16th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment

The 16th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service
The 16th Wisconsin was raised at Madison, Wisconsin and mustered into Federal service January 31, 1862.

The regiment was mustered out on July 12, 1865.

Casualties
The 16th Wisconsin suffered 6 officers and 141 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 4 officer and 248 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 399 fatalities.

The six man Color Guard all were killed on 6 April 1862. They are buried at what was the apex of the Shiloh Military Cemetery overlooking the Tennessee River.

Colonels

 * Colonel Benjamin Allen
 * Colonel Cassius Fairchild

Notable members

 * Jacob Fawcett, jurist
 * George Myron Sabin, jurist
 * Wiley Scribner, politician and acting governor of Montana Territory