Wisconsin
Second Wisconsin Company Location Map

The Second Wisconsin Volunteers
This is only a general guide to the homes of men in the Second Wisconsin. When the Regiment was raised in June 1861, many volunteers came from counties other then those home to a particular company.

Later replacement volunteers could and did come from anywhere in Wisconsin. The counties listed reflect the original places where the companies formed..

Company

Company Name

County

A.

The Citizen's Guard

Dodge

B.

The La Crosse
Light Guards

La Crosse

C.

The Grant County Grays

Grant

D.

The Janesville Volunteers

Rock

E.

The Oshkosh Volunteers

Winnebago

F.

The Belle City Rifles

Racine

G.

The Portage City Guards

Columbia

H.

The Randall Guards

Dane

I.

The Miner's Guards

Iowa

K.

The Wisconsin Rifles

Milwaukee

K.*

 

 

Dane and Milwaukee

*Replaced original Company K in January, 1862, after the original was detached and converted to heavy artillery.

Wisconsin filled the her old regiments with new volunteers which meant that even with many replacements there was always a core of veterans. This was a practice which General Sherman thought was a great strength in Wisconsin Regiments.

Twenty-five percent of the volunteers were born in Wisconsin the remainder came from places as far a way as the Sandwich Islands.