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| Civil War Battle Summary |
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| Learn more about Wisconsin's role in this Civil War campaign that ended in Union defeat. This article includes links to original documents. |
| Civil War Battle Summary |
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| Read about Wisconsin's role in this Civil War battle. This article includes links to battle maps, related images, and original documents. |
| Civil War Battle Summary |
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| Read about the first Civil War battle in which Wisconsin soldiers engaged with the enemy. This article contains a link to original documents. |
| Civil War Battle Summary |
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| Read about the Civil War battle that ended in a Confederate victory. This article details Wisconsin's role in the battle and contains several links. |
| Wisconsin Civil War Officer, Politician, University of Wisconsin Regent |
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| Read about one of the Democratic Party politicians around the time of the Civil War. This article details his Civil War service and contains several links. |
| Civil War Battle Summary |
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| Read about the 22nd Wisconsin Infantry's role in this Civil War battle. This article includes links to original documents and other accounts of the battle. |
| Civil War Battle Summary |
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| Learn about Wisconsin's role in this Civil War battle. This article includes links to related images, original documents, and battle maps. |
| Civil War Battle Summary |
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| Read about Wisconsin's role in the Civil War battle that drove the Union army back to Washington, DC. This article includes links to original documents. |
| Civil War Battle Summary |
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| Read about Wisconsin's role in this Civil War battle. This article includes links to a battle map and original documents. |
| Wisconsin Civil War Officer, Lawyer, 8th Wisconsin Governor |
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| Learn about the German born man who would become Wisconsin's 8th governor. This article includes links to original documents. |
| Civil War Battle Summary |
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| Learn about Wisconsin's role in this Civil War battle. This article includes links to battle maps and original documents. |
| Civil War Battle Summary |
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| Learn about Wisconsin's role in this Civil War battle. This article includes links to related images and original documents. |
| Civil War Battle Summary |
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| Read about one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War where more than 7,500 soldliers were killed. |
| Civil War Battle Summary |
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| Learn about Wisconsin's role in one of the bloodiest battles during the Civil War. This article includes links to related documents and images. |
| Civil War Battle Summary |
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| Learn about Wisconsin's role in one of the most pivotal battles of the Civil War. This article includes links to related images and documents. |
| Civil War Battle Summary |
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| Read about Wisconsin's involvement in the Civil War battle that took place in Prairie Grove, Arkansas. This article includes links to related documents. |
| Civil War Battle Summary |
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| Learn about Wisconsin's involvement in the bloodiest major battle during the Civil War. This article includes links to related images and documents. |
| Civil War Battle Summary |
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| Learn about Wisconsin's involvement in one of the fiercest battles of the Civil War. This article includes links to primary sources and battle maps. |
| Civil War Battle Summary |
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| Read about Wisconsin's role in one of the engagements that broke the Confederate siege of Chattanooga, TN. The article includes links to related documents. |
| Wisconsin Civil War Regiment |
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| The 50th Wisconsin Infantry was recruited and organized at the very end of the war under the supervision of Colonel John G. Clark, of Grant County. |
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