48th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment

48th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
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Active	February 1865 to March 24, 1866
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	None

The 48th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

The 48th Wisconsin was organized at Milwaukee, Wisconsin and mustered into Federal service in February and March 1865. It was organized under the supervision of Lieutenant Colonel Henry B. Shears, Colonel Uri B. Pearsall being at the time in service as lieutenant colonel of a colored regiment.

The regiment was mustered out on March 24, 1866 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

The 48th Wisconsin suffered 16 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 16 fatalities.[1]

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