Firestorm At Peshtigo, Luther Noyes-- Part 3: Probably Not in the 118th Wisconsin

That must have been an error on the infantry regiment that he served in first as I could not find any information about a 118th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment.

Wikipedia lists just 53 Wisconsin regiments in service.

Very likely, then, it might have been the 18th Wisconsin.  If so, this regiment mustered into service March 15, 1862, in Milwaukee and was sent to St. Louis, arriving March 30 and from there sent to Pittsburg Landing in Tennessee where they were involved in the Battle of Shiloh before receiving much in the way of training.

--Old Secesh