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| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | A cavalry soldier sits on his horse, with a military camp and flag in the background. The faint image of Abraham Lincoln is from the opposite envelope in t... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Jesus is hanging on the cross, while a soldier wearing armor points at him. Other soldiers are present, some riding horses. A group of people on the right ... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | A replication of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Depicted is the Damascus Road and the garden of Joseph of Arimathea. Joseph of Arimathea was a wealthy ma... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | A replication of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Depicted is the garden of Joseph of Arimathea and the tomb where Jesus is believed to be the buried. A Ro... |
| Date: | 07 1942 |
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| Description: | A group of men from the 14th Infantry running while crossing a newly constructed wooden bridge over mud in a field in Panama. The men are in uniform and ar... |
| Date: | 10 13 1864 |
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| Description: | Colorfully decorated letter received in the office of Wisconsin Governor James Lewis from Isaac Joiner of the Veterans Reserve Corps stationed in Alexandri... |
| Wisconsin Civil War Officer, U.S. Congressman |
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| Brief biography of Civil War veteran and three term U.S. Congressman best remembered for disobeying orders to return fugitive slaves to their owners. |
| Brief biography of newspaperman and eventual Governor (1891-1895) |
| Wisconsin Civil War Regiment |
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| Learn about the 2nd Wisconsin Cavalry, which served in the Civil War from 1861 to 1865 and lost 312 men. |
| Wisconsin Civil War Regiment |
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| Read about the 3rd Wisconsin Cavalry, which served in the Civil War and lost 217 men during service. |
| Wisconsin Civil War Regiment |
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| Read about the 4th Wisconsin Cavalry, originally 4th Wisconsin Infantry, from Racine, which served in the Civil War 1861-1966 and lost 431 men in service. |
| Wisconsin Civil War Regiment |
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| Read about the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry, organized at Kenosha, which served in the Civil War 1861-1865 and lost 401 men in service. |
| 3,000 Dam the Red River |
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| Read this wild story about a Wisconsin Dells lumberjack applying his knowledge of dams to help Union forces escape a Confederate attack. |
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| Description: | Waist-up portrait of Howard Cushing in uniform. |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Formal studio carte-de-visite in front of a painted backdrop of Carl Wilhelm Berg. He is dressed in the uniform of the Prussian Heavy Cavalry, his rank is ... |
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| Description: | Quarter plate ferrotype/tintype. Full-length portrait of Chester Hamilton Burgess standing with an unidentified soldier. Both men are wearing Civil War uni... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring an illustration of soldiers lined up, planes flying overhead, a cavalry-mounted officer on horseback, and a cannon nearby. Poster text rea... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Honor roll for the members of Company K, 345th Infantry. Includes a bald eagle flanked by flags, and reproductions of postcard images. These are titled "Re... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Camp of the 1st Wisconsin Infantry at Leon Springs, Texas. Soldiers are standing near tents, with some men sitting astride horses. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Austrian Soldiers are training horses on a Serbian farm during World War I. |
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