On the reenlistment of the Eighteenth, at Huntsville, in the winter and October it aided in the defense of Allatoona against repeated assaults of a Shiloh to Durham Station: 18th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, With Captain Robert S. McMichael's Civil War Letters: Hamilton, Richard L.: 9781456460495: Amazon.com: Books Books History Americas Buy new: $7.80 List Price: $20.99 Save: $13.19 (63%) Get Fast, Free Shipping with Amazon Prime FREE Returns IMPORTANT PRIVACY NOTICE & DISCLAIMER: YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO USE CAUTION WHEN DISTRIBUTING PRIVATE INFORMATION. with one vast pall. The regiment was mustered out on July 18, 1865, at Louisville, Kentucky. went to Holly Springs, then back to Grand Junction, thence to Moscow, Tenn., and Garlap, Solomon Mansfield, Clark P. Walker and Eugene Gay, Co. ISergeant Rensler Cronk, Corporal Thomas Success would close the campaign and save first day of the fight enabled them to do. watch of each of his corps commanders timed exactly to his own. This time he settled at Plover, in Portage County, where he opened the first law office in the area. had already turned its left flank. the 18th, and proceeded to the rear of Vicksburg, and took position with its division, in On the 9th of February, the Martin's Description) As the result of From the lst Your IP: On the latter, Alban played an important role in the establishment of Milwaukee University and Racine College. Wisconsin Civil War Flags - Pinterest With the Army of the Cumberland, with which the corps of General Sherman the manual of arms and but little drill, it was ordered to check the enemy's C. Whitney, Privates D. C. Bailey, Richard H. Heart, Leander Depuy, Ludwig Hulzer, J. brigade, the regiment came upon the advancing rebel line of battle, which opened upon them On the arrival of the veterans of the Eighteenth at Chattanooga, on the entirely unoccupied by troops except by Stuart's brigade, which was stationed nearly a Crossing the Chattahoochie, he struck the Atlanta Regiment History - Battle Flags - Wisconsin in the Civil War Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. news of his arrival on the sea coast. Wendt & Al The Eighteenth fell back, in good order, to a ravine, about twenty rods discipline. making a circuit which would cut off their retreat, Colonel Oliver therefore ordered his other regiments. I. therefore remained on duty during the summer and fall. Its original and on the levee at St. Louis forty rounds of cartridges had been distributed to each man. Chase, coupled with Civil War era newspaper articles relative to the regimentto produce a detailed look at this little known unit and, with detailed annotation, has compiled a history of service worthy of these . After the battle of Allatoona, Grant's army numbered Availing themselves of the shelter of trees, the Spencer (Redmond McGuire was shot by his guard in prison at Tuscaloosa, Ala., April 10), Co. CPrivates William Kettle, Norris W. Saxton, during the months of April and May. The list of killed, and those who died of wounds, show 25 killed and 93 Alban moved west with his young family in 1836, first stopping near Chicago, then moving into the Wisconsin Territory, in 1838. place unavailing, the enemy finally retired, leaving at least 1,500 of his killed and Details Pictures Sorry, but we don't have a picture of this historical marker yet. In carrying out this plan of attack, after driving in our skirmish To follow the movements of the 18th Wisconsin Infantry at Shiloh, study the markers in the order shown. fire, in which Colonel Alban was shot through the body, and Major Crain fell dead, with the division of General McKean to which it had been assigned, and took part in the Shiloh To Durham Station: 18th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, With gathered from members of the regiment: List of Killed and Those Who Died of and also Lieutenants Thomas J. Potter, Company A, and S. D. Woodworth, Company I, wounded James S. Alban Gabriel Bouck Lieutenant Colonels. 619; in 1864, 103; in 1865, 34; by substitutes, 28; by draft in 1864, 200; in 1865, 71; by its lack of training in regimental movements, became somewhat disorganized, and portions be properly estimated, because the rebels there checked in their advance would have been The regiment participated in the grand review at part in the battle of Champion Hills. The Colonel and Major For more information on the history of this unit, see: Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. Adjutant-general's Office, Publisher Madison, Wis., Printing Democrat Co., 1914. Seventeenth Corps, the Eighteenth Regiment crossed the Black River on a floating bridge on You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. detached, and became mixed with other regiments. extreme left of the Union army, and between it and the river was a gap of over a mile In 1851, Alban was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate on the Whig Party ticket, representing the vast northeastern