1861 |
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Organized at Camp Randall, Madison, Wis. |
July 16 |
Mustered in |
July 28 |
Left State for Washington, D. C. |
August 1 |
At Harrisburg, Pa. |
August 3 |
Moved to Washington. Camp on Meridian Hill and duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C. |
October |
Attached to King's Brigade, McDowell's Division, Army of the Potomac |
1862 |
March, 1862 |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
March 10-16 |
Advance on Manassas, Va. |
April 9-19 |
Advance to Falmouth |
April-August |
Duty at Falmouth and Fredericksburg attached to 3rd Brigade, King's Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock |
March 25-29 |
McDowell's advance on Richmond |
June 2-11 |
Operations against Jackson attached to 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of Virginia |
July 24-27 |
Reconnaissance to Orange Court House |
August 5-8 |
Reconnaissance to Frederick's Hall Station and Spotsylvania Court House |
August 5-6 |
Thornburg's Mills (or Massaponax Church) |
August 9 |
Battle of Cedar Mountain |
August 16-
September 2 |
Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia |
August 21-23 |
Fords of the Rappahannock |
August 28 |
Action at Gainesville |
August 29 |
Battle of Groveton |
August 30 |
Battle of Bull Run |
September 1 |
Battle of Chantilly (Reserve) |
September 6-22 |
Maryland Campaign. Attached to 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
September 14 |
Battle of South Mountain, Md. |
September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam |
September-October |
At Sharpsburg |
October 30-November 22 |
Advance to Falmouth, Va. |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
1863 |
January 20-24 |
"Mud March" |
February-April |
At Belle Plain |
February 12-14 |
Expedition to Heathville |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
April 29-May 2 |
Operations at Pollock's Mill Creek |
April 29-30 |
Fitzhugh's Crossing |
May 2-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
June |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps |
June 11-July 24 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The regiment was command by Lieutenant. Colonel Rufus R. Dawes, grandson of William Dawes who rode with Paul Revere. It brought 340 men to the field and lost 30 killed, 116 wounded and 22 missing.
From the monument: "Iron Brigade. 6th Wis. Vol., 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Corps"
"In the charge made on this R.R. cut the 2nd Miss. Regt. officers, men, and battle flag surrendered to the 6th. Wis."
"Loss in 6th Regt.: killed 30; wounded 116, missing 22, aggregate 168."
"On July 2 & 3 this Regt. lay on Culp's Hill. On the evening of the 2. it moved to the support of Greene's brigade and assisted to repulse Johnson's Division."
"Number who lost their lives in battle in the 6th Wis. Regt. during the war: killed 163, died of wounds 71, total 234." |
July 5-24 |
Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va. |
August-October |
Duty on line of the Rappahannock and Rapidan |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
October 19 |
Haymarket |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
1864 |
March |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 4th Division. 5th Army Corps |
May 4-June 15 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River |
May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
May 8 |
Battle of Laurel Hill |
May 8-12 |
Battle of Spotsylvania |
May 12-21 |
Spotsylvania Court House |
May 12 |
Assault on the Salient, "Bloody Angle" |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 23 |
Jericho Ford |
May 28-31 |
On line of the Totopotomoy |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
June 1-3 |
Bethesda Church |
June 16-18 |
Before Petersburg; Siege of Petersburg begins |
August |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps |
August 18-21 |
Weldon Railroad |
September |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps
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October 27-28 |
Boydton Road, Hatcher's Run |
November 30 |
2nd Wisconsin Infantry Battalion consolidated with Regiment as Companies G and H |
1865 |
February 5-7 |
Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
March 29 |
Lewis Farm, near Gravelly Run |
March 30-31 |
Boydton and White Oak Roads |
April 1 |
Five Forks |
April 2 |
Fall of Petersburg |
April 3-9 |
Pursuit of Lee |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army. |
May |
March to Washington, D.C. |
May 23 |
Grand Review |
June 17 |
Moved to Louisville, Ky. |
July 2 |
Mustered out |
