Organization of the Wisconsin National Guard in 1885

Commander-in-Chief and Staff
Office: Rank:
 Name: Residence:
Commander-in-Chief
 Governor
 Jeremiah M. Rusk Viroqua
Adjutant General
 Brigadier General Chandler P. Chapman Madison
Quartermaster General
 Brigadier General Jerome A. Watrous
 Milwaukee
Surgeon General
 Brigadier General Henry Palmer Janesville
Acting Judge Advocate General
 Colonel
 Willard C. Bailey
 Green Bay
Aide-de-Camp
 Colonel Gotlieb Sweitzer Milwaukee
Aide-de-Camp
 Colonel
 H. D. Farquharson
 Lancaster
Aide-de-Camp
 Colonel
 William S. Stanley
 Milwaukee
Aide-de-Camp
 Colonel
 Calvin E.  Morley
 Viroqua
Aide-de-Camp
 Colonel
 N. R. Nelson
 La Crosse
Aide-de-Camp
 Colonel Charles King
 Milwaukee
Aide-de-Camp
 Colonel
 Charles W. Chase
 Madison
Aide-de-Camp and Military Secretary
 Colonel Lycurgus J. Rusk Viroqua
Assistant Inspector General
 Lieutenant Colonel Frederick A. Copeland
 La Crosse
Aide-de-Camp to Quartmaster General
 Captain
 John W. Curran
 Sparta


First Regiment

Headquarters, Janesville

Janesville Guards, Bower City Rifles, Custer Rifles, Delevan Guards, Beloit City Guards, Racine Light Guard, Monroe City Guard, Governor's Guard - Madison, and Darlington Rifles.
Colonel
 William B. Britton Janesville
 April 6, 1882
Lieutenant Colonel
 H. H. McLenegan Beloit
 April 6, 1882
Major
 Samuel  J. Lewis
Monroe
 April 3, 1884
Surgeon George G. Chittenden Janesville May 22, 1882
Assistant Surgeon
 F. W. Byers
 Monroe
 May 22, 1882
Adjutant M. A. Newman Janesville Feb. 1, 1879
Quartermaster Joel W. Richmond
 Whitewater Jan. 5, 1885
Judge Advocate
 Joseph W. Bates
 Janesville
 May 22, 1882
Chaplain
 Thomas W. McLean
 Janesville
 May 22, 1882


Second Regiment

Headquarters, Fond du Lac

Manitowoc Volunteers, Oshkosh Guards, Evergreen City Guards, Ripon Rifles, Fond du Lac Guards, Oshkosh Rifles, Appleton Light Infantry, Rankin Guard, Watertown Rifles, and Burchard Guard.
Colonel
 Sumner L. Brasted
 Fond du Lac
 May 21, 1883
Lieutenant Colonel Worthie H. Patton
 Oshkosh
 May 21, 1883
Major
 Anthony A. Kelly
 Fond du Lac
 Sept. 21, 1883
Surgeon
 F. J. Wilkie Oshkosh
 April 19, 1882
Assistant Surgeon
 Llewellyn A. Bishop
 Fond du Lac
 May 22, 1882
Adjutant
 Edward Foulkes
 Fond du Lac
 July 25, 1883
Quartermaster
 Charles P. Richmond
 Appleton
 Jan. 22, 1883
Judge Advocate
 H. E. Giese
 Ripon
 July 21, 1883
Chaplain
 Thomas S. Johnson
 Beaver Dam
 Oct. 15, 1884


Third Regiment

Headquarters, La Crosse

Sherman Guard, Governor's Guard - La Crosse, La Crosse Light Guard, Mauston Light Guard, Germania Guard, Guppy Guard, Wausau Light Guard, Ludington Guard, Sparta Rifles, and Tomah Guards.
Colonel
 M. T. Moore La Crosse
 June 11, 1883
Lieutenant Colonel B. F. Parker Mauston June 11, 1883
Major
 T. J. George
 Menomonie
 June 11, 1883
Surgeon
 J. B. Edwards
 Mauston
 Nov. 17, 1884
Assistant Surgeon J. E. Garrey
 Wausau
 Nov. 17, 1884
Adjutant
 Alfred F. Metzger
 La Crosse
 Oct. 23, 1883
Quartermaster
 George A. Lugington
 Neillsville
 April 23, 1884
Judge Advocate
 R. J. McBride
 Neillsville June 11, 1883
Chaplain
 James P. Galiger
 Tomah
 Sept. 20, 1884


Fourth Battalion

Headquarters, Milwaukee

Sheridan Guard, Kosciusko Guard, South Side Turner Rifles, and Lincoln Guard.
Major
 Samuel C. Mower
 Milwaukee
 April 25, 1884
Assistant Surgeon Herman E. Hasse
 Milwaukee
 May 3, 1884
Adjutant Rollin B. Mallory
 Milwaukee April 29, 1884
Quartermaster Henry G. Rogers
 Milwaukee May 3, 1884
Judge Advocate
 M. Almy Aldrich
 Milwaukee
 Aug. 15, 1884
Chaplain
 Joseph W. Sanderson
 Milwaukee
 May 3, 1884


