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| Community: | Racine |
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| County: | Racine |
| Historic Name: | WORLD WAR I MONUMENT |
| Reference Number: | 10955 |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Camoflagued trucks being loaded on a train for shipment. The trucks, a product of the Four Wheel Drive Company of Clintonville, were manufactured at the K... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Outdoor view of Union veterans standing near a war memorial in a square downtown. |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Earthwork four miles southwest of Racine, used during the Civil War in light artillery target practice to stop solid shot. Joseph Cooper is waving the flag... |
| Brief hisory of troops from Wisconsin in the Civil War. |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of Monument Square looking south. In the bottom right corner, a man sits on a bench looking at the fountain. The Civil War Soldi... |
| Wisconsin in the Civil War |
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| Discover how a pet eagle named Old Abe helped Wisconsin serve the Union in the Civil War |
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| Description: | "Civil War Day Pictures of Racine Veterans." Composite of small oval head and shoulders portraits of veterans of the Civil War, consisting of 100 Union sol... |
| 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. |
| Community: | Racine |
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| County: | Racine |
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| Reference Number: | 32044 |
| Date: | 01 29 1863 |
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| Description: | Letterhead for the Racine Advocate featuring a colored print of the American flag rising out of the clouds in front of the sun. The text above and b... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | "Kwik-Way" transfer used to place "Old Abe" trademark on new agricultural and other machinery manufactured by J.I. Case Co., of Racine, Wisconsin. When thi... |
| 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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| The 31st Wisconsin Infantry was organized by companies at Prairie du Chien and at Camp Utley in Racine. |
| World War II and it Effect on Blacks |
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| Discover the effects World War II had on Blacks in Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | "Racine County War Veterans Living and Dead." Composite of small oval head and shoulders portraits, consisting of about 100 Union soldiers, all identified.... |
| Wisconsin Civil War Regiment |
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| Read about the 5th Wisconsin Light Artillery, which served in the Civil War from 1861-1865 and lost 25 men during service. |
| Wisconsin Civil War Regiment |
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| Read about the 22nd Wisconsin Infantry, which served in the Civil War 1862-1865 and lost 243 men during service. |
| Wisconsin Civil War Officer, Lawyer, Helped Draft the Wisconsin Constitution |
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| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Letterhead with an illustration of a soldier on guard duty in camp and the name of the associations' officers. |
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