1/6th Plate Tintype of Identified 23rd Wisconsin Infantry Soldier and Wife

1/6th Plate Tintype of Identified 23rd Wisconsin Infantry Soldier and Wife in Thermoplastic case.
 
These two photos are of William E. Anacker and Dorothea Weidemann Anacker annotated in the case as Will E Anacker behind his image and Dores Anacker behind hers. 
 
William Anacker enlisted with the 23rd Wisconsin Infantry as a private in 1862 before being promoted to a Corpl. He was Mustered Out on 7/4/1865 at Mobile, AL.
 
William and his regiment experienced significant action in the Vicksburg Campaign and continued to be in the fight all the way to the end at the Battle of Spanish Fort.
 
Unit History:
 
The 23rd Wisconsin Infantry was organized at Camp Randall in Madison and mustered into service on August 30, 1862. The regiment left Wisconsin for Cincinnati, Ohio, on September 15, 1862. From there it traveled through Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and Alabama.
The 23rd Wisconsin Infantry participated in the battles of Port Gibson andChampion Hill, the Siege of Vicksburg, the Red River Campaign, the Western Louisiana Campaign, and the sieges of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely in Alabama. The regiment concluded the war by occupying Mobile, Alabama, where it mustered out of service on July 4, 1865.
The regiment lost 308 men during service. One officer and 40 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded. Five officers and 262 enlisted men died from disease.