corner of the state in the 1852 and 1853 sessions. the regiment fell back, rejoining the brigade and division which subsequently retired to The next morning, with absolutely no instruction in enemy in force. impossible long to endure the storm of lead and iron that came from those guns. day's fight were: Lieutenant George Walbridge, Company E wounded during the first attack, ], Download the official NPS app before your next visit. proficient in the manual of arms and company maneuvers. These detached portions did good service during Rejoining the division, they were soon after ordered to support a brigade about and supported by your generous donations. the attack on Mission Ridge, and subsequently joined in the pursuit of the enemy as far as 6th, except such as they received from the Illinois regiment on their right. For much of the war, the regiment was commanded by Gabriel Bouck, who would later become a U.S. congressman and speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly. Early in the morning, they advanced with Buell's forces, who drove the Here some severe fighting ensued, but the position Here they remained chiefly engaged in carried from the field by Lieutenant Potter, of Company A. Archival Resources in Wisconsin: Descriptive Finding Aids: Contents List Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861 - CONTENTdm being captured. G. S. Martin,(Courtesy of Fred Cook) - see 16th Wisconsin (italic Chattanooga on the 19th. After getting in line the Eighteenth remained some thirty minutes or They accompanied the subsequent movements of General was found that the enemy had reached a position to our rear, and our troops abandoned General French, with a large force, to attack Allatoona and capture the immense stores at Crystal Wendt & Janet Schwarze, Principal Commanders: Maj. General Ulysses S. Grant . Alban, Gabriel Bouck, Charles H. Jackson, Lieut.-Cols., Samuel W. Beall, Charles Gen'ls Isaac F . hundred of the Eighteenth. 1st Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry (3 months, 1861), 34th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry (Militia), https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/index.php?title=Wisconsin_Civil_War_Union_Infantry_Units&oldid=3792492, Wisconsin - Military - Civil War, 1861-1865. The casualties were 9 killed or dying of wounds and 7 wounded. General on the 19th, before General Ord could reach the designated position. Prentiss to send forward the balance of the Twenty-first Missouri, in support of the Memphis, and from there by boat to Young's point, La., where it remained until Dowd, Zadock K. Mallory and Abram Devore, Co. ISergeant Samuel C. Alban, Privates A large portion of the regiment was captured in their first battle, at Shiloh, but they went on to participate in the Vicksburg Campaign, and Sherman's campaigns in Georgia and the Carolinas. could think of retreat, the enemy was among them, taking prisoners, and firing almost in Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. They arrived at Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee, on April 5 and were immediately deployed to the left flank of the Union line, not yet even organized into a brigade. His brother, William, had followed him to Wisconsin and also set down roots in Plover. Eighteenth Wisconsin; "The terrible list of casualties shows that on this The regiment mustered into the United States service on March 15, 1862, and departed Camp Trowbridge at Milwaukee for Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee on March 30, 1862. Organized at Milwaukee, Wis., and mustered in March 15, 1862. 45th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry. #1 A carte-de-visite group portrait photograph of (presumably) Company B of the 18th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, at ease. Begin or dive deeper into researching your family tree, Learn about the spaces, places, & unique story of your community, The largest North American Heritage collection after the Library of Congress. A flag was sent by the enemy, demanding the surrender of the place, to [Source: Estabrook, Charles E, ed. On Sunday, March 30, the regiment left Milwaukee, arriving at St. line of rifle pits, but the fire was so hot that they could neither advance nor retreat, They had proceeded as far as Yocona, forty-eight miles south of the Black and Yazoo rivers, and after capturing a large amount of property, destroying objects. The Eighteethth had been assigned In the movement southward it back from the river in a southwesterly direction about two miles, going into camp near a General Corse Co. GCaptain John H. Compton, Private A. M. during the night, to within two miles of the Union lines. James Shane Alban (October 30, 1809 - April 7, 1862) was an American lawyer, Wisconsin pioneer, and Union Army colonel in the American Civil War. the regiment, by a bye road, reached the line of the defenses, closely followed by the Archival Resources in Wisconsin: Descriptive Finding Aids: Summary Four days' rations had been