Abbreviations and Terms 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry The Scandinavian Regiment

2nd Lieutenant James Larson of Company C
Regimental Commissary Sergeant before being promoted
Photo WHi (X3) 3007, State Historical Society of Wisconsin

The following are provided to assist persons who are reading original source materials posted on the 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment web site.

• Abs. = Absent.
• A.C. = Army Corps.
• Adj't. = Adjutant of a military unit.
• Ala. = State of Alabama.
• Asst. = Assistant.
• Aug. = Month of August.
• Battery = Artillery unit.
• Cm'nd'g = Commanding
• Capt. = Military rank of Captain.
• Co. = Company of soldiers.
• Col. = Military rank of Colonel.
• Com. = Commissary.
• Corp. = Military rank of Corporal.
• Dec. = Month of December.
• Dept. = Department.
• Deserted = Leaving the Army without official approval. Illegal.
• Detach. = Detached on temporary duty away from the unit.
• Disch. = Discharged from the Army.
• Div. = A Division of soldiers.
• Dysentery = Inflammation of intestinal membrane.
• Enl. = Enlisted in the Army.
• Enlisted Men = Soldiers with the rank of Private, Corporal, or Sergeant. Soldiers who are not commissioned officers.
• Exp. = Expired, as in term of service expired.
• Feb. = Month of February.
• Ga. = State of Georgia.
• Hdqrs. = Headquarters.
• Hosp. = Hospital.
• Ia. = State of Iowa.
• Ill. = State of Illinois.
• Ind. = State of Indiana.
• Jan. = Month of January.
• Kan. = State of Kansas.
• Ky. = State of Kentucky.
• Lieut. = Military rank of Lieutenant.
• Lt. Col. = Military rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
• Mar. = Month of March.
• Md. = State of Maryland.
• Minn. = State of Minnesota.
• Miss. = State of Mississippi.
• Mo. = State of Missouri.
• M.O. = Mustered Out.
• Mus. = Mustered.
• Mustered = Officially sworn into or out of a military term of service.
• Nov. = Month of November.
• O. = State of Ohio.
• Oct. = Month of October.
• Prin. = Principal Musician
• Pris. = Prisoner of War.
• Prom. = Promoted to a higher military rank.
• Q.M. = Quarter Master.
• Recruit = A soldier who enlists in a unit after it is initially formed.
• Regt. = Regiment.
• Rejd. = Rejoined.
• Res. = Resigned from military service. Officers were permitted to resign; enlisted men were not.
• S.C. = State of South Carolina.
• Scorbutus = Scuvy.
• Sergt. = Military rank of Sergeant.
• Sept. = Month of September.
• Surg. = Surgeon. The highest ranked doctor of medicine in a unit.
• Tenn. = State of Tennessee.
• Term. exp. = Term of service in the military expired.
• Trans. = Transfered from one military unit to another.
• Va. = State of Virginia.
• Vet. = Veteran Volunteer.
• V.R.C. = Veterans Reserve Corps.
• Wis. = State of Wisconsin.
• Wnd. = Wounded in battle.

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