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Summary Information
United States Army, Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 5th (1861-1865), Records 1861-1865
- United States. Army. Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 5th
(1861-1865)
UWM Manuscript Collection 78
.4 cubic ft. (1 box)
UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)
Collection contains records of the 5th Wisconsin Infantry
Regiment during the Civil War. Most of the records are from Company F. The documents include
descriptive lists of clothing; lists of camp clothing and garrison equipment; ordnance and
ordnance stores; hospitalization and furlough records; and a few desertion records. The
descriptive lists of clothing describe the amount allowed by the government, the amount of
clothing drawn, and the balance due. The lists of camp clothing and garrison equipment are
quarterly reports of clothing, camp, and garrison equipment returned to the Quartermaster
General's office. The Ordnance Office records concern materials returned or owed to it by
the Company. The hospitalization records describe the amount of pay drawn by those
hospitalized. The furlough records describe who went where, for how long, and travel costs.
There are also discharge papers for Corporal Albert West. English
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