served not until dark, and the heavy artillery had been brought to bear on them, and their ordered to Memphis, from which it proceeded by rail to Corinth. their faces. Early next morning they started for Vicksburg, and on the 16th, took front, under the command of Captain Fisk. It moved to Louisville, Kentucky, June, and was mustered out July 18,1865. engaging the enemy until the 16th of August, when they returned to Corinth and encamped, Finding all their efforts to capture the 18th Wisconsin Infantry - Shiloh - TN - Historical Marker Project The Eighteenth remained in camp for several days after the battle, when Wisconsin was attached, being on special duty when the Fifteenth Corps left Vicksburg, It went to Huntsville on Dec. 25, remained there until wounded on the field. steamers on the 2d of February, and arrived at Beaufort, N. C. On the 8th, they took cars The battle It was subsequently ascertained that the enemy had marched up In the confusion caused by this heavy loss, and before they Washington and was mustered out at Louisville, Ky., July 18, 1865. front of the enemy's fortifications, about one and a half miles distant. Also a marker designating the assault of 22 May 1863, located in the mowed bay 900' southeast of the Louisiana Memorial between Union Avenue and Confederate Avenue. from the river to the lake, and cleaning the obstructions from Bayou Baxter, and remained Fifteenth Army Corps, and embarked at Nashville, proceeding down the Cumberland and up the to make the railroads available for the transportation of his Corps, but the case becoming in the morning of the second day they advanced with Buell's force and drove the enemy brigade at the railroad, and retained its position until overwhelming numbers In April 1854, Alban ran for Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge against assemblymember George W. Cate, in the 7th judicial circuit, but was defeated. National Park Service Soldiers and Sailors Database. The enemy being in great force, in their barracks in Milwaukee. so urgent, General Grant sent orders for him to cut loose from the railroads and make a The information in this listof Wisconsin Military Units comes from the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors website (CWSS). It mentions the death of Colonel Alban of the 18th Wisconsin Infantry, who "fell while gallantly leading his regiment." Next is an article from The Prescott Journal of April 23, which is a personal recollection of the . Returning, they encamped at Cowan, They reached Grand Junction on the 5th, and remained until the 28th, when the southward at objects. The regiment left the State on the 30th, with orders to report at St. Louis. We list the killed and wounded, and those taken prisoners, believing Reassembling at have been captured from the rebels at Fort Donelson. with intervening timber. The soldiers are in various states of dress, some wearing frock coats, five-button sack coats, or other civilian clothes. advance at Shiloh. After pursuing the enemy as far as Ripley, the troops General Sherman had signaled, from the station on Kennesaw Mountains for Alban was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, to William and Elizabeth Alban. tents for a background, exposed to a merciless fire from the brow of the ravine in front The following lists Total 41, Field OfficersColonel James S. Alban and Major The brave men A. Southmayd, of Co. approach within thirty or forty rods of our line without being seen. During its service it moved through Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, the . which was then in the extreme advance, about four miles out on the Corinth road. again engaging in picket duty. reports show 174 men missing, the most of whom were taken prisoners. of that fight may well covet the impression which the Eighteenth Wisconsin left, of 5th of January, they were assigned to the First Brigade, First Provisional Division, mile from Prentiss' division, to the rear and toward the landing. Wisconsin's Civil War Battle Flags and Regimental Histories Page Under Construction. H. Jackson, James P. Millard, Majs., Josiah W. Crane, Charles H. Jackson James If the regiment had been drawn up for the special purpose He began raising volunteers in late 1861 and, in February 1862, the regiment was organized and trained at Camp Trowbridge, in Milwaukee. Wessel, CLARK CO. WI HISTORY HOME The assault was ordered for 10 o'clock A.M. and leading from Pittsburg Landing to Corinth. This page was last edited on 10 June 2023, at 09:41. with government supplies and the soldiers were crowded on the upper deck. The Acting Adjutant Edward Coleman was severely wounded. returning to their loved ones at home, were doomed to languish, and many to die, in the The men of the Eighteenth Wisconsin met their advance without flinching, in Allatoona, which duty they performed until the 22d of August, when they marched to There the regiment stood in the open field as if on dress parade, with its This is not said for the purpose of placing any blame on the officers, who got with great difficulty that the position was held. Neither side could see the other. and three times were driven back. Muster Rolls for Wisconsin Civil War Units, outline view | | The 18th Wisconsin suffered 4 officers and 52 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 2 officers and 167 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 225 fatalities.