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12th Wisconsin Marching to Fort Riley
April 24, 1862
Watercolor view of Manhattan, Kansas, from the bluff westward. The watercolor portrays the 12th Wisconsin Volunteers on their way to Fort Riley, on April 24th, 1862. Watercolor created by John Ga...
12th Wisconsin Marching through Tecumseh
April 1862
Watercolor of the 12th Wisconsin Volunteers marching through on their way to Fort Riley, April 1862. Created by John Gaddis of Company E.
12th Wisconsin in Topeka
May 1862
Topeka, Kansas, when the 12th Wisconsin Volunteers came marching through the town on their way to Fort Riley, May 1863. Watercolor by John Gaddis of E Company.
Ossawattamie, Kansas
March 1862
Ossawattamie, Kansas, as it appeared at the time the 12th Wisconsin Volunteer's passed through on their march from Leavenworth to Fort Scott in March of 1862. Watercolor by John Gaddins of Company E.
Cavalry Skirmish
November 12, 1862
Watercolor of a skirmish between the 7th Kansas Cavalry, Company A of the 12th Wisconsin Infantry, & Jackson's Rebel Cavalry near Lamar, Mississippi.
Alarm at Humboldt
July 28, 1862
The alarm at Humboldt, Tennessee, July 28th, 1862. A watercolor by John Gaddis of the 12th Wisconsin Volunteers Company E.
