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Union Soldier with Rifle, 1886 ca.

Oil on linen study of a Union Civil War soldier with a rifle. The painting was created by one of a group of German panorama painters active in Milwaukee during the 1880s. This study may be by F.W. Heine who donated sixteen preliminary studies to the Wisconsin Historical Society. View the original source document: WHI 78368

The 13th Wisconsin Light Artillery was organized at Milwaukee and mustered into service on December 29, 1863. The battery moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, from January 28-February 12, 1864. It then moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on February 17.

The battery was detailed to garrison duty there until July 1865. It mustered out on July 20, 1865. The 13th Wisconsin Light Artillery lost 14 enlisted men during service, all to disease.

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[Source: Estabrook, Charles E, ed. Records and sketches of military organizations: population, legislation, election and other statistics relating to Wisconsin in the period of the Civil War. (Madison, 1914?)]