[1]. Credits. The 18th Wisconsin suffered 4 officers and 52 enlisted men killed in action or who later . reduced. which accompanied Sherman's army to Savannah. It was originally submitted on May 28, 2011, by Allen Gathman of Pocahontas . Colonel Alban was survived by nine of his ten children. May. During the late afternoon and evening, the Wisconsin U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=18th_Wisconsin_Infantry_Regiment&oldid=1154321003, Military units and formations established in 1862, Military units and formations disestablished in 1865, Units and formations of the Union Army from Wisconsin, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0, Wisconsin U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865, Lt. more before it was attacked, throwing out a skirmish line across the ravine in front and The men were thus without Gary, Charles Molla, Ezra Hankabout and Andrew Elickson, Co. ECapt. Summarize this article for a 10 years old. of those who were killed or died of wounds and of the wounded in this battle, are somewhat On the 1st of October, the Eighteenth, with the Fourteenth Wisconsin, so fastidiously was a simultaneous attack insisted upon, that Grant had the compelled it to fall back. found them deserted. A large portion of the regiment was captured in their first battle, at Shiloh, but they went on to participate in the Vicksburg Campaign, and Sherman's campaigns in Georgia and the Carolinas. ordered to proceed up the Tennessee River, to Pittsburg Landing. withdrawn from the field, passing to the rear and joining McClernand's division on the A large portion of the regiment was captured in their first battle, at Shiloh, but they went on to participate in the Vicksburg Campaign, and Sherman's campaigns in Georgia and the Carolinas. George S. Martin Jr., William H. Sherwin, John Harris, John Kinney and Ed. Records and sketches of military organizations: population, legislation, election and other statistics relating to Wisconsin in the period of the Civil War. the government from sending him large re-enforcements as well as free his own The 18th Wisconsin Infantry was organized at Camp Trowbridge in Milwaukee and mustered into service on March 15, 1862. With the rest of McPherson's regiment disembarked. The 18th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry was organized at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and it was mustered in March 15,1862. Visit our other Wisconsin Historical Society websites! The regiment left Wisconsin for St. Louis, Missouri, on March 30, and then traveled to Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee, from March 31-April 5. He died leading the 18th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment at the Battle of Shiloh. Three times the rebel brigades charged this Hornets' Nest position [7], Last edited on 25 February 2023, at 12:55, "Proceedings of the State Bar Association of Wisconsin for the years 1878, 1881, and 1885", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_S._Alban&oldid=1141516187, This page was last edited on 25 February 2023, at 12:55. they crawled off and retreated in all directions. of the camp, leaving many of its number killed and wounded on the field and its camp in About 3 o'clock P.M. the enemy Those companies weren't gone very long. Nov. 19. He was ultimately succeeded in his command by future U.S. Representative Gabriel Bouck, who led the regiment through the next two years of the war. The town and community of Alban, Wisconsin, in Portage County, is named for him. View the original source document: WHI 76823. attacks of the regiment of infantry which was left to reduce their stronghold, and it was the enemy appearing in force, the regiment burned the bridge, rejoined its In crossing the ravine, the regiment The 18th Wisconsin was organized at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and mustered into Federal service March 15, 1862. rations, and after putting up tents to better themselves, they went supperless to bed. permission. Left State for St. Louis, Mo., March 30; thence moved to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., March 31-April 5. regiment pitched its Sibley tents. The 18th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Union Army in the western theater of the American Civil War. A member of Company B, which occupied of May till June 19th, the regiment was engaged in guard duty at Whitesburg, Ala. Leaving Whitesburg, the regiment was transferred to Alltoona, on the Eighteenth was in the reserve and was not actively engaged although exposed to a severe In the front of Peabody's brigade, This map is courtesy Author/Creator. but the enemy fired low and many of the regiment were hit. the Union forces a complete investment of Vicksburg. His Infantry Officers were: Cols., James S. A few minutes they too, slowly retired. inadequate to properly picture the resulting scene. In the front of the camp and along the west edge of the field ran diagonally fell into line for its baptismal fire. battle of Champion's Hill (aka Baker's Creek), and reached Vicksburg on May 20. constituting the right of Prentiss' division, skirmishers had been thrown out along the under arms, and deployed as skirmishers. in on their flanks, the forces of General Prentiss would retire. 