Organization of the Wisconsin National Guard in 1887

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 Earl M. Rogers
Viroqua
Surgeon General
Brigadier General Henry Palmer Janesville
Acting Engineer in chief
Colonel
William S. Stanley
Milwaukee
Acting Judge Advocate General
Colonel
Willard C. Bailey
Green Bay
Acting Assistant Inspector General
Colonel
Charles King
Milwaukee
Acting Assistant Inspector General Colonel
Frederick A. Copeland
La Crosse
Acting Assistant Inspector General Rifle Practice
Colonel
M. Almy Aldrich
Milwaukee
Aide-de-Camp
Colonel
H. D. Farquharson Lancaster
Aide-de-Camp
Colonel
Gottlieb Swietzer
Milwaukee
Aide-de-Camp
Colonel
Calvin E.  Morley
Viroqua
Aide-de-Camp
Colonel
N. R. Nelson
La Crosse
Aide-de-Camp
Colonel Edgar E. Clough
Mineral Point
Aide-de-Camp
Colonel F. J. Borchardt
Milwaukee
Aide-de-Camp Colonel John Hicks Oshkosh
Aide-de-Camp Colonel Henry P. Fischer
Milwaukee
Aide-de-Camp Colonel Luigi Lomia
Madison
Aide-de-Camp Colonel Wm. A. Wyse
Reedsburg
Aide-de-Camp Colonel Chas. W. Mott
Milwaukee
Aide-de-Camp Colonel Otto H. Falk
Milwaukee
Aide-de-Camp Colonel Chas. F. Cooley
Madison
Aide-de-Camp and Military Secretary
Colonel Henry Casson
Viroqua
Acting Assistant Quartermaster General
Captain John W. Curran Sparta
Acting Assistant Adjutant General
Captain
Frederick L. Phillips
Fox Lake


First Regiment

Headquarters, Monroe

Janesville Guards, Bower City Rifles, Custer Rifles, Delevan Guards, Beloit City Guards, Racine Light Guard, Garfield Guard, Monroe City Guard, Governor's Guard - Madison, and Darlington Rifles.
Colonel
Samuel  J. Lewis Monroe Oct. 13, 1885
Lieutenant Colonel
J. B. LaGrange
Janesville
Oct. 13, 1885
Major
Allan F. Caldwell
Whitewater
Oct. 21, 1885
Surgeon Frederick W. Byers Monroe Nov. 6, 1885
Assistant Surgeon
Theodore W. Evans
Madison
Aug. 13, 1885
Assistant Surgeon
F. R. Garlock
Racine
Feb. 6, 1886
Adjutant Charles S. Young
Monroe Oct. 18. 1886
Quartermaster Joel W. Richmond
Whitewater Apr. 15, 1885
Insp. of Rifle Practice
Emmett D. McGowan
Janesville
Nov. 12, 1885
Chaplain
Charles Holmes
Delavan
Jan. 26, 1885


Second Regiment

Headquarters, Oshkosh

Manitowoc Volunteers, Oshkosh Guards, Evergreen City Guards, Ripon Rifles, Fond du Lac Guards, Oshkosh Rifles, Appleton Light Infantry, Rankin Guard, Watertown Rifles, Beaver Dam Guards, and Prison City Guards.
Colonel
Worthie H. Patton Oshkosh Feb. 8, 1886
Lieutenant Colonel Anthony A. Kelly Fond du Lac Feb. 8, 1886
Major
Fritz Becker
Manitowoc
Feb. 8, 1886
Surgeon
F. J. Wilkie Oshkosh
April 19, 1882
Assistant Surgeon
Llewellyn A. Bishop
Fond du Lac
May 22, 1882
Assistant Surgeon Geo. St. Sure
Sheboygan
July 16, 1886
Adjutant
Edward Foulkes
Fond du Lac
April 15, 1883
Quartermaster
William F. Dickie
Manitowoc
April 15, 1886
Insp. of Rifle Practice Frank P. Jones
Manitowoc
Dec. 25, 1885
Chaplain
Thomas S. Johnson
Beaver Dam
Oct. 15, 1884


Third Regiment

Headquarters, La Crosse

Sherman Guard, Governor's Guard - La Crosse, Eau Claire 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
April 15, 1885
Quartermaster
George A. Lugington
Neillsville
April 15, 1885
Inpsector of Rifle Practice
G. H. Winsor
Mauston June 26, 1886
Chaplain
James P. Galiger
Tomah
Sept. 20, 1884


Fourth Battalion

Headquarters, Milwaukee

Sheridan Guard, Kosciusko Guard, South Side Turner Rifles, and Lincoln Guard.
Major
George P. Traeumer
Milwaukee
Jan. 2, 1886
Assistant Surgeon F. B. Scribner
Milwaukee
March 27, 1886
Adjutant Otto H. Falk
Milwaukee March 9, 1886
Quartermaster John E. Pennefeather
Milwaukee May 14, 1885
Inspector of Rifle Practice



Chaplain
Judson Titsworth
Milwaukee
May 3, 1886


Cavalry

Headquarters, Milwaukee

Light Horse Squadron
Captain
George J. Schoeffel
Milwaukee
Sept. 9, 1882
First Lieut.
C. P. Huntington
Milwaukee
July 20, 1886
Second Lieut.
W. A. Nowell
Milwaukee
July 20, 1886


