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| Wisconsin Civil War Soldier, U. S. Senator, German-Language Newpaper Editor |
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| Read about Carl Schurz, the German immigrant and political reformer who helped elect President Lincoln, fought in the Civil War, served as a U.S. Senator. |
| Wisconsin Civil War Officer, Politician |
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| Read about the Norwegian immigrant who became colonel to the predominately Norwegian 15th Wisconsin Infantry during the Civil War. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Decorated trunk brought to Wisconsin from Norway by immigrant Mette Kristina Larsdotter Mokrid, c. 1845. (Museum object #2000.77.1) |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Early hand-carved table made by Levi Havemann, a German immigrant to Madison, c. 1860. (Museum object #1998.21.1) |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Trinket box brought to Wisconsin by Norwegian immigrants, c. 1870. (Museum object #1993.6.2) |
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