"The 47th Wisconsin Volunteer
Infantry Regiment"
"The 47th Wisconsin Volunteer
Infantry Regiment"
The "47th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment" was organized at Madison, WI on Feb 27, 1865, to serve one year. They were trained at Camp Randall and mustered in February 27, 1865. Ordered to Louisville, KY., thence to Nashville and Tullahoma, TN and was attached to 2nd Brigade, Defenses Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, Dept. of the Cumberland, to April, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Sub-District, District Middle Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to September, 1865.
SERVICE--Railroad guard duty at Tullahoma and in District of Middle Tennessee till September 1865. Mustered out September 4, 1865. Lost during service 39 by disease. The Regiment was mustered out of service on Sept 4,1865. at Nashville, TN.
From Dyer's Compendium, Pt 3 (Regimental Histories)
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Statement of Purpose
This Website is devoted to the 47th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
My motivation for this site is as follows:
To
generate an interest in and promote a study of the Regiment, and
the Civil War, in general.
To
provide a forum for the presentation of new data and research
concerning the unit.
To
solicit comments concerning my research as well as
solicitation of any original material that may still be in
private hands.
The 47th Wisconsin Regiment May or May Not have engaged the enemy in battle but they served Honorably!
This is a Link to:
Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers,
War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865
(Includes the complete Roster of the Wis.47th Volunteer Inf. Regt.)
Thanks to the State Historical Society of Wisconsin and their Library.
There were a total of 1358 soldiers in the Regiment and I have had contact with descendants of 4-Officers & 40-Enlisted Personnel.
Where the enlistees name is underlined below, you may click on it to view their Tribute Page. Their names are followed by their Descendants name or the name of the Contributor of their information. You can click that name for that person's email address to request further information.
My Great-grandfather George W. Gore enlisted as a private in 47th Regt. on 10 Feb 1865 and was assigned to Company "A." He enlisted at Dale County, WI. with his enlistment credited to the town of Roxbury, WI and he received a $100.00 bounty for enlistment from that town. George's two brothers also served in the Civil War as did his half-brother Jonathan Gore, who enlisted the day following George's enlistment, also in Company "A" of the 47th Regt. Their brother Jacob Gore enlisted at Medina, WI on 15 Aug 1862 in Co. "I" of the 32nd Regt. Wis. Vol., he was wounded in action on 03 Feb 1865 at Rivers Bridge, SC., and mustered out of service on 12 Jun 1865. Their brother John L. Gore was drafted in Winchester, WI, on 24 Nov 1863 into Co. "F" 1st Regiment Cavalry Wisconsin Volunteers. He was promoted to the rank of Corporal and was M. O. on 19 Jul 1865. All this is from the Wisconsin Historical Society records. Four (4) brothers all serving Wisconsin in the Civil War!
When George was mustered out of service at Nashville on 4 Sep 1865 it was noted in his records that he retained, under G.O. #26101, his rifled musket with accoutrements valued at $6.00.
Notice: If you know the names of any personnel of the
47th or have any information or photographs of them or of this
unit (no matter how
trivial), please contact me.
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