2nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

The monument to the Second Wisconsin Infantry Regiment is west of Gettysburg on Meredith Avenue.
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From the front of the monument:

2nd Reg. Wis. Vol. Inf.,
1st Brigade
1st Division
1st Corps

Position July 2 & 3 on Culp's Hill
Iron Brigade
July 1st 1863

From the left (north) side:

Effective strength
July 1st 1863
302.
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Killed 26
Wounded 155
Missing 52
Aggregate 233

From the right (south) side:

Mustered into
U.S. Service
June 18, 1861

From the rear:

Total strength of Reg. 1272
Killed in Action 168
Wounded in Action 654
Died of Wounds 96
Died of Disease 86

The five-sided Iron Brigade symbol tops the monument and it carries a circle, the symbol of the Union First Army Corps. The red color of the circle denotes the 1st Division.

The regiment was commanded at Gettysburg by Colonel Lucius Fairchild, who was wounded on July 1st, losing his arm but surviving to become Governor of Wisconsin. Major John Mansfield briefly took command of the regiment until he, too, was wounded. Captain George H. Otis then took command.

Private Patrick Maloney of Company G captured Confederate General James Archer on July 1 near Willoughby Run, the first of Genral Lee's generals to be captured in the war.

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