Military Companies
Company:
 Location:
 Captain:
 First Lieutenant:
 Second Lieutenant:
 Organized:
 Co.
 Reg.
Appleton Light Infantry
 Appleton Nathan E. Morgan
 Charles P. Richmond
 Michael E. Lennon
 Oct. 27, 1881
 G
 2
Beloit City Guard
 Beloit E. J. Bending W. T. Bois C. A. Smith
 Aug. 31, 1877 E
 1
Bower City Rifles
 Janesville J. B. La Grange
 Charles E. Brown L. H. Lee
 Aug. 18, 1878
 B
 1
Burchard Guard
 Beaver Dam O. F. Weaver
 John Carroll E. E. Lewis
 Oct. 4, 1880
 K
 2
Custer Rifles
 Whitewater Allen F. Caldwell
 Charles J. Walton James G. Kestol
 July 7, 1877
 C
 1
Darlington Rifles
 Darlington
 George S. Anthony
 William W. Murphy
 Daniel S. Rose
 July 8, 1881
 K
 1
Delavan Guard
 Delavan R. J. Wilson I. G. Fitzer, Jr. H. B. Austin
 April 27, 1880
 D
 1
Evergreen City Guard
 Sheboygan Charles A. Born
 Henry W. Trester Otto Gussenhainer
 Nov. 24, 1877
 C
 2
Fond du Lac Guard
 Fond du Lac Charles J. Hunter
 G. H. McNeel
 George L. Burrows
 April 9, 1883
 E
 2
Garfield Guard Racine James W. Greeley
 Nicholas L. Murray
 W. H. Brigham
 Aug. 30, 1881 G
 1
Germania Guard Wausau William Kickbush
 Charles Krueger Charles Koplin
 Jan. 10, 1875 E
 3
Governor's Guard
 Madison William Helm
 John Heyl
 George Neckerman
 Mar. 24, 1875
 I
 1
Governor's Guard
 La Crosse Julius Kirchies C. A. Wolford
 George Falk
 Aug. 1, 1873
 B
 3
Guppy Guard
 Portage Volney E. Brewer
 George C. Carnagie
 James Older
 June 23, 1877
 F
 3
Janesville Guard
 Janesville J. B. Doe, Jr.
 M. A. Newman
 George Scarcliff
 Aug. 8, 1878
 A
 1
Kosciusko Guard
 Milwaukee F. J. Borchardt
 Jacob Novak
 Martin Schubert
 Aug. 24, 1877
 B
La Crosse Light Guard
 La Crosse
E. A. L. Memhard
 Daniel L. McArthur
 Aug. 1, 1878
 C
 3
Light Horse Squadron Milwaukee George J. Schoeffel
 L. W. Halsey
 Louis Auer
 April 27, 1880 S*
Lincoln Guard
 Milwaukee C. W. G. Miller William Dahlman
 Emil Wilde
 May 2, 1881
 D
 4
Ludington Guard
 Menomonie George R. Brewer Sewall A. Peterson
 Amasa Ladd
 Jan. 16, 1877
 H
 3
Manitowoc Volunteers
 Manitowoc F. Becker
 Henry Schweitzer
 Ferdinand Schultz
 July 18, 1868
 A
 2
Mauston Light Guard
 Mauston Henry Schall W. P. Winsor Frank Underwood
 Oct. 11, 1875
 D
 3
Monroe City Guard
 Monroe
 Samuel P. Shadel Andrew Arnott George M. Snyder
 Mar. 30, 1882
 H
 1
Oshkosh Guard
 Oshkosh Harvey W. Leach John Kolf
 David A. Merritt
 March 25, 1876
 B
 2
Oshkosh Rifles
 Oshkosh Henry C. Horn
 J. H. Gudden
 John N. Neughey
 April 8, 1880
 F
 2
Racine Light Guard
 Racine John F. Vaughan William C. Hood
 John Crewe
 Apr. 6, 1881
 F
 1
Rankin Guard Manitowoc Emil Baensch F. P. Jones
 Ernest Wagner, Jr.
 Dec. 29, 1881 H
 2
Ripon Rifles
 Ripon B. E. Jussen
 Edward Kath Frank Gruetzmacher
 March 28, 1878
 D
 2
Sherman Guard Neillsville James W. Ferguson William Poate
 Louis Schuster
 May 15, 1875 A
 3
Sheridan Guard
 Milwaukee John E. Coogan William J. Malone
 Wm. McCaigue
 June 23, 1869
 A
 4
South Side Turner Rifles
 Milwaukee Geo. P. Traeumer
 Albert Bluel
 Herman Kloehn
 June 20, 1879
 C
 4
Sparta Rifles
 Sparta
 John J. Esch
 Frank F. Oster
 Isaac D. Bleecher
 Sept. 27, 1883
 I
 3
Tomah Guards
 Sparta
 George Graham
 Charles K. Erwin
 John F. Richards
 May 28, 1884
 K
 3
Watertown Rifles
 Watertown Albert Solliday
 C. F. Zautner
 Nicholas Bruegger
 July 7, 1880
 I
 2
Wausau Light Guard
 Wausau
 J. D. Womer
 Orlando Holway
 Donald J. Murray
 Dec. 30, 1882
 G
 3
S* = separate company.

Source: 1885 Wisconsin Blue Book

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