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| Fragment of six-pound cannonball fired in battle between American and British forces on July 1814 at Prairie du Chien, Illinois Territory (now Wisconsin). |
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| 20-star United States Flag used in initiation ceremonies to the Union League, where members swore to protect the Union and its values, Prairie du Chien, Wi |
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| Military draft raffle drum used to select draftee names in Milwaukee, Wisconsin during the Civil War, 1863-1864. (Museum object #1966.174) |
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| Milwaukee Light Guard coat worn by Captain John C. Starkweather, 1858-1861. (Museum object #1957.282) |
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| Powder horn used by a member of Colonel Dodge's militia during the Black Hawk War, 1832. (Museum object #1947.851) |
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| Portrait of Lucius Fairchild by John Singer Sargent, 1887. (Museum object #1942.305) |
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| Iron collar removed from a freedom seeker by Wisconsin soldiers in 1862. (Museum object #1961.73) |
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| Giant knife presented to John Fox Potter by Missouri Republicans after his challenge to duel with a Virginia congressman, 1860. (Museum object #1957.112) |
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| Eagle feather from Old Abe, the mascot of the 8th Regiment of the Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. (Museum object #1972.59) |
| A Wisconsin Civil War Story |
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| A Wisconsin Civil War Story |
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| Read about how a lieutenant outwitted Confederate soldiers after he was captured in the fog near Petersburg, Virginia |
| A Wisconsin Civil War Story |
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| Read a soldier's letter describing how some soldiers generally treated chaplains during the Siege of Vicksburg. |
| A Wisconsin Civil War Story |
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| Learn how Cordelia Harvey established a hospital in Madison to help Civil War soldiers |
| Images of a Milwaukee Manufacturing Powerhouse |
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| Read about one of Milwaukee's most successful manufacturing companies and view vintage photographs of the corporation. |
| Civil War Envelopes |
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| View the culture and politics of a country at war with itself through envelopes produced by publishers and printers. |
| Black-and-white photographs taken and printed by Civil War-era photographer George N. Barnard. |
| The Civil War sketches of Alexander Simplot were reproduced as engravings for use in newspapers. |
| Learn about the long life of the mascot of the Eighth Wisconsin Civil War Regiment, a bald eagle named 'Old Abe'. |
| View the collection of images of Wisconsin women in a variety of activities: farm work, canning, suffragism, photography, war work and civil rights. |
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