WISCONSIN INVOLVEMENT

WHY IT STARTED

• Survival of the Union or Independence of Confederacy
• 1861-1865
• President Lincoln opposed the expansion of slavery
• Seven states with cotton based economy started the confederacy

SOLDIER LIFE

• An expierience no soldier will ever forget
• Hours upon hours of drills
• Away from home and loved ones

SOLDIERS FROM WISCONSIN

• 91,00 soldiers to 56 regiments
• Trained in Milwaukee, Fond du lac, Racine, and Madison
• 12,000 plus soldiers never came home

DISCIPLINE

• Commanders were very strict and enforced rules
• Digging latrines, chopping wood, standing extra hours on guard
• Major offenses included a fire squad

DISEASE

• More men died of disease than in battle
• Whiskey was universaly used for most injuries
• The extremely ill were sent to hospitals
• Some thousands of men were killed before firing their first shot

BLOODIEST BATTLE

• Gettysburg
• Lost 51,116 troops from both sides

PROS OF WISCONSIN INVOLVEMENT

• If woman hadnt worked in the fields we wouldnt be the
• Dairy and agricultural state we are today
• Provided food and weapons for the war

CONS OF INVOLVEMENT

• Many lives lost
• New diseases were found

FINANCE

• Union had $234,000,000 in bank deposit
• Confederacy had $74,000,000

CASUALTIES

• 642,427 union casualties
• 483,026 confederate casualties

JOSEPH BAILEY

• A general in the union army
• Born in ohio, moved to wisconsin to be a engineer and lumberman
• Captain of 4th Wisconsin Volunteer Regiment
• Seiged Port Hudson and aaa later was promited to Lieutenant Colonel

THESIS

• The states involvment was very helpful
• brought alot to the war
• Such as weapons, food and soldiers.
• We wouldnt be the state we are today