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Mount Horeb Area civil war history

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In the trenches. Courtesy National Archives.

NAME

ALTERNATE NAMES

RANK

ENTERED

EXITED

RESIDENCE

REGIMENT

COMPANY

DIED

Wagner, Peter


Private

Feb 27, 1865


Perry

Permanent Guard



Wales, Allen


Private

Feb 27, 1864

Aug 8, 1864

Primrose

3RD WIS. Infantry (Transferred to Company A)

C


Wales, Allen   Private Aug 8, 1864 Jul 18, 1865 Primrose 3RD WIS. Infantry

A

 

Walter, Louis


Private

Jan 2, 1862

Feb 1, 1865

Cross Plains

3RD WIS. Cavalry (Transferred to Company D)

L


Walter, Louis


Private

Feb 1, 1865

Sep 8, 1865

Cross Plains

3RD WIS. Cavalry

D


Ward, Alonzo


Private

Jan 24, 1865

Jul 14, 1865

Blue Mounds

47TH WIS. Infantry

E


Warren, A J


Private

Apr 17, 1861

Aug 21, 1861

Cross Plains

1ST WIS. Infantry

E


Warren, Andrew J


Sergeant

Sep 12, 1861

Jan 30, 1862

Cross Plains

11TH WIS. Infantry (Died at Merrimac Bridge, MO of disease)

B

Y

Warren, Ezra


Private

Sep 30, 1861

Jan 3, 1863

Cross Plains

11TH WIS. Infantry (Discharged – Disability)

B


Warren, Nelson


Private

Oct 5, 1864


Vermont

Unassigned Colored Troop



Watson, Robert


Private

Feb 18, 1864

Jun 10, 1865

Primrose

15TH(?) WIS. Infantry (Attached to 24th WI Infantry on Feb 13, 1865(?) and assigned to Co. I, 13th WI Infantry on Jun 10, 1865. (conflicting infor.)

I


Webster, Jacob H


Private

Sep 9, 1861

Jul 10, 1862

Cross Plains

11TH WIS. Infantry (Died at Clarendon, Ark of Disease)

A

Y

Wellemson, John

Williamson, John

Private

Aug 14, 1862

May 28, 1863

Primrose

28TH WIS. Infantry (Discharged - Disability

K


Wellington, William F


Private

Sep 3, 1864

Jun 20, 1865

Blue Mounds

42ND WIS. Infantry

K


Wenk, Theodore


Private

Mar 14, 1865

Jul 17, 1865

Cross Plains

45TH WIS. Infantry

H


Wert, Lewis


Private

Jan 4, 1862

Nov 3, 1862

Blue Mounds

16TH WIS. Infantry (Transferred to Company G)

K


Wert, Lewis


Private

Nov 3, 1862

Jul 12, 1865

Blue Mounds

16TH WIS. Infantry

G


Whaley, Charles M


Private

Sep 19, 1864

Jun 5, 1865

Springdale

17TH WIS. Infantry (Never Joined Regiment. Temporarily Attached to Dept of Cumberland. MO)

U


Wheeler, Leonard


Private

Sep 2, 1864

Jun 20, 1865

Verona

42ND WIS. Infantry

K


Wheeler, Sylvester


Corporal

Aug 12, 1862

May 19, 1863

Verona

23RD WIS. Infantry

E

Y

White, Henry


Private

Mar 18, 1864


Springdale

4th United States Cavalry, Regular Army



Wicher, Peter


Private

Mar 31, 1864


Cross Plains

1ST WIS. Cavalry (Listed as Unassigned

U


Wiesender, Otto


Private

Feb 17, 1865

Jan 30, 1866

Primrose

9TH WIS. Infantry

C


Wild, George


Private

Dec 1, 1864

Aug 11, 1865

Perry

44TH WIS. Infantry (Discharged – Drummed out of United States Service in Paducah, KY)

E


Wilson, Barnett


Private

Sep 1, 1864

Jun 20, 1865

Verona

42ND WIS. Infantry

K


Wilson, John B


Private

Sep 8, 1864

Jun 20, 1865

Verona

42ND WIS. Infantry

K


Wilson, Thomas


Sergeant

09/09/61

11/22/64

Vermont

12TH WIS. Infantry (Wounded in Atlanta, GA on Aug 11, 1864)

C


Wineland, Henry


Private

Aug 28, 1864

Jun 20, 1865

Verona

42ND WIS. Infantry

K


Woodbridge, Walter


Private

Feb 2, 1864

Feb 6, 1865

Vermont

7TH WIS. Infantry

K


Woodbury, Henry W


Private

Sep 7, 1861

Oct 1, 1864

Blue Mounds

CO. G, 1ST U.S. (Berdans) Sharpshooters (Transferred to Company D as Corporal Sergeant Sep 22, 1864. Wounded)

G


Woods, David


Private

Jan 12, 1864

May 15, 1864

Blue Mounds

3RD WIS. Infantry (Discharged for wounds received May 15, 1864)

C


Woods, William A


Private

Jan 18, 1864

Jul 17, 1865

Blue Mounds

3RD WIS. Infantry

C


Woolston, William


Private

Jan 6, 1862

Oct 1, 1862

Cross Plains

3RD WIS. Cavalry (Died at Fort Scott, KS from Disease)

M

Y

Wright, William


Private

Sep 28, 1861

Jun 11, 1865

Springdale

11TH WIS. Infantry (Discharged due to Disability – VET)

F


Wright, Zachariah


Private

Dec 23, 1862

Feb 27, 1865

Mt. Horeb

31ST WIS. Infantry (Transferred to Co. K)

K

Y

Wright, Zachariah


Private

Aug 11, 1862

Dec 23, 1862

Mt. Horeb

31ST WIS. Infantry (Wounded 12-9-1864 at Harrisons Field, GA. Died Savannah, GA of wounds.)

A


Wynn, Andrew R


First Lieutenant

Sep 1, 1861

Oct 22, 1863

Blue Mounds

11TH WIS. Infantry (Resigned)

G


Ziegler, Frederick


Private

Dec 24, 1864

Aug 28, 1865

Cross Plains

44TH WIS. Infantry

G


Zink, William


Private

Aug 25, 1864

Jun 20, 1865

Verona

42ND WIS. Infantry

K


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