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| Learn about the 3rd Wisconsin Light Artillery, or Badger Battery, which served in the Civil War from 1862 to 1865, losing 27 men. |
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| Learn about the 11th Wisconsin Infantry, which served in the Civil War from 1861 to 1865 and lost 373 men. |
| Learn about the Lithuanians who emigrated to Wisconsin in the early 20th century and again after World War II. |
| Learn about the Croatian immigrants who came to Wisconsin, primarily between 1890 and 1914. |
| Learn about the Disciples of Christ, who first became active in Wisconsin in the 1830s. |
| Learn about the Greeks immigrants who came to Wisconsin in the early 20th century. |
| Learn about the Kreiter Piano Company, which produced pianos in Milwaukee and Marinette between 1880 and 1945. |
| Learn about the oldest cities and towns in Wisconsin which were established by 1836 and still exist today. |
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| Learn about the 2nd Wisconsin Cavalry, which served in the Civil War from 1861 to 1865 and lost 312 men. |
| Learn about the Baptist congregations which began organizing in Wisconsin in the 1830s. |
| Learn about charivari, or shivaree, the 19th-century custom of harrassing newlyweds, often on their wedding night. |
| Learn about the Finns who emgrated to Wisconsin, largely between 180 and 1940. |
| Learn about the Hungarian immigrants who came to Wisconsin from the 19th century through the post-World War II era. |
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| Learn about the 44th Wisconsin Infantry, which served in the Civil War at Nashville and Paducah, Kentucky, and lost 58 men. |
| Learn about the advent of Unitarianism in Wisconsin in the mid-19th century. |
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| Learn about the 14th Wisconsin Infantry, which served from 1862 to 1865 during the Civil War, losing 319 men during that service. |
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| Learn about the 17th Wisconsin Infantry, which served from 1862 to 1865 during the Civil War, losing 269 men during that service. |
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| Read about the 12th Wisconsin Light Artillery, which served in the Civil War at Corinth, Vicksburg, Savannah, Iuka, Port Gibson, Raymond and Bentonville. |
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| Read about the 13th Wisconsin Infantry, which served in the Civil War from 1861-1865, losing 193 men in service. |
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