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Brief biography of brewer and businessman Joseph Schlitz (1831-1875). |
Wisconsin Civil War Regiment |
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The 45th Wisconsin Infantry was organized at Camp Randall in Madison on November 8, 1864. |
Wisconsin Civil War Regiment |
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The 49th Wisconsin Infantry was organized at Camp Randall in Madison between December 24, 1864, and March 5, 1865. |
Wisconsin Civil War Regiment |
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The 18th Wisconsin Infantry was organized at Camp Trowbridge in Milwaukee and mustered into service on March 15, 1862. |
Wisconsin Civil War Regiment |
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The 52nd Wisconsin Infantry was organized at Camp Randall in Madison in April 1865, at the very end of the war. |
Read about the Home for Women, a reformatory for women aged 18 -31, and the State Prison for Women, which became the Taycheedah Correctional Institution. |
Read about the pottery industry in Wisconsin, which began when English potters emigrated in the 1840s and operated until the early 20th century. |
Wisconsin Civil War Regiment |
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The 2nd Wisconsin Light Artillery was organized at La Crosse and mustered into service on October 10, 1861. |
Read about the Seventh-day Adventist Church and other Adventist goups in Wisconsin in the 19th century, including the Scandinavian adventist communities. |
Read about the canal era in Wisconsin, including the canal at the portage between the Fox and Wisconsin rivers and the Milwaukee and Rock River Canal |
Wisconsin Civil War Regiment |
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The 15th Wisconsin Infantry was organized at Camp Randall in Madison and mustered into service on February 2, 1862. |
Wisconsin Civil War Regiment |
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Read about the 13th Wisconsin Light Artillery, which served at New Orleans and Baton Rouge during the Civil War. |
Wisconsin Civil War Regiment |
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Read about the 8th Wisconsin Light Artillery, known as "Lyons' Pinery Battery," which was organized at Racine and served in the Civil War from 1862-1865. |
Read about tornadoes in Wisconsin, including some of the worst to have struck the state. |
Learn about the German Austrianswho emigrated to Wisconsin in the latter half of the 19th century, mainly settling in cities and towns. |
Leart about Dutch immigration to Wisconsin, which peaked between 1840 and 1890 and was divided into Protestant and Catholic group. |
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. |
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