6th Wisconsin, Company D - Officer Staff
Captains - 1st Lieutenants - 2nd Lieutenants
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O'Rourke, John     (No known Descendants/Relatives)
Born: Unknown - Died: Unknown * Residence at enlistment: Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., WI
Enlisted: April 23, 1861 as a Captain of the 6th WI Infantry, Co. D - Resigned: November 1, 1861
Marsh, Henry F.    (No known Descendants/Relatives)
Born: Unknown - Died: Unknown * Residence at enlistment: Prescott, Pierce Co., WI
Enlisted: (Date Unknown) as a Private into the
6th WI Infantry, Co. B - Resigned: September 13, 1862
Promoted: June 17, 1861 to
1st Lieutenant of the 6th WI Infantry, Co. B
Promoted: October 25, 1861 to Captain of the 6th WI Infantry, Co. D
WND: August 28, 1862 at Gainesville, VA (Brawner's Farm)
Birdsall, Samuel     (No known Descendants/Relatives)
Born: 1834 (NY) - Died: Unknown * Residence at enlistment: Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., WI
Enlisted: July 15, 1861 as a Private in the 6th WI Infantry, Co. H
Promoted: October 23, 1861 to 2nd Lieutenant of the 6th WI Infantry, Co. D
Promoted: July 16, 1862 to 1st Lieutenant of the 6th WI Infantry, Co. D
Promoted: September 13, 1862 to Captain of the 6th WI Infantry, Co. D - Resigned: June 13, 1853
Kerr, Thomas     (No known Descendants/Relatives)
Born: 1829 (Ireland) - Died: Unknown * Residence at enlistment: Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., WI
Enlisted: May 10, 1861 as a Corporal in the 6th WI Infantry, Co. D
Promoted: September 13, 1862 to 2nd Lieutenant of the 6th WI Infantry, Co. D
Promoted: October 19, 1864 to Major of the 6th WI Infantry, Field & Staff - Mustered Out: July 14, 1865
WND: September 14, 1862 at South Mountain, MD
Lummey, John R.     (No known Descendants/Relatives)
Born: Unknown - Died: February 15, 1865 * Residence at enlistment: Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., WI
Enlisted: May 10, 1861 as a Corporal in the 6th WI Infantry, Co. D - Died of Wounds: February 15, 1865
Promoted: June 14, 1864 to 1st Lieutenant of the 6th WI Infantry, Co. D
WND: Petersburg, VA (Date not stated)
WND: September 14, 1862 at South Mountain, MD
WND: September 17, 1862 at Antietam, MD
WND: February 6, 1865 at Hatcher's Run, VA
Nichols, John     (No known Descendants/Relatives)
Born: Unknown - Died: Unknown * Residence at enlistment: Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., WI
Enlisted: April 23, 1861 as a 1st Lieutenant of the 6th WI Infantry, Co. D - Resigned: October 28, 1861
McCauley, Patrick Henry     (No known Descendants/Relatives)
Born: February 4, 1835 (Ireland) - Died: July 2, 1892 (IA) * Residence at enlistment: Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., WI
Enlisted: April 23, 1861 as a 2nd Lieutenant of the 6th WI Infantry, Co. D - Mustered Out: July 15, 1865
Promoted: December 30, 1861 to Captain of the 17th WI Infantry, Co. A
Promoted: September 14, 1864 to Major of the 17th WI Infantry, Field & Staff
McIntosh, Hamilcar B.     (No known Descendants/Relatives)
Born: Unknown - Died: Unknown * Residence at enlistment: Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., WI
Enlisted: May 10, 1861 as a 1st Sergeant in the 6th WI Infantry, Co. D
Promoted: May 10, 1861 to 2nd Lieutenant of the 6th WI Infantry, Co. D - Mustered Out: July 15, 1865
SPECIAL MENTION for actions on February 6, 1865 at Hatcher's Run, VA
WND: September 14, 1862 at South Mountain, MD
Davidson, John     (No known Descendants/Relatives)
Born: Unknown - Died: Unknown * Residence at enlistment: Prairie Du Chien, Crawford Co., WI
Enlisted: April 24, 1861 as a Corporal in the 6th WI Infantry, Co. C - Mustered Out: July 14, 1865
Promoted: (Date not stated) to Sergeant in the 6th WI Infantry, Co. C - Mustered Out: July 14, 1865
Promoted: November 15, 1864 to
Sergeant Major of the 6th WI Infantry - Field & Staff
Promoted: December 21, 1864 to 2nd Lieutenant of the 6th WI Infantry, Co. D
Brooks, Edward P.     (No Known Descendants/Relatives)
Born: 1843 - Died: April 28, 1893 * Residence at time of enlistment: Madison, Dane Co., WI
Enlisted: July 11, 1861 as
Private in the 6th WI Infantry, Co. F
Promotion: June 20, 1861 to Quarter Master Sergeant in the 6th WI Infantry - Field & Staff
Promotion: July 16, 1862 to 2nd Lieutenant in the 6th WI Infantry, Co. D
Promotion: September 13, 1862 to 1st Lieutenant in the 6th WI Infantry, Co. D
Promotion: April 1, 1863 to
Adjutant in the 6th WI Infantry - Field & Staff
POW: June 22, 1864 Petersburg, VA (Confined at Macon, GA and Columbia, SC)
Mustered Out: January 7, 1865
** Buried: Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, VA (Section 1, Site 713E)