 |
| Second Fredericksburg, Va. | 49 | Petersburg, Va., March 25, 1865 | 2 |
| Rappahannock Station, Va. | 15 | Fall of Petersburg, Va. | 15 |
| Gunboat Service (detailed) | 1 | Sailor's Creek, Va. | 23 |
Present, also, at
Yorktown; Savage Station;
Glendale;
Malvern Hill;
Antietam;
Gettysburg;
Fairfield;
Funkstown;
Mine Run;
Fort Stevens;
Charlestown,
Appomattox.
notes.--Arriving at
Washington, July 26, 1861, it encamped on
Meridian Hill, proceeding thence in September to
Virginia, where it was attached to
Hancock's Brigade.
It took a prominent part in the “superb” action of
Hancock's Brigade at
Williamsburg, its casualties amounting to 8 killed, 70 wounded, and 1 missing. In February, 1863, the famous
Light Division of the Sixth Corps, composed of picked regiments, was organized,
General Calvin E. Pratt in command; the Fifth was one of the regiments thus selected.
In the successful storming of
Marye's Heights, May 3, 1863, the regiment took a leading part in the assault made by the
Light Division, earning a reputation for dash and bravery, and sustaining the heaviest loss of any regiment engaged in the assault; its casualties in that action were 35 killed, 122 wounded, and 36 missing; total, 193.
In the brilliant affair at Rappahannock Station, the regiment joined the Sixth Maine in its celebrated charge on the enemy's intrenchments, sharing the honors of the victory.
Major Horace W. Wheeler fell, mortally wounded, in this charge, the loss in the regiment amounting to 10 killed and 49 wounded. The Fifth was ordered home for muster-out July 12, 1864; the men with unexpired terms were consolidated into a battalion of three companies, to which seven new companies were added in October.
