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| Read about the 25th Wisconsin Infantry, which served in the Civil War 1862-1865 and lost 460 men during service. |
| Read about the Wisconsin State Prison at Waupun, which opened in 1851 and housed men and women prisoners. |
| Read about agriculture in Wisconsin as practiced by both Native Americans and white settlers. |
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| Read about the 26th Wisconsin Infantry, which served in the Civil War 1862-1865 and lost 265 men during service. |
| Read about the Milwaukee Industrial School reform school, later the Wisconsin Industrial School for Girls and Oakhill Correctional Institution in Oregon |
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| Read about the 22nd Wisconsin Infantry, which served in the Civil War 1862-1865 and lost 243 men during service. |
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| The 51st Wisconsin Infantry was organized at Camp Washburn in Milwaukee from March 20-April 29, 1865, at the very end of the war. |
| Read a brief article about a academic controversy surrounding a 202 stone slab found in Minnesota. |
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| The 53rd Wisconsin Infantry was organized at Camp Randall in Madison during March and April 1865, at the very end of the war. |
| This article contains a detailed timeline of the fifteen legal executions that have taken place in Wisconsin. |
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| The components of the 1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery regiment were spread throughout the South during the war. |
| Learn more about the fictitious animal that appeared in lumberjack folklore. This article contains links to original documents. |
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| The 11th Wisconsin Light Artillery was organized with the 17th Wisconsin Infantry at Camp Randall in Madison on February 22, 1862. |
| Learn about the pottery company that developed in Edgerton, Wisconsin. |
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| The 23rd Wisconsin Infantry was organized at Camp Randall in Madison and mustered into service on August 30, 1862. |
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| The 21st Wisconsin Infantry was organized at Camp Bragg in Oshkosh and mustered into service on September 5, 1862. |
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| The 9th Wisconsin Independent Battery Light Artillery was organized at Burlington and mustered into service January 27, 1862. |
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| The 16th Wisconsin Infantry was organized at Camp Randall in Madison and mustered into service on January 31, 1862. |
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| The 24th Wisconsin Infantry was organized at Milwaukee and mustered into service on August 15, 1862. |
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