1st Wisconsin Infantry

The 1st Wisconsin Infantry, in the 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Corps, under Lieutenant Colonel George B. Bingham, marched all night on September 18, 1863, as the advance of Thomas' Corps from the right via Crawfish Springs and reached or neared the south end of Kelly Field at daybreak. Soon ordered forward, it moved about one mile east near the Winfrey House, where it met the enemy in overwhelming force and had to fall back a short distance, losing three officers killed and a number of enlisted men killed, wounded, and missing. Regaining about the same position that afternoon, it stayed there until 9:00 p.m. and took part in the night fight. On the morning of the 20th it held this position in Thomas' line of battle and actively helped repulse enemy assaults until 5:30 p.m., when it was ordered to retire. On the morning of the 21st it went into position on battery hill at the entrance to Rossville Gap, and on the 22nd it was deployed as skirmishers in the rear of the army during the withdrawal to Chattanooga. Its total losses were 13 officers and 175 enlisted men: 4 officers and 23 enlisted men killed, 5 officers and 79 enlisted men wounded, and 4 officers and 73 enlisted men missing.

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