25th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

25th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
Active	September 14, 1862 – June 7, 1865
Country	United States of America
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Dakota War of 1862; Siege of Vicksburg; Battle of Kennesaw Mountain; Battle of Atlanta; Battle of Bentonville

The 25th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 25th Wisconsin was organized at La Crosse, Wisconsin and mustered into Federal service September 14, 1862. The Regiment was immediately sent west to help Minnesota deal with the Sioux uprising. Wisconsin was part of the Army's newly formed Department of Dakota that had been created to deal with the problem. The Department was Headquartered at Fort Snelling under the command of Major General John Pope. The Regiment arrived at Fort Snelling on the 22nd of September. General Pope wanted to create a line of outposts from Fairmount to Alexandria with the 25th: A Co- Fairmount, B Co-Alexandria, C Co- Sauk Center, D, F, & I- Mankato, G Co- Richmond, E & H Co Paynesville and K Co- Winnebago. [1]

In a January 1863 letter to his sister, Union soldier Chauncey H. Cooke, a private from the regiment's Company G, gave his reasons for fighting for the Union in the war, stating that "I have no heart in this war if the slaves cannot go free."[2][3][4]

The regiment was mustered out on June 7, 1865.

Casualties

The 25th Wisconsin suffered 3 officers and 46 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 7 officers and 402 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 460 fatalities.[5]

Commanders

Colonel Milton Montgomery

References

Neighbors to the Rescue: Wisconsin and Iowa, Minnesota History Winter 1979, Edward Noyes, Minnesota Historical Society, St Paul, Mn, p.312
McPherson, James M. (1997). For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War. New York City, New York: Oxford University Press, Inc. p. 117. ISBN 0-19-509-023-3. OCLC 34912692. Retrieved March 30, 2016. Our cause is 'nobler even than the Revolution, for they fought for their own freedom, while we fight for that of another race.'
Cannon, Carl M. (2005-09-15). The Pursuit of Happiness in Times of War. pp. 293–294. ISBN 9781461614210. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
Cooke, Chauncey Herbert (1919). "Soldier Boy's Letters to His Father and Mother, 1862–1865" (PDF). Mondovi: The Mondovi Herald. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 10, 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
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External links

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[1] Neighbors to the Rescue: Wisconsin and Iowa, Minnesota History Winter 1979, Edward Noyes, Minnesota Historical Society, St Paul, Mn, p.312

[JMMcPherson1997p117-2] McPherson, James M. (1997). For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War. New York City, New York: Oxford University Press, Inc. p. 117. ISBN 0-19-509-023-3. OCLC 34912692. Retrieved March 30, 2016. Our cause is 'nobler even than the Revolution, for they fought for their own freedom, while we fight for that of another race.'

[3] Cannon, Carl M. (2005-09-15). The Pursuit of Happiness in Times of War. pp. 293–294. ISBN 9781461614210. Retrieved March 9, 2016.

[4] Cooke, Chauncey Herbert (1919). "Soldier Boy's Letters to His Father and Mother, 1862–1865" (PDF). Mondovi: The Mondovi Herald. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 10, 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2016.

[5] Civil War Archive