2nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment | |
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Active | June 11, 1861 – July 2, 1864 |
Country | United States |
Allegiance | Union |
Branch | Infantry |
Size | Regiment |
Engagements | American Civil War |
Commanders | |
Colonel | S. Park Coon |
Colonel | Edgar O'Connor |
Colonel | Lucius Fairchild |
Colonel | John Mansfield |
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I Corps badge (1st Division) | ![]() |
Wisconsin U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865 | ||||
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The 2nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It spent most of the war as a member of the famous Iron Brigade of the Army of the Potomac. It suffered the largest number of casualties as a percentage of its total enlistment of any Union Army unit in the war.[1]: 65