Wisconsin 23rd Infantry, Company H (Union)
30/8/62
Organized - Wisconsin 23rd Infantry, Company H - Wisconsin
18/5/63
Battle - Vicksburg - Vicksburg, Mississippi
In mid-May, 1863, after six months of unsuccessful attempts, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Army of the Tennessee finally converged on Vicksburg, defended by a Confederate army under Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton. Capture of the Mississippi River town was critical to Union control of the strategic river. Vicksburg was located on a high river bluff defended with artillery, and Pemberton's men had constructed a series of fortifications in an 8-mile arc surrounding the city on the landward side. After crossing the…READ MORE
3/11/63
Battle - Bayou Bourbeux - Carrion Crow Bayou, Louisiana
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4/7/65
Mustered Out - Wisconsin 23rd Infantry, Company H - Wisconsin
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regiment -Wisconsin 23rd Infantry (Union)
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