16th Wisconsin Infantry

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Private Wentworth Dow served with the Adams County Rifles, Company E of the 16th Wisconsin Infantry. Here's the link for those interested in reading his diaries.

http://www.gwdow.net/rn909_wentworth_dow.htm


CIVIL WAR DIARIES of WENTWORTH DOW # (1829-1904)

Click on image above to view infobase extract. This extract includes thumbnails and all the original infobase images and text; it is about 60.4 MB in size, with 603 pages.

 

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http://www.wisconsinbattleflags.com/units-flags/16th-wisconsin.php

The Sixteenth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Randall, Madison, Wisconsin, and its muster into the service of the United States was completed on the 31st of January 1862. The Sixteenth left the state March 13 for Pittsburg Landing, TN, which was reached on March 20. It disembarked and went into camp.

On the 6th and 7th of April it participated in the Battle of Shiloh, being one of the first regiments to be attacked. Later, the Sixteenth took part in the siege of Corinth, MS, April 29-June 10, 1862, and in the battle of Corinth, October 3-4, 1862. It was a part of the Union forces gathered at Grand Junction, TN for the advance on Vicksburg, MS. In the latter part of January the Sixteenth embarked at Memphis and moved down the river to Lake Providence, LA, where a landing was made February 1, 1863. From that place and Red Bone Church, MS, the Sixteenth was engaged in guard duty and minor expeditions until February 1864, when it returned to Vicksburg.

On the 8th of June 1864, the regiment joined Sherman's army near Acworth, GA, and moved to the front where it took part in the movements of the Army of the Tennessee until the surrender of Atlanta. It participated in the battles of Atlanta, GA, July 21, 1864; Jonesborough, GA, September 1, 1864; Lovejoy Station, GA, September 2, 1864. On November 15, 1864, it accompanied Sherman's Army on the "March to the Sea" entering Savannah, GA, December 21, 1864. In the early part of January, with the Army of the Tennessee to which it belonged, it started on the campaign in the Carolinas and took part therein until the surrender of Johnston, April 26, 1865. It participated actively in many of the minor engagements of that campaign and in the battle of Bentonville, NC, March 19-21, 1865.

After the surrender of Johnston the Sixteenth marched to Washington and participated in the Grand Review and thereafter went into camp near that city. Here a small portion of the men whose terms had expired were mustered out and the regiment was transferred to Louisville, KY, where it remained until mustered out July 12-returning to Madison, WI, and was disbanded August 1, 1865.

30 Dec 1861, Gilbert Hubbard & Co., conserved 1986

1864. This flag was loaned to Grant's Tomb in 1901 where it was on exhibit until 1970. It was reclaimed by the State of Wisconsin in 1986 and conserved later that year.

 

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http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Content.aspx?dsNav=N:4294963828-4294963805&dsRecordDetailS=R:CS2350

HISTORICAL ESSAY

16th Wisconsin Infantry History
Wisconsin Civil War Regiment

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16th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, 1887
Group portrait of the 16th Wisconsin Infantry at the Wisconsin State Capitol, together with their wives and families, taken at their first reunion. Because this picture was photographed by H.H. Bennett, a veteran of the 12th Wisconsin Infantry, some members of that regiment may also be present. View the original source document: WHI 23206

The 16th Wisconsin Infantry was organized at Camp Randall in Madison and mustered into service on January 31, 1862. The regiment left Wisconsin for St. Louis, Missouri, on March 13, 1862, and then traveled promptly to Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee, March 14-20.

During its service it moved through Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, the Carolinas, and Washington D.C. It participated in the battles of Shiloh,Corinth, Jonesboro, Kennesaw Mountain,Atlanta, and Savannah, Sherman's March to the Sea, and the surrender of the Confederate army. On June 7, 1865, the regiment moved to Louisville, Kentucky, where it mustered out on July 12, 1865.

The regiment lost 399 men during service. Six officers and 141 enlisted men were killed. Four officers and 248 enlisted men died from disease.

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[Source: Estabrook, Charles E, ed. Records and sketches of military organizations: population, legislation, election and other statistics relating to Wisconsin in the period of the Civil War. (Madison, 1914?)]

 

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Thanks for sharing... that's an interesting cap he's wearing...! I suppose someone added the "E 16" to the photo as it doesn't look like it was on the original photo...?

 

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Some background information on the Dow family.

https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/431110?availability=Family History Library


Microfilm of original manuscript collection (586 p.) 1991, loaned by G. Wayne Dow, Walnut Creek, California.

Covers period from February 3, 1862-January 1, 1865. Diary for 1865 previously lost and not included in this transcription.

Wentworth Dow was born in New Brunswick, Canada in 1829 and came to America in 1856. He settled in Wisconsin and later joined a regiment of the Wisconsin infantry and fought in the Civil War from 1861-1865. Before the war he worked as a lumberman and in 1866 he married Mehitable Enone Dawes who was the daughter of the family with whom he resided before the war. They had nine children, Information on his Civil War activities as related in his diary along with background information on places, people and events mentioned in the diary are given in this volume.

 

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Thanks for sharing... that's an interesting cap he's wearing...! I suppose someone added the "E 16" to the photo as it doesn't look like it was on the original photo...?

You will see numerous 15th Wisconsin and 16th Wisconsin photographs where the Company and Regimental designators were added by the photographer.