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| Date: | 11 28 1861 |
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| Description: | Civil War recruiting poster for the 5th Wisconsin Regiment written in German. |
| Date: | 1862 |
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| Description: | Civil War Union Army recruitment handbill. |
| A brief description of the violent attacks that ensued after the Civil War military draft began in Wisconsin. |
| Learn about the Slovenians who settled in cities in the southern and eastern parts of the state in large numbers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. |
| How the Women of Wisconsin Helped Win the War |
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| Discover how women on the Wisconsin home front helped win the Civil War. |
| Date: | 1862 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate ambrotype of Franklin Hoyt (1846-?). Waist-up portrait facing front, with left hand on his lapel. He is wearing a suit, small bow tie, and cap ... |
| Location: | Blew ashore 12 miles north of Milwaukee. Brendon Baillod states " What are believed to be the ship's remains lie just south of parking lot of Virmond Park on the beach buried under the bluff with coal and a salvage cart buried near the keel. After storms, the wreckage is sometimes exposed.". |
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| Ship Master: | Captain John Griffin |
| Body of water: | Lake Michigan |
| Location: | The Northerner capsized off Port Ulao, south of Port Washington. |
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| Ship Master: | First master: Nicholas Smith. |
| Nearby City: | Port Washington, Ozaukee County |
| Body of water: | Lake Michigan |
| Ship Master: | Thomas Flagstad of Grand Haven, MI |
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| Nearby City: | Bayside, Ozaukee County |
| Body of water: | Lake Michigan |
| Date: | 1862-11-12 |
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| County: | Ozaukee |
| City: | Port Washington |
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