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The Iron Brigade
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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 of the famed Iron Brigade.
1862
Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896
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Civil War Army Post Office
August 1864
Soldiers relax around the Army Post Office at the quarters of the Chief Ambulance Officer, Ninth Army Corps.
7th Wisconsin Officers
1862
Officers of Company I, 7th Wisconsin Infantry: (left to right) Lt. Joseph N.P. Bird, Captain George H. Walther, and Lt. Christopher Lefler. Their Black servant, Alonzo Gambel, can be seen standing ...
Horace Greeley with the Union Army
1865
Horace Greeley, wearing top hat, with soldiers at the Union Army Winter Quarters.
Camp of the 7th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment, near Fredericksburg, Virginia
June 1862
The 7th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment camp outside of Fredericksburg on the east side of the Rappahannock. Fredericksburg and a pontoon bridge leading to it over the Rappahannock can be se...
Camp of the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry
A group of people at the headquarters tent of the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry. Seated (left to right) are officers Lucius Fairchild, Colonel Edwin O'Connor, and Major Thomas Allen. With them are Mrs. H...
2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment Officers' Mess
1862
Second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry officers' mess. Pictured are: Surgeon A.J. Ward, Major Thomas S. Allen, Lt. Colonel Lucius Fairchild, and Colonel Edgar O'Connor, as well as a butler, a cook, an...
