11th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment



The 11th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service
The 11th Wisconsin was raised at Madison, Wisconsin, and mustered into Federal service October 18, 1861.

The regiment was mustered out on September 5, 1865, at Mobile, Alabama.

Total enlistments and casualties
The 11th Wisconsin initially mustered 1,045 men and later recruited an additional 622 men, for a total of 1,667 men. The regiment lost 8 officers and 80 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 4 officers and 253 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 280 fatalities.

The Regiment's officers included Angus R. McDonald (1832 - 1879) of Mazomanie, Wisconsin, a native of the isle of Eigg in Scotland's Inner Hebrides. At the time of his death, Capt. MacDonald was the last direct descendant of Alasdair Mac Mhaighstir Alasdair (c.1698 - 1770), who is widely considered, along with Sorley MacLean (1911 - 1996), to be one of the two most important writers in the history of Scottish Gaelic literature.

Sgt. Daniel B. Moore of Company E was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for saving Lt. McDonald's life during the Battle of Fort Blakeley on 9 April 1865.

Commanders

 * Colonel Charles L. Harris