48th Wisconsin
Infantry Regiment
Roster
- Organized on Feb 1 1865 at Camp Washburn, Milwaukee, WI
- Enlistment term: 1 year
- Mustered out on Mar 1 1866 at Leavenworth, KS
Available statistics for total numbers of men listed as:
- Enlisted or commissioned: 839
- Transferred in: 9
- Died of disease (Enlisted men): 16
- Disabled: 43
- Deserted: 67
- Discharged: 17
- Mustered out: 705
Historical notes and Reports:
Forty-eighth lnfantry
WISCONSIN
(1-YEAR)
Forty-eighth lnfantry. -- Cols., Uri B. Pearsall, Henry Shears, Lieut.Cols., Henry Shears, Cyrus M. Butt; John
B. Vosburgh.
This regiment was organized at Camp Washburn, Milwaukee, in Feb. and March, 1865. Eight companies left the state
March 22 and reported at Benton barracks, St. Louis, Mo. where they were ordered to Paola, Kan. Co. C was ordered
to Lawrence, Co. H to Olathe, F and G were retained at Paola, and A, B, D and E were sent to Fort Scott.
Cos. I and K left Wisconsin March, 8 and arrived at Fort Scott April 28. Col. Pearsall was placed in command
at Fort Scott early in May, and Maj. Butt was placed in command of all the troops in Miami and Johnson counties,
with headquarters at Paola.
The regiment was employed by detachments in getting out timber for fortifications, protecting the country from
guerrillas, constructing bridges, erecting new buildings, etc. On July 19 Col. Pearsall was assigned to the command
of all the troops in and west of Neosho Valley, Kan., with headquarters at Humboldt, Lieut.-Col. Shears succeeding
to the command of Fort Scott. Capt. C. W. Felker succeeded to the command of the regiment, and on Aug. 10 the 48th
was ordered to Lawrence. It left that place Sept. 6, for Fort Zarah, Kan., where Cos. E and G were stationed, and
the remainder of the regiment moved to Fort Larned.
On Oct. 1, the regiment was divided into detachments and sent to various posts for the purpose of guarding mail
and government trains against the Indians. Cos. A, H, E and G were mustered out at Leavenworth Dec. 30, 1865, Cos.
B, D, F and I on Feb. 19, 1866, and Cos. C and K on March 24.
The original strength of the regiment was 828. Gain by recruits, 4; total, 832. Loss by death, 9; desertion,
67; discharge, 36; mustered out, 720.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 4, p. 71
Roster for 48th Infantry Regiment - 848 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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