2d  Wisconsin.  Losses,  233.  Lieut.  Col.  George  H.  Stevens  was
mortally  woimded;  Lieut.  William  S.  Winegar  killed.  The  regiment
was  led  in  succession  by  Col.  Lucius  Fairchild,  wounded;  Maj.  John

38s


GETTYSBURG

Mansfield,  wounded  (brevetted  brig.  gen.  1865;  died  1896);  and
Capt.  George  H.  Otis.  Corpls.  Davidson  and  Brisbois  took  the  colors
when  they  were  shot  down  and  bore  them  at  last  from  the  field.  Col.
Fairchild  (1831-1896),  who  gallantly  led  his  men  tiU  his  elbow  was
smashed  by  a  bullet — causing  the  loss  of  his  arm — was  made  brigadier
general  in  October,  1863,  in  recognition  of  his  service  here;  but  his
strength  gave  way  later,  and  he  resigned  from  the  army.  He  filled
some  notable  places  afterward:  governor  of  Wisconsin,  consul  at
Liverpool,  consul  general  at  Paris,  minister  to  Spain,  eommander
in  chief  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic.
6th  Wisconsin,  Lieut.  Col.  Rufus  R.  Dawes  (col.  July  5,  1864;
brevetted  brig.  gen.  March  13,  1865;  died  1899).  Losses,  164,  in-
cluding Capt.  John  Ticknor  and  Lieut.  O.  D.  Chapman,  killed.  Corpl.
Francis  Asbury  Waller  won  a  medal  of  honor  by  the  capture  of  the
colors  of  the  2d  Mississippi.
'  7th  Wisconsin.  Col.  William  W.  Robinson,  taking  the  brigade,  was
followed  in  command  by  Maj.  Mark  Finnicum,  Lieut.  Col.  J.  B.  CaUis
having  been  wounded.  Sergt.  Jefferson  Coates  won  a  medal  by  his
gallantry,  and  Color-bearer  McDermott  showed  tmusual  heroism  in
keeping  the  shattered  colors  when  the  staff  was  shot  in  two,  and  he
himself  was  badly  wounded.     Losses,  178.
Second  Brigade:  Brig.  Gen.  Lysander  Cutler,  a  native  of  Massa-
chusetts, colonel  of  the  6th  Wisconsin,'July,  1861;  brigadier  general,
November  29,  1862;   brevet  major  general,  1864;   died  1866.
