47th Wisconsin
Infantry Regiment
RosterAssignments for 47th Infantry- Organized on Feb 27 1865
- Enlistment term: 1 year
- Mustered out on Sep 4 1865 at Nashville, TN
Available statistics for total numbers of men listed as:
- Enlisted or commissioned: 964
- Transferred in: 7
- Died of disease (Enlisted men): 39
- Disabled: 5
- Deserted: 21
- Discharged: 7
- Mustered out: 876
- Transferred out: 1
Historical notes and Reports:
Forty-seventh Infantry
WISCONSIN
(1 YEAR)
Forty-seventh Infantry. -- Col., George C. Ginty, Lieut.-Col., Robert H. Spencer, Maj., Kelsey M. Adams.
This regiment was organized at Camp Randall in the winter of 1864 and left the state Feb. 27, 1865. It proceeded to Louisville, Ky., Nashville and Tullahoma, Tenn., where it was assigned to guard duty until the close of August, and was mustered out Sept. 4.
Its original strength was 927. Gain by recruits, 58; total, 985. Loss by death, 34; desertion, 23; transfer, 29; discharge, 87; mustered out, 812.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 4, p. 71
Forty-seventh Infantry
WISCONSIN
(1 YEAR)
Forty-seventh Infantry. -- Col., George C. Ginty, Lieut.-Col., Robert H. Spencer, Maj., Kelsey M. Adams.
This regiment was organized at Camp Randall in the winter of 1864 and left the state Feb. 27, 1865. It proceeded to Louisville, Ky., Nashville and Tullahoma, Tenn., where it was assigned to guard duty until the close of August, and was mustered out Sept. 4.
Its original strength was 927. Gain by recruits, 58; total, 985. Loss by death, 34; desertion, 23; transfer, 29; discharge, 87; mustered out, 812.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 4, p. 71
Brigade, Division, Corps, and Army assignments for 47th Infantry Regiment
From | To | Brigade | Division | Corps | Army/Department | Comments |
Mar 1865 | Apr 1865 | 2 | Defenses Nashville & Chatt. RR | District Nashville | Military Division of the Mississippi | New Organization |
Mar 1865 | Sep 1865 | 2 | 1st Sub District | District Middle TN | Department of Cumberland | Mustered Out |
Roster for 47th Infantry Regiment - 971 men
Source: Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers; War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865; Volumes I and II; compiled by Authority of the Legislature, under the direction of Jeremiah M. Rusk, Governor & Chandler P. Chapman, Adjutant General; Democrat Printing Company, State Printers; Madison, Wisconsin; 1886
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