Artillery

Headquarters, Milwaukee

First Light Battery
Captain
Joseph B. Oliver
Milwaukee
May 11, 1885
First Lieut. W. B. Roberts
Milwaukee
May 11, 1885
First Lieut. Henry M. Thompson
Milwaukee
June 12, 1886
Second Lieut. George A. Streeter
Milwaukee
June 12, 1886


Military Companies

Company:
Location:
Captain:
First Lieutenant:
Second Lieutenant:
Organized:
Co.
Reg.
Appleton Light Infantry
Appleton Nathan E. Morgan

Henry Becker
Oct. 27, 1881
G
2
Beloit City Guard
Beloit Chalmers Ingersoll
E. J. Bending
A. F. Ayer
Aug. 31, 1877 E
1
Bower City Rifles
Janesville Frederick H. Koebelin
Joseph Clark
Perry E. Frink
Aug. 18, 1878
B
1
Beaver Dam Guards
Beaver Dam O. F. Weaver
John Carroll E. E. Lewis
Oct. 4, 1880
K
2
Custer Rifles
Whitewater J. D. Hogan
F. B. Goodhue
James Johnson
July 7, 1877
C
1
Darlington Rifles
Darlington
George S. Anthony
Edmund Scott
Chas. R. Ferrin
July 8, 1884
K
1
Delavan Guard
Delavan B. J. Wilson I. Y. Fitzer, Jr. O. W. Blanchard
April 27, 1880
D
1
Evergreen City Guards
Sheboygan Chas. A. Born
H. W. Trester Otto Gussenhainer
Nov. 4, 1877
C
2
Eau Claire City Guards
Eau Claire
Victor Wolf
John Boisang
Wm. Zimmerman
June 30, 1885
C
3
Fond du Lac Guards
Fond du Lac Charles J. Hunter
G. H. McNeel
Ed. T. Markel
April 9, 1880
E
2
First Light Battery
Milwaukee
Joseph B. Oliver
W. B. Roberts
Henry M. Thompson
George A. Streeter
May 11, 1885


Garfield Guard Racine W. H. Brigham Charles K. Erwin
Louis Haglos
Aug. 30, 1881 G
1
Germania Guard Wausau Henry J. Steady
Emil Eggebrecht
H. W. Van Tassel
Jan. 10, 1875 E
3
Governor's Guard
Madison William Helm
George Joachim
George Neckerman
Mar. 24, 1875
I
1
Governor's Guard
La Crosse Julius Kircheis George Will
E. H. Kaulfuss
Aug. 1, 1873
B
3
Guppy Guard
Portage Volney E. Brewer
George C. Carnagie
James Older
June 23, 1877
F
3
Janesville Guard
Janesville M. A. Newman Robert McLean
N. Z. La Grange
Aug. 8, 1878
A
1
Kosciusko Guard
Milwaukee F. J. Borchardt
Martin Schubert Roman Czerwinski
Aug. 24, 1877
B
4
Light Horse Squadron Milwaukee George J. Schoeffel
C. P. Huntington
W. A. Nowell
April 27, 1880 S*

Lincoln Guard
Milwaukee C. W. G. Miller Wm. Dahlman
Emil Wilde
May 2, 1881
D
4
Ludington Guard
Menomonie George R. Brewer Sewall A. Peterson
Amasa S. Ladd
Jan. 16, 1877
H
3
Manitowoc Volunteers
Manitowoc Albert C. Becker
Ferdinand Schultz Alex. Dusold
July 18, 1868
A
2
Mauston Light Guard
Mauston Henry Schall W. P. Winsor Frank A. Underwood
Oct. 11, 1875
D
3
Monroe City Guard
Monroe
Samuel P. Shadel Charles A. Lizar
J. H. Durst
Mar. 30, 1882
H
1
Oshkosh Guards
Oshkosh Geo. B. McC. Hilton
Nicholas P. Kolf
Morris L. Eversz
March 25, 1876
B
2
Oshkosh Rifles
Oshkosh C. R. Boardman
F. A. Pike
Julius A. Nemitz
April 8, 1880
F
2
Prison City Guards
Waupun
J. H. Elkins
C. H. Lindsley
F. S. Keech
June 26, 1885
L
2
Racine Light Guard
Racine John T. Vaughan W. C. Hood
Christmas Evans
Apr. 6, 1881
F
1
Rankin Guards Manitowoc Emil Baensch Wm. Kunz

Dec. 29, 1881 H
2
Ripon Rifles
Ripon F. W. Gruetzmacher Emil Reek
Otto Johnson
March 28, 1879
D
2
Sherman Guard Neillsville William Poate Joseph Morely
Elroy Robinson
May 15, 1875 A
3
Sheridan Guard
Milwaukee John E. Coogan William J. Malone
Arthur R. Hanley
June 23, 1869
A
4
South Side Turner Rifles
Milwaukee Albert Bleuel Herman Kloehn Henry Hesse, Jr.
June 20, 1879
C
4
Sparta Rifles
Sparta
John J. Esch
Timothy O. Thorbus
John Saxe
Sept. 27, 1883
I
3
Tomah Guards
Tomah
George Graham
Louis Schalle
Hubert D. Powers
May 28, 1884
K
3
Watertown Rifles
Watertown Albert Solliday
Nicholas Bruegger Wm. Wurtzler
July 7, 1880
I
2
Wausau Light Guard
Wausau
J. D. Womer
Orlando Holway
Louis F. Sandry
Dec. 30, 1882
G
3
S* = separate company.

Source: 1887 Wisconsin Blue Book

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