Wisconsin in the American Civil War

The coat of arms of Wisconsin during the war.

With the outbreak of the American Civil War, the northwestern state of Wisconsin raised 91,379 soldiers for the Union Army, organized into 53 infantry regiments, 4 cavalry regiments, a company of Berdan's sharpshooters, 13 light artillery batteries and 1 unit of heavy artillery. Most of the Wisconsin troops served in the Western Theater, although several regiments served in Eastern armies, including three regiments within the famed Iron Brigade. 3,794 were killed in action or mortally wounded, 8,022 died of disease, and 400 were killed in accidents. The total mortality was 12,216 men, about 13.4 percent of total enlistments.[1]

Soldiers

Approximately 1 in 9 residents (regardless of age, sex or qualification for service) served in the army, and, in turn, half the eligible voters served. Wisconsin was the only state to organize replacements for troops that had already been fielded, leading northern generals to prefer having some regiments from the state under their command if possible.

A number of Wisconsin regiments were distinguished, including three that served in the celebrated "Iron Brigade"— the 2nd Wisconsin, 6th Wisconsin, and 7th Wisconsin. All were noted for their hard fighting and dashing appearance, being among the only troops in the Army of the Potomac to wear Hardee hats and long frock coats. They suffered severely at the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863. The 8th Wisconsin, another hard-fighting regiment, was often accompanied into battle by its mascot, Old Abe, a bald eagle.

In a January 1863 letter to his sister, Union soldier Chauncey Herbert Cooke, a private from Company G of the 25th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 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]

Women during the war

While men were fighting, many women needed to learn how to farm and do other manual labor. Besides having to tend to the home and children while the men were away at war, women also contributed supplies. Quilts and blankets were often given to soldiers. Some had encouraging messages sewn on them. One quilt that was made in 1864 by a group of women in Green Bay had the following poem:

For the gay and happy soldier
We're contented as a dove,
But the man who will not enlist
Never can gain our love.
If rebels attack you, do run with the quilt
And safe to some fortress convey it;
For o'er the gaunt body of some old secesh
We did not intend to display it.
T'was made for brave boys, who went from the West;
And swiftly the fair fingers flew,
While each stitch, as it went to its place in the quilt,
Was a smothered "God bless you, boys," too.

Other items women often sent included: shirts, sheets, pillows, pillowcases, coats, vests, trousers, towels, handkerchiefs, socks, bandages, canned fruits, dried fruits, butter, cheese, wine, eggs, pickles, books, and magazines. At one point, after the Battle of Resaca, women sent every wounded man within a certain distance a fresh orange or lemon. These fruits were to quench the strong thirst that was known to accompany a wound.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Wisconsin in the War of the Rebellion" in J. D. Beck (ed.) The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin. Madison: Democrat Printing Company, 1907, pp. 822-823.
  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 8, 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. (15 September 2005). 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.
  5. ^ Hurn, Ethel Alice. Wisconsin Women in the War between the States. Madison: Wisconsin History Commission, 1911. pp. 26-79.

Further reading

  • Carr, Jo Ann Daly, ed. Such Anxious Hours: Wisconsin Women's Voices from the Civil War (University of Wisconsin Press, 2020).
  • Hurn, Ethel A. Wisconsin Women in the War between the States. Madison: Wisconsin History Commission, 1911.
  • Klement, Frank L. Wisconsin and the Civil War. Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1963.
  • Klement, Frank L. Wisconsin in the Civil War: The Home Front and the Battle Front, 1861-1865. Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1997. online
  • Walterman, Thomas. There Stands "Old Rock": Rock County, Wisconsin and the War to Preserve the Union. Friendship, Wis: New Past Press, 2001.
  • Wells, Robert W. Wisconsin in the Civil War. Milwaukee: Milwaukee Journal, 1962.
  • Zimm, John. This Wicked Rebellion: Wisconsin Civil War Soldiers Write Home. Madison: Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2012; primary sources

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