25th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

25th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
Active	September 14, 1862 – June 7, 1865
Country	United States of America
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Siege of Vicksburg; Battle of Kennesaw Mountain; Battle of Atlanta; Battle of Bentonville

The 25th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 25th Wisconsin was organized at La Crosse, Wisconsin and mustered into Federal service September 14, 1862.

In a January 1863 letter to his sister, Union soldier Chauncey H. Cooke, a private from the regiment's Company G, gave his reasons for fighting for the Union in the war, stating that "I have no heart in this war if the slaves cannot go free."[1][2][3]

The regiment was mustered out on June 7, 1865.

Casualties

The 25th Wisconsin suffered 3 officers and 46 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 7 officers and 402 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 460 fatalities.[4]

Commanders

Colonel Milton Montgomery

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References

McPherson, James M. (1997). For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War. New York City, New York: Oxford University Press, Inc. p. 117. ISBN 0-19-509-023-3. OCLC 34912692. Retrieved March 30, 2016. Our cause is 'nobler even than the Revolution, for they fought for their own freedom, while we fight for that of another race.'
Cannon, Carl M. (2005-09-15). The Pursuit of Happiness in Times of War. pp. 293–294. ISBN 9781461614210. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
Cooke, Chauncey Herbert (1919). "Soldier Boy's Letters to His Father and Mother, 1862–1865" (PDF). Mondovi: The Mondovi Herald. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 10, 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
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External links

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[JMMcPherson1997p117-1] McPherson, James M. (1997). For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War. New York City, New York: Oxford University Press, Inc. p. 117. ISBN 0-19-509-023-3. OCLC 34912692. Retrieved March 30, 2016. Our cause is 'nobler even than the Revolution, for they fought for their own freedom, while we fight for that of another race.'

[2] Cannon, Carl M. (2005-09-15). The Pursuit of Happiness in Times of War. pp. 293–294. ISBN 9781461614210. Retrieved March 9, 2016.

[3] Cooke, Chauncey Herbert (1919). "Soldier Boy's Letters to His Father and Mother, 1862–1865" (PDF). Mondovi: The Mondovi Herald. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 10, 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2016.

[4] Civil War Archive