The 47th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service The 47th Wisconsin was organized at Madison, Wisconsin, and mustered into Federal service on February 27, 1865, arriving at Louisville, Kentucky, on February 28. They then travelled to Nashville, then Tullahoma, Tennessee, at the junction of the McMinnville and Manchester Railroad with the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad. They remained here on guard duty until August, when they returned to Nashville where they were mustered out.
The regiment returned to Madison, Wisconsin, on September 4, 1865, where they were paid and disbanded.
Casualties The 47th Wisconsin suffered 39 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 39 fatalities.
Commanders Colonel George Clay Ginty
Notable people Nels Anderson, 1st Lt. of Co. D, later a Wisconsin state legislator. Charles H. Baxter, Captain of Co. K, later a Wisconsin state legislator. Thomas J. Shear, later a Wisconsin state legislator. William Young, Captain of Co. A, later a Wisconsin state legislator.
See also
List of Wisconsin Civil War units Wisconsin in the American Civil War
References
The Civil War Archive
Further reading