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William P. Forsyth

Quarter-length portrait of Quartermaster William P. Forsyth, F & S, 53rd Wisconsin Infantry. He was mustered out of service on May 11, 1865. View the original source document: WHI 70968

The 53rd Wisconsin Infantry was organized at Camp Randall in Madison during March and April 1865, at the very end of the war.

The regiment was ordered to St. Louis, Missouri, then to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. It was transferred and incorporated into the 51st Wisconsin Infantry on June 10, 1865.

The regiment lost eight men during service, all from disease.

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[Source: Estabrook, Charles E, ed. Records and sketches of military organizations: population, legislation, election and other statistics relating to Wisconsin in the period of the Civil War. (Madison, 1914?)]