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Term: North Star Rifles (Civil War)

Definition: North Star Rifles was a popular name used for Co. I of the 5th Infantry

[Source: Quiner, Military History; Dyer, Compendium; Love, Wis. in the War…; county histories]

33 records found

nanicular (farming)
naphtha (maritime)
narrow gauge (railroads)
Nashotah House
National Soldiers' Home (Milwaukee)
National Women's Party
nativism
Neenah Guards (Civil War)
Neenah Rifles (Civil War)
Neoclassical Revival (architecture)
neophyte
net tonnage (maritime)
New France
new red sandstone (mining)
New Richmond tornado (1899)
New Sweden
New York Recording Laboratories
Newhall House fire (1883)
Niagara (shipwreck, 1856)
Nineteenth Amendment
non-commissioned officers (Civil War)
Noque, Bay of
Noquet Islands
Normal school
Norse Pottery (1903-1913)
North Sea
North Star Rifles (Civil War)
North West Company
northeaster (maritime)
Northwest Ordinance (Ordinance of 1787)
Northwest Territory
Northwestern Regiment; Wisconsin Regulars (Civil W
Nose-bag (logging)
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