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REGIMENTAL LOSSES IN THE CIVIL WAR.

LIST OF REGIMENTS IN THE UNION ARMIES, ETC.— CONTINUED.

*Enlisted for one year. tReenlisted and served through the war. ^Recruited and served through the war.

through the war, perched conspicuously on a staff beside the colors. The principal losses of this regiment were : At Corinth, 14 killed, 74 wounded,* and 7 missing; and, at Nashville, 7 killed and 55 wounded.* It served, also, at Vicksburg (then in the 3 d Div., i 5 th A. C.), in the Red River campaign, and in the final operations of the war at Fort Blakely and Mobile. During the latter campaign it was in McArthur's Division, Sixteenth Corps. The 14th Infantry was also one of Wisconsin's fighting regiments. Among its casualties were : At Shiloh, 16 killed, 74 wounded,* and 3 missing; at Corinth (McKean's Division, A. of T.), 27 killed, 50 wounded,* and 2 i missing ; and, at Vicksburg — assault of May 22 d — 14 killed, 79 wounded,* and 4 missing. It fought under General A. J. Smith (i6th A. C.) in the Red River campaign, the Tupelo Expedition, and in the closing battles of the war around Mobile.

The 2 4 th Infantry, or " Milwaukee Regiment," was engaged in considerable hot work,, losing during its term

of service i r i killed and mortally wounded out of a total enrollment of 1.077, or over ten per cent. Its principal

losses occurred : At Stone's River, 19 killed, 57 wounded,* and 98 missing; at Chickamauga —in Sheridan's

- 3 killed, 73 wounded,* and 29 missing; at Missionary Ridge, 3 killed and 26 wounded ;* and, on the

*Including the mortally wounded.

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