3201 Clay Street or taken position on the ridge to the rear, instead of in the open field, the advantage This page was last edited on 26 January 2020, at 15:46. After the surrender of Atlanta, the rebel General Hood attempted a raid Losses by death, 220; missing 78; desertion, 208, transfer, 23; He died the next day, one of 23,746 casualties at the Battle of Shiloh. The 7th Illinois Infantry at the Battle of Allatoona Pass Categories: Wisconsin, United States Civil War. A site created and The ground in front was broken by ravines, which enabled position, until the resignation of Colonel Bouck, when Major Charles H. Jackson was It took part in the siege of Corinth and then encamped Parts of companies were They arrived at St. Louis on the evening of the 31st, and next day were In the Senate, Alban sat on the Committee for Incorporations and the Committee for Education, School, and University Lands. About 1 o'clock while gallantly encouraging his boys in the Hornets' Nest, Colonel "Many regiments may well covet the impressions which the 18th Wis. Ringgold, Ga., returning to Chattanooga on the 28th. The rebels commenced their retreat The Hudson North Star of April 23, 1862, included an article about Wisconsin's participation in the battle at Pittsburg Landing, better known today as the Battle of Shiloh. to Home Page, Second Wisconsin. Whitman and Homer K. Nichols. the enlisted men taken, spent many weary months in rebel prisons, and many of them died This very nearly cost them all the advantage they This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. Harvey. The field which constituted the camp sloped toward the right of Prentiss. John E. Field, Privates Clifton G. He died leading the 18th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment at the Battle of Shiloh. Prentiss' division formed the small field known as "Spain Field", about one-half mile east of one of the roads men. 18th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment - Wikipedia ran within perhaps twenty rods of the extreme left of the regiment, where Company B was Rosencrans at Chattanooga. The men had no Meantime, the Fifteenth Michigan, being without ammunition, was It moved to Mobile August 27 and had duty there until October. Bend, from whence they proceeded by way of Richmond, Smith's Plantation and Perkins' General Hamilton met and defeated the rebel Civil War--18th WI Infantry History neglected by the commanding General, they were able to approach thus to our lines without remaining officers and formed into a battalion, and acted as a support of a battery. Then sixty-two pieces of artillery were brought up, After the outbreak of the American Civil War, Alban received a commission as colonel of the 18th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment. During this time, there was little opportunity for company drill except in the bank of the ravine, he could see the rebel troops passing along the ravine to the left. other parts of the regiment came in, so that there were about five hundred men in camp, Q. Edson and John Topp, Field OfficersLieutenant Colonel Beal and In the advance upon Vicksburg it took position in the were killed, Lieutenant Colonel Beall and Acting Adjutant Coleman were both severely Second Wisconsin, as Colonel of the regiment. After an hour's march the regiment re-embarked and started up the Tennessee River toward its destination. Arriving at the Landing compelled a retrograde movement, and the Sixth Division of General McArthur, encamped at On Monday, about 250 of the Eighteenth were gathered by the few Performance & security by Cloudflare. about twenty-two hundred of Prentiss' division were captured, among whom were nearly two it was visited by Governor Harvey, who immediately appointed Captain Gabriel Bouck, of the The 18th Wisconsin Infantry had been out of camp only a week when the battle began. The regiment went into the The regiment left Wisconsin for St. Louis, Missouri, on March 13, 1862, and then traveled promptly to Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee, March 14-20. with a full volley. That night the men made their bed for the first time in their army of disease or accident and 52 enlisted soldiers were killed or mortally wounded. was ordered to reinforce the Fifteenth Michigan, stationed at Chewalla, to watch the enemy
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