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About Our Civil War Roster and Regimental and Descriptive Rolls

Learn how Civil War Records are organized and how to purchase copies.
Learn how Civil War Records are organized and how to purchase copies.
General Information

Jeff Kannel

Speakers Bureau
Jeff Kannel is a WHS Press author and a member of the Wisconsin Historical Society Speakers Bureau.
General Information

Wisconsin Historical Eras and Themes

Need a quick overview of our state's historical era and themes? Check this out.
Feature Story

Markers, Monuments, and Meaning

A Webinar Series
Learn about the role of monumental art in Wisconsin and the nation and investigate the current controversy over historical monuments and markers.
Feature Story

Mathilde Anneke

Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
Mathilde Anneke; Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
Classroom Material

Civil War Primary Source Sets

Primary source collections curated by Wisconsin educators, complete with lesson plans for classroom use.
Primary source collections curated by Wisconsin educators, complete with lesson plans for classroom use.
Classroom Material

Badger Boys in Blue: A Soldier's Letters 1862–1865

Wisconsin and the Civil War: Camp Randall
Use the letters of Civil War solders to take a closer look at Camp Randall and Wisconsin's role in the Civil War
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Civil War Draft in Wisconsin

Wisconsin and the Civil War
Use the 1862 Civil War Draft Riots to examine differing opinions on the Civil War in Wisconsin
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Wisconsin Copperhead Anti-War Movement and Marcus 'Brick' Pomeroy

Wisconsin and the Civil War
Use the writing of Marcus "Brick" Pomeroy to examine different opinions on the Civil War
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Soldier John Cronk's Letter Describes Training Camp

Wisconsin in the Civil War: Camp Randall
In this lesson students will examine the letter of John Cronk to learn more about Camp Randall and the role Wisconsin played in the Civil War
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Confederate Prisoners at Camp Randall as Seen in Newspaper Articles

Wisconsin in the Civil War: Camp Randall
Examine the experience of Confederate prisoners at Camp Randall through newspaper articles
Classroom Material

Chapter 7: Wisconsin and the Civil War

Supplemental materials for the 4th-grade textbook, 'Wisconsin: Our State Our Story'
Chapter 7 supplemental materials to the 4th-grade textbook, 'Wisconsin: Our State Our Story'
Photograph

General Joseph Bailey's Silver Punch Bowl and Sword

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Description: Studio photograph of a silver punch bowl and a silver sword presented to Civil War General Joseph Bailey in commemoration of the dam he built on the Red Ri...
Photograph

The Iron Brigade

Date: 1862
Description: Company I, 7th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, at Upton's Hill near Germantown, Virginia. The 7th was one of three Wisconsin regiments that was part...
Photograph

Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Gallery of the Historical Society

Date: 1880
Description: A two-story gallery of the Historical Society in the Wisconsin State Capitol, with captured Confederate army flags on display. This photograph was taken in...
Painting

Union Civil War Soldier

Date: 1886
Description: Oil on linen study of a Union Civil War soldier holding a bridle that was created by one of the German panorama painters active in Milwaukee during the 188...
Painting

Thirsty Union Civil War Soldiers

Date: 1886
Description: Oil on linen study of three Union Civil War soldiers drinking from and holding canteens. The painting is the work of one of the German panorama artists ac...
Poster

Commemorative Roster of Company A, 47th Wisconsin Infantry

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Description: Civil War commemorative roster of Company A, 47th Wisconsin Infantry.
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Civil War Cannon in Snow

Date: 1929
Description: Winter scene with a Civil War cannon partially covered with snow at Camp Randall.
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Colonel Rollin M. Strong

Date: 
Description: Oval-framed waist-up portrait of Colonel Rollin M. Strong of the 19th Wisconsin Volunteers.

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