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| Learn about the 44th Wisconsin Infantry, which served in the Civil War at Nashville and Paducah, Kentucky, and lost 58 men. |
| Learn about the advent of Unitarianism in Wisconsin in the mid-19th century. |
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| Learn about the 14th Wisconsin Infantry, which served from 1862 to 1865 during the Civil War, losing 319 men during that service. |
| Wisconsin Civil War Regiment |
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| Learn about the 17th Wisconsin Infantry, which served from 1862 to 1865 during the Civil War, losing 269 men during that service. |
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| Read about the 12th Wisconsin Light Artillery, which served in the Civil War at Corinth, Vicksburg, Savannah, Iuka, Port Gibson, Raymond and Bentonville. |
| Author, Diplomat, Editor and Professor |
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| Discover the history of author, diplomat, editor and first professor of Scandinavian languages at the University of Wisconsin Rasmus Anderson. |
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| Read about the 13th Wisconsin Infantry, which served in the Civil War from 1861-1865, losing 193 men in service. |
| Wisconsin Civil War Officer, Lawyer, Politican, "War Democrat", U.S. Congressman, U.S. Ambassador |
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| Read about General Edward Stuybesant Bragg from Fond du Lac, who served with the Iron Brigade in the Civil War. |
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| Read about the 5th Wisconsin Light Artillery, which served in the Civil War from 1861-1865 and lost 25 men during service. |
| Wisconsin Civil War Regiment |
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| Read about the 6th Wisconsin Light Artillery, the Buena Vista Artillery, which served in the Civil War from 1861-1865 and lost 29 men during service. |
| Wisconsin Civil War Regiment |
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| Read about the 3rd Wisconsin Cavalry, which served in the Civil War and lost 217 men during service. |
| Wisconsin Civil War Regiment |
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| Read about the 4th Wisconsin Cavalry, originally 4th Wisconsin Infantry, from Racine, which served in the Civil War 1861-1966 and lost 431 men in service. |
| Wisconsin Civil War Regiment |
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| Read about the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry, organized at Kenosha, which served in the Civil War 1861-1865 and lost 401 men in service. |
| Read about Welsh immigration to Wisconsin between 1840 and 1890, when many Welsh settled in rural enclaves as farmers |
| Wisconsin Civil War Regiment |
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| Read about the 43rd Wisconsin Infantry from Milwaukee, which served in the Civil War 1864-1865 and lost 75 men in service. |
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| Read about the 40th Wisconsin Infantry, which served in the Civil War 1864-1865 and lost 19 men during service. |
| Read about the Beef Slough War, a business conflict over access to timer in the Chippewa River watershed |
| Musician and Concert Violinist |
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| Read about Ole Bull, the Norwegian musician and concert violinist who resided in Madison for several years in the 1870s. |
| Wisconsin Civil War Soldier, U. S. Senator, German-Language Newpaper Editor |
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| Read about Carl Schurz, the German immigrant and political reformer who helped elect President Lincoln, fought in the Civil War, served as a U.S. Senator. |
| Lawyer, Land Speculator and Wisconsin's First Governor |
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| Discover the history of lawyer, land speculator and Wisconsin's first governor Nelson Dewey. |
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