6th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

6th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
6th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
	Flag of Wisconsin
Active	July 16, 1861 – July 2, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Size	Regiment
Nickname(s)	"The Calico" or "Calico Boys"
Engagements	American Civil War Battle of Second Bull Run; Battle of South Mountain; Battle of Antietam; Battle of Chancellorsville; Battle of Gettysburg; Battle of the Wilderness; Battle of Spotsylvania Court House; Battle of Cold Harbor; Siege of Petersburg; Battle of Weldon Railroad; Battle of Five Forks;
Commanders
Colonel	Lysander Cutler
Colonel	Edward S. Bragg
Colonel	Rufus Dawes
Colonel	John Azor Kellogg
Insignia
I Corps badge (1st Division)

The 6th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Throughout the war, it was part of the brigade that came to be known as the Iron Brigade in the Army of the Potomac. They were engaged in most of the critical battles of the eastern theater of the war, including Antietam, Gettysburg, and Grant's Overland Campaign.