47th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

{{Infobox military unit

|unit_name = 47th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

| image = Flag of Wisconsin.svg

| image_size = 100

|caption = Flag of Wisconsin

|dates = {{nowrap|February 27, 1865}}{{spaced ndash}}{{nowrap|September 4, 1865}}

|country = United States

|allegiance = Union

|branch = Infantry

|size = Regiment

|battles = American Civil War

|commander1 = George Clay Ginty

|commander1_label = Colonel

}}

The 47th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.{{cite web | title=Battle Unit Details | website=The Civil War (U.S. National Park Service) | url=https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=UWI0047RI | access-date=2024-08-18}}

Service

The 47th Wisconsin was organized at Madison, Wisconsin, and mustered into Federal service on February 27, 1865, arriving at Louisville, Kentucky, on February 28. They then travelled to Nashville, then Tullahoma, Tennessee, at the junction of the McMinnville and Manchester Railroad with the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad. They remained here on guard duty until August, when they returned to Nashville where they were mustered out.

The regiment returned to Madison, Wisconsin, on September 4, 1865, where they were paid and disbanded.

Casualties

The 47th Wisconsin suffered 39 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 39 fatalities.[http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unwiinf2.htm#47th]

Commanders

Colonel George Clay Ginty

Notable people

Nels Anderson, 1st Lt. of Co. D, later a Wisconsin state legislator.
Charles H. Baxter, Captain of Co. K, later a Wisconsin state legislator.
Thomas J. Shear, later a Wisconsin state legislator.
William Young, Captain of Co. A, later a Wisconsin state legislator.

References

[http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionwi.htm The Civil War Archive]