16th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

16th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
ActiveJanuary 31, 1862 – July 12, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchUnion Army
RoleInfantry
SizeRegiment
EngagementsAmerican Civil War
Commanders
ColonelBenjamin Allen
Lt. Col.Thomas Reynolds
ColonelCassius Fairchild
MajorWilliam F. Dawes
MajorJoseph Craig

The 16th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. For much of the war, the regiment was commanded by Cassius Fairchild, the brother of Wisconsin's 10th governor Lucius Fairchild.