Service
The 53rd Wisconsin was organized at Madison, Wisconsin and mustered into Federal service between March and April 1865.
The regiment was amalgamated into the 51st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment June 10, 1865, and mustered out as part of the 51st on August 19, 1865.
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Famous quotes containing the word service:
“But when with moving accents thou
Shalt constant faith and service vow,
Thy Celia shall receive those charms
With open ears, and with unfolded arms.”
—Thomas Carew (1589–1639)
“Finally, your lengthy service ended,
Lay your weariness beneath my laurel tree.”
—Horace [Quintus Horatius Flaccus] (65–8)
“The ruin of the human heart is self-interest, which the American merchant calls self-service. We have become a self- service populace, and all our specious comforts—the automatic elevator, the escalator, the cafeteria—are depriving us of volition and moral and physical energy.”
—Edward Dahlberg (1900–1977)