11th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment


The 11th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 11th Wisconsin was raised at Madison, Wisconsin, and mustered into Federal service October 18, 1861.
The regiment was mustered out on September 5, 1865, at Mobile, Alabama.

Total enlistments and casualties

The 11th Wisconsin initially mustered 1,045 men and later recruited an additional 622 men, for a total of 1,667 men.
The regiment lost 8 officers and 80 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 4 officers and 253 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 280 fatalities.
The Regiment's officers included Lieutenant Angus R. MacDonald, a native of Eigg in Scotland's Inner Hebrides. At the time of his death, Lieut. MacDonald was the last direct descendant of the legendary Scottish Gaelic Bard and Jacobite officer, Alasdair Mac Mhaighstir Alasdair.

Commanders