52nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

The regiment was organized at Madison, Wisconsin, but only five companies were raised. Those five companies were mustered as a battalion in April 1865 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Hiram J. Lewis, and sent to St. Louis, Missouri. They were then sent to Holden, Missouri, to guard workmen on the Pacific Railroad until June 21. The battalion was mustered out on June 28, 1865. During its service the battalion lost nine men to disease.Dyer (1959), Volume 3. p. 1,689.{{cite book|url= https://archive.org/details/militaryhistoryo00quin |title= The Military History of Wisconsin |year= 1868 |last= Quiner |first= Edwin B. |publisher= Clarke & Co. |chapter-url= https://archive.org/details/militaryhistoryo00quin/page/869 |chapter= Fifty-Second Infantry |page= 869 |accessdate= October 29, 2021 }}

• Lt. Colonel Hiram J. Lewis (April 1865{{spaced ndash}}June 24, 1865) commanded the battalion for its full term of federal service.

• William C. Webb was commissioned colonel for the regiment, but since the regiment did not reach full strength, he was never mustered. He had previously served as quartermaster of the 37th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment. After the war he served as a Kansas state legislator and judge.

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• List of Wisconsin Civil War units
• Wisconsin in the American Civil War

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• Dyer, Frederick H. (1959). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. New York and London. Thomas Yoseloff, Publisher. {{LCCN|5912963}}.

Category:Military units and formations established in 1865

Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865

Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Wisconsin

Category:1865 establishments in Wisconsin

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