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Camp Randall
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Camp Randall looking southwest. In April 1861, Governor Alexander Randall asked that the State Agricultural Society fairgrounds be converted into a military camp to train volunteer soldiers following the outbreak of the Civil War. Throughout the war, the majority of Wisconsin's troops, some 70,000, were mustered here. The camp's ten acres were surrounded by an eight-foot board fence. More than 1200 Confederate prisoners were held here between April and June 1862. Caption at bottom reads: "Camp Randall, (Madison, Wis.) as it appeared in 1862."
1862
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Soldiers at Camp Randall
1861
Soldiers in formation at Camp Randall during winter. The season [there appears to be snow on the ground] and the tents indicate that this image was made in 1861 or 1862. Improved quarters for the s...
Camp Randall Memorial Arch
1912
Camp Randall Memorial Arch and Civil War cannons. The memorial was built to honor Wisconsin Civil War soldiers and is located on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Caption reads: "Camp Ran...
Artillery at Camp Randall
1861
Soldiers of the 3rd Wisconsin Artillery at Camp Randall man a cannon on wheels, while other men on foot and on horseback follow.
Edward M. Bartlett
1863
Standing portrait of Edward M. Bartlett, lieutenant colonel of the 30th Wisconsin, taken during the regiment's assignment at Camp Randall, 1862-1864.
Camp Randall Memorial Arch
1912
Camp Randall Memorial Arch and Civil War cannons honor the Wisconsin Civil War soldiers on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The memorial was named for Governor Alexander W. Randall.
The old Camp Randall days
June 9, 1914
Dedicated to the returning remnant of the 70,000 'old Camp Randall Boys' of 1861-65 at the Camp Randall homecoming in 1914. Keywords include Lathrop, Stanley Edwards; poetry and music; 2nd Infantry...
