53rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment Roster Assignments for 53nd Infantry - Organized on Apr 1 1865 - Enlistment term: 1 year - Mustered out on Jun 10 1865 Available statistics for total numbers of men listed as: - Enlisted or commissioned: 384 - Transferred in: 3 - Died of disease: 9 - Died of disease (Enlisted men): 8 - Disabled: 9 - Deserted: 3 - Discharged: 6 - Mustered out: 49 - Transferred out: 302 Historical notes and Reports: Fifty-third Infantry WISCONSIN (1 YEAR) Fifty-third Infantry. -- Lieut.-Col., Robert T. Pugh. The four companies of this regiment were organized in the spring of 1865, when the government ordered all recruits not mustered in to be discharged. They were sent to St. Louis and thence to Leavenworth, where the battalion was transferred to the 51st on June 10, 1865. Co. A became Co. G of the 51st; B became Co. H; C became K; and D became I. They were mustered out with that regiment in Aug. 1865. The original strength of the four companies was 380. Gain by recruits, 9; total, 389. Loss by death, 8; desertion, 14; discharge, 47; mustered out, 315. Source: The Union Army, vol. 4, p. 72 Brigade, Division, Corps, and Army assignments for 53nd Infantry Regiment From To Brigade Division Corps Army/Department Comments Apr 1865 Jun 1865 District of St. Louis New Organization Roster for 53rd Infantry Regiment - 386 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 Aber - Zimmerman back to Civl War index back to Military index back to index Copyright © 2006-2009 to Genealogy Trails' Wisconsin Trails host & each Contributor All rights reserved