14th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

Service

The 14th Wisconsin was raised at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, under Colonel David E. Wood. Wood was a prominent Fond du Lac citizen, former legislator and Circuit Court judge. The camp in Fond du Lac where they trained was renamed "Camp Wood," after him. The 14th Wisconsin was mustered into Federal service on January 30, 1862.

The regiment was mustered out on October 9, 1865, at Mobile, Alabama.

Casualties

The 14th Wisconsin suffered 6 officers and 116 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 3 officers and 194 enlisted men (including Col. Wood) who died of disease, for a total of 319 fatalities.

A metal plaque on the grounds of Camp Randall in Madison, Wisconsin, states that 27 members of the 14th Wisconsin—all of whom are named on the plaque—died as a result of wounds received on April 7, 1862.

Commanders

• Colonel David E. Wood (January 30, 1862June 17, 1862) wounded at Shiloh, died of disease.
• Colonel John Hancock (June 17, 1862January 23, 1863) wounded at the Second Battle of Corinth, resigned due to disability.
• Colonel Lyman M. Ward (January 23, 1863October 9, 1865) mustered out with the regiment, received brevet to brigadier general.
• Captain Carlos M. G. Mansfield (acting March 6, 1864November 1864) acted as commander of the regiment while Colonel Ward was in command of the brigade.
• Lt. Colonel Eddy F. Ferris (acting November 1864October 9, 1865) acted as commander of the regiment while Colonel Ward was in command of the brigade.

Notable members

• Dugald D. Cameron was surgeon of the regiment, but resigned in September 1862. Before the war he had served as a Wisconsin state legislator; he was a younger brother of Angus Cameron who later became a U.S. senator.
• Calvin R. Johnson, captain of Co. I, after the war became a Wisconsin state representative and county judge.
• Isaac E. Messmore, lieutenant colonel, wounded at Shiloh, later became colonel of the 31st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment.
• Denis J. F. Murphy, sergeant, received the Medal of Honor for actions in the Second Battle of Corinth, where he was wounded three times.
• John Milton Read was sergeant major and then commissioned adjutant of the regiment, he later served as adjutant of the brigade. He was wounded and captured at Second Corinth, but quickly paroled. He was later wounded at Vicksburg. After the war he became a Wisconsin state senator.
• Van Eps Young was first lieutenant of Co. H and adjutant of the regiment from May 1862 to May 1863. He afterward became colonel of the 49th United States Colored Infantry Regiment and was provost marshal of western Mississippi from 1864 through 1866. After the war he served as a Wisconsin state senator.

References

References

1. Wisconsin. Adjutant General's Office. (1886). "Roster of Wisconsin volunteers, war of the rebellion, 1861-1865". Madison, Democrat printing co., state printers.
2. Estrabrook, Charles E.. (1912). "Annual Reports of the Adjutant General of the State of Wisconsin for the Years 1860, 1861,1862, 1863, 1864.". Democrat Printing Co..
3. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unwiinf1.htm#14th Civil War Archive]