Wisconsin brought forth 91,379 soldiers for the Union Army, and these men were organized into 53 Infantry Regiments, 4 Calvary Regiments, a company of Berdan’s shooters, 13 light artillery batteries and 1 unit of heavy artillery. The First Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 3 months, was assembled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and was rallied into State Service on April 27, 1861 then left for Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on June 9, 1861 (Wisconsin in the Civil War 2012), John C. Starkweather was the Colonel. As they arrived at Allatoona, Georgia Colonel Starkweather was told he and his regiment has to report to General Patterson in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Starkweather’s regiment arrived on the 12th and departed on the 16th in order to move on to Hagerstown,
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Patterson moved his forces to Bunker Hill on the 15th and the regiment was placed in line of battle for two days. The entire force marched toward Winchester expecting to fight in battle, but about five miles outside of Winchester they were ordered to file left leading them off course. Around eleven o’clock at night on the 17th the troops found themselves twenty-two miles outside of Winchester at Charleston. General Patterson, as ordered by General Scott, abandoned the idea of holding Johnston in check thus enabling the rebels to send reinforcements to P.T.G. Beauregard on the battle-field of Bull Run. The regiment remained at Charlestown until the 21st and then the march was resumed as they proceeded towards Harper’s Ferry. There orders were received from Colonel Starkweather to go on to Monocacy River in order to guard the canal and fords in that area. “Here nothing of importance occurred, until the 12th of August” (Quiner 2010), when orders were received from General Banks for the regiment to move out into Wisconsin because the regiments service time was over. The regiment arrived in Milwaukee and was mustered out on August the 21st, the original strengths had been 810 but with three deaths, five desertions, seven transfers, and seventy-six discharged then end number was
Patterson moved his forces to Bunker Hill on the 15th and the regiment was placed in line of battle for two days. The entire force marched toward Winchester expecting to fight in battle, but about five miles outside of Winchester they were ordered to file left leading them off course. Around eleven o’clock at night on the 17th the troops found themselves twenty-two miles outside of Winchester at Charleston. General Patterson, as ordered by General Scott, abandoned the idea of holding Johnston in check thus enabling the rebels to send reinforcements to P.T.G. Beauregard on the battle-field of Bull Run. The regiment remained at Charlestown until the 21st and then the march was resumed as they proceeded towards Harper’s Ferry. There orders were received from Colonel Starkweather to go on to Monocacy River in order to guard the canal and fords in that area. “Here nothing of importance occurred, until the 12th of August” (Quiner 2010), when orders were received from General Banks for the regiment to move out into Wisconsin because the regiments service time was over. The regiment arrived in Milwaukee and was mustered out on August the 21st, the original strengths had been 810 but with three deaths, five desertions, seven transfers, and seventy-six discharged then end number was