16th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

16th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
16th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
	Flag of Wisconsin
Active	January 31, 1862 – July 12, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Union Army
Role	Infantry
Size	Regiment
Engagements	American Civil War Battle of Shiloh; Battle of Corinth; Vicksburg Campaign; Atlanta Campaign Battle of Kennesaw Mountain; Battle of Atlanta; ; March to the Sea; Carolinas Campaign Battle of Bentonville; ;
Commanders
Colonel	Benjamin Allen
Lt. Col.	Thomas Reynolds
Colonel	Cassius Fairchild
Major	William F. Dawes
Major	Joseph Craig

The 16th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. For much of the war, the regiment was commanded by Cassius Fairchild, the brother of Wisconsin's 10th governor Lucius Fairchild.

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