6th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment - Notable People

Notable People

  • Rufus Dawes - served as a lieutenant colonel - US congressman, father of vice president Charles G. Dawes
  • John J. Jenkins - served as a private - politician and jurist
  • Adam Gale Malloy - served as a captain - was later brevetted a brigadier general
  • Benjamin Sweet - served as a major and lieutenant colonel - politician, was later brevetted a brigadier general

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