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 | 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.